(AP) — Missouri’s health director issued a dire warning Monday after photos and video showed Memorial Day weekend revelers partying close together: The coronavirus is still here, and the spreading…
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Pools, summer camps, gyms get OK to reopen soon
CITY HALL – To the relief of parents and children alike, swimming pools and youth summer camps can begin operating as of June 1, the city’s health director has announced.…
Missouri jobless rate more than doubles to 9.7% due to virus
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s unemployment rate more than doubled last month due to the shutdown caused by the coronavirus, state officials said Friday. Still, Missouri’s jobless rate of 9.7…
Judge blocks Gardner from paying outside law firms
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A judge has blocked St. Louis’ top prosecutor from paying potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal bills to five outside law firms representing her.…
City needs more COVID-19 contact tracers, committee members say
CITY HALL – St. Louis may have far too few workers to track where those who have tested positive tor COVID-19 may have also infected others, an official of the…
Students can help design Missouri's bicentennial posters
JEFFERSON CITY – What should a Missouri Bicentennial poster look like? Students around the state can help decide. Missouri will turn 200 in 2021, and students are invited to submit…
Why wear a mask? Goodman joins ad campaign to be 'a good neighbor'
CITY HALL – St. Louis native and actor John Goodman is adding his voice to the city’s call for us all to wear face masks when we might encounter other…
Drive-by protests express worry over reopening
(AP) — Restaurants and other nonessential businesses will be allowed to open their doors on Monday in St. Louis city and county, but some people in the region worry that…
City hands out 75,000 masks before Monday's reopening
ST. LOUIS (AP) — City officials are handing out at least 75,000 masks as the area prepares to relax stay-at-home orders. “In the last 48 hours or so, we’ve hand…
Missouri lawmakers OK mail-in voting on final day of work
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri lawmakers wrapped up their work Friday by passing bills allowing people to vote by mail because of the coronavirus and ramping up criminal penalties in…
Virus is final knell for 3 schools in Archdiocese
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Three Catholic elementary schools that were already struggling financially will close because of the impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, as the outbreak continues to hit…
Kewson, Echols livestream neighborhood COVID-19 session
CITY HALL – Mayor Lyda Krewson, with the help of Health Director Dr. Fredrick Echols, answered questions in a live-streamed briefing on Thursday, May 14, about business reopening, contact tracing,…