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…
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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…
Online portal will show city’s COVID-19 expenditures
CITY HALL – St. Louis residents can watch how the city is spending their tax dollars to fight the COVID-19…
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…
States’ emergency supplies are sparse and dated before virus
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Last autumn, when schools were in session, sports stadiums full and no one had even heard…
Nearly 60,000 more jobless claims in Missouri last week
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Nearly 60,000 more Missouri workers filed initial unemployment claims last week amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis,…
Children can ask mayor questions at virtual town hall just for them
CITY HALL – Children worried about the coronavirus and all its effects on their families and lives can ask Mayor…
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…
Rural Missouri counties with meat plants see virus spikes
(AP) — Two rural Missouri counties are seeing huge spikes in coronavirus cases, including many connected to meatpacking plants. Saline…
Missouri National Guard to help hand out school meals
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Nearly 200 Missouri National Guard members will help distribute food to children in some schools or…
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…
St. Louis County hiring more virus ‘contact tracers’
ST. LOUIS COUNTY (AP) — The county is looking to hire more full-time contact tracers to track down people who…
Missouri lawsuit blames China for pandemic
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The state of Missouri filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Chinese government over the coronavirus, alleging…
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…