MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Protests formed across America again Sunday, even as glass and graffiti from the previous night’s unrest were still being cleaned up, with some violence and crime flaring…
Month: May 2020
Protests' violence overnight leaves damage, tension
LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — Business owners in Ferguson as well as Kansas City were assessing damage and cleaning up Sunday after protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis…
Gov. Parson activates National Guard to respond to protests
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson activated the Missouri National Guard on Saturday evening to help respond to protests around the state that he described as creating hazards to…
Parking enforcement resuming along city curbs
ST. LOUIS — Drivers will again have to pay attention to where they leave their cars along the city’s streets, or face paying a penalty for illegal parking. The city’s…
Protesters block I-44 downtown; demonstrator dies in accident
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Protesters blocked a downtown St. Louis interstate, set a fire in the road and broke into trucks in a demonstration over the death of a black…
Protests continue across nation after police killing in Minneapolis
ATLANTA (AP) — Protesters burned businesses in Minneapolis. They smashed police cars and windows in Atlanta, broke into police headquarters in Portland, Ore., and chanted curses at President Donald Trump…
Black drivers in Missouri still targeted, report shows
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Black drivers were 95 percent more likely to be pulled over by Missouri police than white drivers last year, according to a report released Friday by…
City marks gains against virus, Krewson reports; aid plan in works
CITY HALL – The city appears to be winning its first bout with the coronavirus, if by slim margins. St. Louis had tallied 1,917 confirmed cases of the coronavirus as…
As virus cases, deaths spike, Missouri delays Phase 2 of reopening
(AP) — Missouri’s health department cited on Friday 31 additional coronavirus deaths, among the highest one-day increases reported since the pandemic began. The website for the Missouri Department of Health…
Planned Parenthood wins fight, gets OK to continue abortions here
(AP) — Missouri’s only abortion clinic will be able to keep operating. A state government administrator decided Friday that the health department was wrong not to renew the license of…
Panel studies city health director's qualifications
CITY HALL – For more than three months, St. Louis Director of Health and Hospitals Dr. Fredrick Echols has been the city’s chief point man in the fight against COVID-19.…
Trump Press Conference 5/29/20
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump added fuel to racial fires Friday as he threatened to take action to bring the city of Minneapolis “under control,” calling violent protesters outraged…