ST. LOUIS – The city is cracking down on establishments accused of violating restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, including one-year suspensions for three bars. The…
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COVID cases force shutdown of Missouri House
The Missouri House of Representatives will not meet next week because of an outbreak of COVID-19 in the Capitol Building, Republican leaders announced Thursday evening. Without giving details, House Speaker Rob…
COVID fear grows in Capitol as lawmakers test positive
WASHINGTON (AP) — Within a span of about 24 hours, three House Democrats have announced they tested positive for COVID-19, prompting concern that last week’s insurrection at the Capitol has…
Get lost, 2020: Some things to leave behind
NEW YORK (AP) — Zoom, Zoom and Zoom. Masks, masks and masks. Sourdough starter and short-order cooking. In these “troubled times,” in our sweat pants and the isolation we endure…
Tech-averse Missouri Senate makes changes because of virus
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri’s tradition-bound Senate is installing an audio monitoring system in its committee hearing rooms so employees, lobbyists and the public can listen to debate from their…
'Time of war': Hospitals short of staff, ICU beds
St. Louis-area hospitals are seeing 20 patients die every day. “That is 20 people a day who won’t be going back home to their loved ones,” Dr. Alex Garza, incident…
Why not wear a mask, save a life?
I volunteered to work on Election Day in Cole County, and took training as an election judge. At 54, I’m younger than most volunteers who might not feel safe working,…
Trump lawyer Giuliani hospitalized with coronavirus
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani had tested positive for the coronavirus, making him the latest in Trump’s inner circle to contract…
Krewson leans against tightening occupancy for restaurants, bars
CITY HALL – Mayor Lyda Krewson is pondering a recommendation by a city health advisory panel that the allowable occupancy for bars and restaurants be cut to 25 percent from…
Hospital workers beg public to help stop virus' spread
ST. LOUIS – Health professionals spoke out Friday at the daily press briefing of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force, imploring the public to help stem the flood of…
CDC pleads with Americans to avoid Thanksgiving travel
NEW YORK (AP) — With the coronavirus surging out of control, the nation’s top public health agency pleaded with Americans on Thursday not to travel for Thanksgiving and not to…
State of emergency extended as virus hits Missouri hospitals
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican, has extended Missouri’s state of emergency through next March as hospitals struggle to keep up with a rise in coronavirus cases.…