Effective immediately, Eli Lilly has announced it will soon cap costs for its most popular insulin products at $35 per month. High prices have driven some diabetics to ration the drug, in some cases with disastrous consequences.
There will soon be a new mayor in Chicago. Incumbent Democrat Lori Lightfoot conceded last night after finishing third in a crowded primary. Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas advance to a runoff election April 4th. Johnson is
The campus shooting spree at Michigan State University two weeks ago has campus security people across America evaluating their plans and procedures for dealing with something similar on their campuses. At IU in Bloomington, security people say
The Energy Department says it’s not 100 percent certain, but the most likely source for the COVID pandemic is a laboratory leak in Wuhan, China. The Department also says it does not believe the virus was part
Indiana Senator Todd Young visited the AM General military assembly plant in St. Joseph County Thursday, ahead of a production startup for a run of Joint Light Tactical Vehicles, similar in some ways to the Humvees the
Nearly 1700 flights were canceled and another 6,000 delayed yesterday because of weather issues across the U-S. FlightAware says 1100 flights have already been canceled for today. Southwest, SkyWest, and Delta have the highest numbers of cancellations.
We will all see rain across our region today, but the fear is there could be some freezing rain with it, especially this morning in southwest Michigan. Temperatures will hold in the low 30s all day. Please
President Biden is back in Poland today after an unannounced visit to Ukraine Monday. Biden says he wanted to show his support for Ukraine’s resistance to the year old Russian invasion. He took a ten hour train
Two of the students wounded in last week’s Michigan State campus shootings have had their conditions upgraded by hospitals. One is now in fair condition, another is serious but stable. Three more remain in critical condition. Three
Some pretty sophisticated counterfeit money has been passed around Elkhart the last few weeks. Police say the criminals apparently take real ten dollar bills, wash them to remove all the ink, and reprint them at 50s or
Parents and teachers from South Bend schools that could soon be closed or repurposed sounded off at a community meeting last night, pleading for the system to preserve neighborhood access to schools, along with programs they say
South Bend Community Schools wants public input on ways to reduce the number of buildings it maintains as enrollment continues to decline. Among the options they want input on is closing one or two high schools, possibly
Right to Life groups held demonstrations outside major pharmacy chain locations in South Bend Friday, protesting the sale of what they call abortion pills. They say it’s an effort to highlight the issue, and push state lawmakers
At least eight deaths, a couple thousand canceled flights, power outages and school closures have all been blamed on winter weather from Texas to Tennessee. Over half a million are left without power, mostly in Texas, and
South Bend officials say supply chain problems have delayed fixing a few broken traffic lights in the city. Among them is the corner of Hill and LaSalle in the east bank, which has been a 4-way stop
Voter registration in St. Joseph County will be supervised by the county clerk’s office going forward, after Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to eliminate the separate board of voter registration and transfer four deputies to the clerk’s office.
Lincolnway West in South Bend reopened Monday evening, after it was closed most of the day to allow firefighters to deal with a large fire in a business. The call came in around 9am to an automotive
The Regional Development Authority and South Bend’s Redevelopment Commission are seeking about ten million dollars from developer Dave Matthews for failing to meet commitments to open a grocery store and pharmacy along with his new development on
A guilty verdict Thursday in the case against a teenager charged as an adult in the murder and molestation of a 6 year old New Carlisle girl. Now 16 year old Anthony Hutchens was found guilty by
Another potentially snowy day today, but less widespread than yesterday. Lake effect snow in some bands could pile up another four inches or more in some places, while others will get an inch or even less. Temperatures
