Cinco de Mayo goes virtual during pandemic
ST. LOUIS — Like every other event these days, this year’s real-life Cherokee Street Cinco de Mayo Celebration has been…
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Homeless to be ousted from tent city Friday; shelters ready
CITY HALL – The tent city opposite City Hall is going to fold. On Friday, city workers will move to…
St. Mary’s High hopes to match $100,000 challenge grant
DUTCHTOWN – Even a Dragon can’t defeat the coronavirus by itself. St. Mary’s High School, whose mascot is the Dragon,…
Older adults get their pick of produce, without leaving home
MIDTOWN – At the Heritage House senior apartments on Sunday, residents got to grocery shop at their own front door.…
Societal preconditions contribute to high infection rate among blacks
ST. LOUIS – Poverty, violence and racism have long devastated the African-American community. Now there’s another force disproportionately affecting black…
Virus milestone: 1,034 have recovered, are back home
ST. LOUIS – More than a thousand St. Louisans who were hospitalized with the COVID-19 coronavirus have recovered and are…
Speeders crank up the mph during pandemic
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Missouri State Highway Patrol is reporting a dangerous trend on roads and highways left wide…
Businesses, groups fill need for face masks
ST. LOUIS – A month ago, Kevin Kelly and Jason Deem had nothing to do with making medical masks. But…
Waters dedicates Congress’ relief plan to St. Louis sister dying of coronavirus
WASHINGTON – Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., dedicated Congress’s $484 billion relief package to her sister in St. Louis, who she…
Outlying counties breaking from urban areas on plans to reopen
(AP) — Leaders of counties on the edge of Missouri’s two metropolitan areas are showing an increasing urge to end…
Beware of COVID-19 taxpayer payment scams, experts warn
St. LOUIS – Taxpayers waiting for their COVID-19 economic impact payments need to be wary of scam artists trying to…
No raises for city employees, but budget seeks to save jobs
ST. LOUIS – City workers will have to forego their promised raises, but they should be able to keep their…
Hill restaurants survive on slim diet of takeout, delivery
THE HILL – In the good old days, like two months ago, Favazza’s on the Hill served 600 people on…
Parking at city meters to stay free through May
ST. LOUIS – Drivers in the city won’t need to feed the parking meters through the month of May, as…
Blacks continue to bear brunt of coronavirus, ZIP code data show
ST. LOUIS – The latest map of the city’s coronavirus cases by ZIP code shows that black residents continue to…
Protesters at Capitol demand reopening; 16 new deaths reported
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Protesters gathered Tuesday outside the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City to demand that the state reopen…