Author Archives: Rick Hirschmann
The other side of reopening: COVID-induced anxiety
PEORIA, Ill. -- Friday's full reopening of Illinois brings to an end roughly 15 months of restrictions outside the home. This means the ability to gather with friends, family, and acquaintances withou...
Rick Hirschmann Jun 10, 2021 Kevin Simmons / CC
State COVID roundup 6/9: hospital beds in use remain under 800
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A total of 408 people throughout Illinois between Tuesday and Wednesday tested positive for COVID-19, while 23 died from it. 68% of the state's adults have received at least one d...
Rick Hirschmann Jun 09, 2021 Midwest Communications
Arrest made in murder of longtime physician ID'ed as victim of 1st Peoria homicide of 2021
***UPDATE*** 6/9/21 6:45 P.M. A man has been arrested in connection with the homicide. 54-year-old Robert Ely was nabbed Wednesday in St. Louis on a first-degree murder charge. Ely's bond was set at $...
Rick Hirschmann Jun 09, 2021 Midwest Communications
TC Energy scraps KXL project after President Biden revokes key permit
A $9 billion oil pipeline that became a symbol of the rising political clout of climate change advocates and a flash point in U.S.-Canada relations was officially canceled on Wednesday. Keystone XL, w...
Rick Hirschmann Jun 09, 2021 REUTERS/Todd Korol
O'Brien Steel deals with Wed. A.M. blaze
PEORIA, Ill. -- An exhaust hopper was the source of a Wednesday morning fire at O'Brien Steel. Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics responded just before 11 to the business at 1700 NE Adams. The fire, which ...
Rick Hirschmann Jun 09, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Local COVID roundup 6/9: 24-hour death count high, new cases dwindle
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria and Woodford Counties between Tuesday and Wednesday lost two residents, apiece, to COVID-19 complications. In Peoria, a woman in her 60s and a man in his 80s died. Both Woodford...
Rick Hirschmann Jun 09, 2021 Midwest Communications
Biden drops Trump attempt to ban TikTok, WeChat; orders new review
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday withdrew a series of Trump-era executive orders that sought to ban new downloads of WeChat and TikTok, and ordered a Commerce Department review o...
Rick Hirschmann Jun 09, 2021 REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
PPD nabs suspected murderer of missing man
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man was taken Tuesday into Peoria Police custody on two counts related to murder of a man who'd been missing since early March. 32-year-old Gabriel Cook was reported to the Peoria Co...
Rick Hirschmann Jun 08, 2021 Midwest Communications
Biden shifts infrastructure talks to new bipartisan Senate group
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Tuesday broke off talks on an infrastructure bill with a key Republican, instead reaching out to a bipartisan group, after one-on-one talks with Senator S...
Rick Hirschmann Jun 08, 2021 REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Peoria Council member suggests mental facility project
PEORIA, Ill. -- After the Peoria County Board announced last April it would be closing long-term care facility Heddington Oaks, November General Election voters gave approval to sell the property. How...
Rick Hirschmann Jun 08, 2021 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
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