Child poverty an inner focus of virus relief plan
BALTIMORE (AP) — Tucked inside President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan is a seemingly radical notion that children…
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Murdered children and the selfishness of St. Louis
Say their names. Dmyah Fleming was 7. She liked to help her grandmother make cookies, especially with pink frosting. Kevin…
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…
Seven city schools to close; Sumner decision in March
ST. LOUIS – Seven of the city’s public schools will close at the end of the school year. The St.…
Hispanics celebrate ‘Three Kings’ on Cherokee Street
As most of us put away our Christmas ornaments and lights, area Hispanics got together this past week to celebrate…
Youth groups combine to better serve area’s children
ST. LOUIS – Sixty years ago, Monroe Smith stayed out of mischief by playing baseball for the Mathews-Dickey Boys Club.…
No candy, cake for children under 2
Parents now have an extra reason to say no to candy, cake and ice cream for young children. The first…
Girl Scouts rebuke Boy Scouts in escalating recruitment war
NEW YORK (AP) — The Girl Scouts are in a “highly damaging” recruitment war with the Boy Scouts after the…
Children’s hospitals treating adults as virus surges
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Children’s hospitals here have started treating adult patients as area hospitals struggle to keep up with…
DHS chief lacked authority to suspend Dreamers program, judge rules
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in New York ruled Saturday that Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad…
Educators balk at Parson’s push to ease school quarantines
(AP) — Gov. Mike Parson announced on Thursday new guidance aimed at keeping more children, teachers and staff in school,…
Enrollment in Missouri public schools declines by 3.2%
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Enrollment in Missouri public schools dropped significantly this fall compared with the 2019-2020 school year, with…
Virus outbreak at Missouri schools forces some to turn online
ST. LOUIS (AP) — An increasing number of coronavirus cases among Missouri children is prompting some school districts to temporarily…
Moonlight and masks to keep Halloween cool this year
ST. LOUIS – Halloween 2020 promises a nip in the air, clouds trailing across a full moon, and the usual…
400 years on, Mayflower’s legacy is mix of achievement, injustice
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Four centuries after white Europeans stepped off the Mayflower and onto America’s shores, some descendants of…
Next up in push for COVID-19 vaccine: Testing shots in children
The global hunt for a COVID-19 vaccine for children is only just beginning — a lagging start that has some…