ST. LOUIS – Metro Transit is suspending service on four of its MetroBus routes as of Monday, March 30, because of falling ridership during the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis. The four…
Category: Coronavirus
St. Louis' traffic police under quarantine
ST. LOUIS – Some city traffic police officers have tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus, and the traffic division is now under quarantine. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department and…
Hospitals scramble to stretch supplies as virus cases surge
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Nurses and other front-line medical workers at BJC HealthCare, SSM Health, Mercy and a veterans hospital say that hospital leaders are asking some staff to reuse masks,…
Playgrounds close; nursing home hit hard
ST. LOUIS — All playgrounds in the city are now closed and will remain so while the “stay at home” order is in effect during the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis. The city…
Governor mobilizes National Guard against virus
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri braced itself Friday for a surge of coronavirus patients as the number of deaths grew to nine, with the governor mobilizing the state’s National Guard.…
New fund helps 16 area nonprofits
ST. LOUIS – A new COVID-19 Regional Response Fund set up this month is sending grants totaling nearly $370,000 to 16 nonprofit organizations serving area groups and residents affected by…
Dozens of city inmates may soon be freed
ST. LOUIS – Dozens of inmates may soon be released from city jail in order to reduce the risk of coronavirus in the crowded setting. St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim…
City's first coronavirus fatality is buried; Missouri cases top 350
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jazmond Dixon was buried Tuesday as her family watched from their cars. Dixon, 31, died Sunday, March 22, as the first fatality from the coronavirus in…
Red Cross worker is first St. Louis coronavirus death
CENTRAL WEST END – The Red Cross announced Tuesday that the city’s first death from the COVID-19 coronavirus was that of one of its employees. Jazmond Dixon, 31, worked at the…
Coronavirus survivors' plasma may aid new patients
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hospitals are gearing up to test if a century-old treatment used to fight off flu and measles outbreaks in the days before vaccines, and tried more recently…
City extends deadline for earnings tax
ST. LOUIS – City of St. Louis Collector of Revenue Gregory F.X. Daly has extended the earnings tax filing deadline to July 15 from the usual date of April 15 to…
City revenue office closes; drivers licenses, vehicle plates get extensions
ST. LOUIS – The Department of Revenue Office in City Hall will close during the coronavirus crisis, in response to Missouri’s decision to extend by 60 days the deadlines to…