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…
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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…
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…
‘Mask up,’ Cedric the Entertainer tells St. Louisans
CITY HALL – “Mask up!” is the message Cedric the Entertainer, a Missouri native, is sending in the second ad…
Vote by mail? St. Louis hasn’t decided
CITY HALL – A push is on in the Board of Aldermen to pressure city election officials to mail out…
U.S. deaths from coronavirus top 100,000
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The U.S. surpassed a jarring milestone Wednesday in the coronavirus pandemic: 100,000 deaths. That number is…
At farmers markets, healthy food comes with healthy practices
ST. LOUIS – Locally made items crafted by artisans weren’t at the Tower Grove Farmers Market on Saturday, but the…
Area’s cemeteries, parks to be quieter on Memorial Day
ST, LOUIS – In normal days, visitors to Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery on Memorial Day would see graves covered with…
Botanical Garden sets June 16 reopening date
ST. LOUIS – The Missouri Botanical Garden will reopen to visitors on June. 16 after months of lonesome, if beautiful,…
Animals always, visitors again! Zoo to reopen June 13
(AP) — The St. Louis Zoo plans to welcome visitors again on June 13, though with enhanced measures that seek…
Free PPEs prepare merchants to reopen
ST. LOUIS – In another time, Stephanie Wingfield planned to open a hair salon in The Grove in the first…
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…
Businesses clear decks for Monday’s partial opening – or not
ST. LOUIS – For the first time since March, a limited number of customers of Chris’ Pancake & Dining soon…
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…
Without visitors, Zoo is ‘strange, spooky,’ eager to reopen
With visitors absent, the St. Louis Zoo is a strange place, Zoo Director Michael Macek said. The grounds are left…
Site offers COVID-19 testing, perhaps peace of mind
FOUNTAIN PARK – Cora Page wasn’t sure she needed a COVID-19 test. “I’m protected by the blood of Jesus,” she…