ST. LOUIS (AP) — New restrictions caused a sharp drop in the number of women who had abortions at Missouri’s only provider last year, but the clinic has not stopped…
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Missouri tells some to give back COVID-related payments
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Some Missourians who received unemployment insurance payments during the coronavirus pandemic are now being told they have to pay back the money. Marissa Crozier said that unemployment…
Effort to stop charging 17-year-olds as adults stalls
Khadijah Wilson faced a bully during her junior year at Francis Howell North High School in St. Charles. She told her principal and teachers about the name calling, and how…
Parson defends Trump over D.C. riot
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson expressed dismay on Wednesday at news that a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol to derail the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. But he said people should…
Missouri coronavirus cases top 400,000
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The number of coronavirus cases in Missouri has now topped 400,000, and hospitalizations remained at a high level on Sunday. The state reported 2,305 new cases…
Health care workers in Missouri start getting coronavirus vaccine
(AP) — Health care workers in both of Missouri’s urban areas received doses of the coronavirus vaccine Monday afternoon — the first people in the state outside of clinical trial…
Missouri vaccinations could start Thursday, official says
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri expects to receive more than 220,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines by about Christmas if federal authorization for emergency use is granted, and the first vaccinations…
Missouri House considers letter questioning Biden's victory
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — At least 66 Republican state lawmakers from Missouri signed a letter on Thursday calling on Congress to reject presidential electoral votes from swing states that went…
Tensions rise over masks as virus grips smaller cities
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Arguments over mask requirements and other restrictions have turned ugly in recent days as the deadly coronavirus surge across the U.S. engulfs small and medium-size cities…
Missouri suffering higher average number of virus cases
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The average number of virus cases Missouri reports each day is on the rise again after declining for more than two weeks. The seven-day rolling average…
Missouri to vaccinate priority groups by end of year
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s health director said Friday that the state should be able to vaccinate all hospital workers, nursing home staff and nursing home residents against COVID-19 by…
Missourians need more COVID-19 aid, now
Hundreds of thousands of Missourians, including children, are struggling to get by during our coronavirus public health emergency, according to the recently released U.S. Census Bureau Household Pulse Survey. While…