Category Archives: Top Stories
Bill expanding access to discounted drugs awaits House action
Article Summary The 340B drug program requires manufacturers to provide steep discounts for certain medications to safety net clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers and other health care provider...
Mar 04, 2026 Legislation is pending in the Illinois House that advocates say would expand access for safety net clinics and certain other providers to low-cost outpatient medications. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
National Weather Service marks Severe Weather Preparedness Week by urging people to be ready
LINCOLN, Ill. - The impending arrival of spring also means severe weather threats are not too far behind. With the impending threats throughout the next few months, the National Weather Service has de...
Mar 04, 2026 (NOAA/National Weather Service)
U.S. sub sinks Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, at least 80 dead
By Uditha Jayasinghe and Idrees Ali GALLE, Sri Lanka/WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - A U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth s...
Mar 04, 2026 A vessel sails off the Galle coast after a submarine attack on the Iranian military ship, Iris Dena, off Sri Lanka, in Galle, Sri Lanka, March 4, 2026. REUTERS/Thilina Kaluthotage
Bradley University adding new women's sports opportunities
PEORIA, Ill. - Bradley University is expanding competitive sports opportunities for women with the addition of five new Premier Club Sports, an investment that President James Shadid says strengthens ...
Mar 04, 2026 (Bradley University)
Peoria Heights mayor explains why his village is banning kratom
By Angeles Ponpa PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. (25 News) -Added to the list of communities banning the sale of kratom is the Village of Peoria Heights. The village board voted unanimously last week to amend th...
Mar 04, 2026 Peoria Heights joins a list of local communities banning the sale of Kratom. (25 News)
Pentagon identifies first US soldiers killed in Iran war
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. military on Tuesday identified four of the first American soldiers killed in the war against Iran as the Trump administration wa...
Mar 04, 2026 A combination image of undated photos shows U.S. Army Reserve Captain Cody A. Khork, 35, of Winter Haven, Florida, U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. 1st Class Noah Tietjens, 42, of Bellevue, Nebraska, U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor, 39, of White Bear Lake, Minnesota, and U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Declan Coady, 20, of Des Moines, Iowa, who were killed March 1, 2026, at the Port of Shuaiba, Kuwait during a drone attack.
US lawmakers set to vote on war powers as Iran conflict widens
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - Lawmakers in the U.S. Senate were set to begin voting on Wednesday on a bipartisan war powers resolution aiming to stop the military campaign again...
Mar 04, 2026 A view of the U.S. Capitol building at night in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 2, 2026. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper
"County Cares" returns to 104.9 The Wolf raising money for St. Jude
PEORIA, Ill. - Each year, 104.9 The Wolf spends two days raising money for the kids of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. The Wolf's Mike Stechman and John Young will broadca...
Mar 04, 2026 104.9 The Wolf personalities Mike Stechman and John Young broadcasting for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Wednesday abd Thursday this week. (1470/100.3 WMBD--Julia Bradley)
Father indicted again by Peoria County grand jury for alleged abuse of infant son
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury has indicted a man on another charge for allegedly injuring his infant son. 20-year-old Jaravion Nichols was indicted of aggravated battery on Tuesday, a Clas...
Mar 03, 2026 Jaravion Nichols. (Peoria County Jail)
Former DOJ attorneys intervene in lawsuit seeking sensitive Illinois voter registration data
Article Summary Eighteen former Department of Justice attorneys signed onto an amicus brief arguing the Trump administration has no legal authority to demand voter registration data from Illinois. Ill...
Mar 03, 2026 David Becker, founder and executive director of the Center for Election Innovation and Research, is among 18 former Department of Justice attorneys who filed a brief in federal court in Illinois opposing the department’s lawsuit seeking access to the state’s unredacted voter registration database. (Screenshot of Zoom call by Capitol News Illinois)
