Groundbreaking actor Sidney Poitier dies at 94
NEW YORK (AP) — Sidney Poitier, the groundbreaking actor and enduring inspiration who transformed how Black people were portrayed on screen, and…
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As Missourians seek COVID tests, politicians seek to lay blame for long lines and shortages
Missourians are scrambling to find coronavirus tests amid surging cases of COVID-19 caused by the Omicron variant, and politicians are…
City updates guidance for COVID-19 isolation, quarantine, other precautions
CITY HALL – Health officials have updated the city’s recommendations for managing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The city’s website offers…
After quiet year, Sinquefield donations start flowing in Missouri again
With the 2022 statewide elections just around the corner, Missouri’s most prolific political donor is breaking out his checkbook once…
Jay Ashcroft pushes Parson for special elections for vacant Missouri House seats
Gov. Mike Parson’s refusal to call special elections for six vacancies in the Missouri House is drawing criticism from the…
More than 100 St. Louis County jail inmates have COVID
CLAYTON (AP) — The rapid spread of COVID-19 has infected more than 100 detainees at one of Missouri’s largest county…
Biden urges America to see the truth of Jan. 6 – and understand its place in history
President Joe Biden closed his speech commemorating and deploring the events of Jan. 6, 2021, by asking God to “bless those who stand watch…
‘Hatred in the eyes’: How racist rage animated Jan. 6 riots
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Cori Bush is no stranger to protests. She spent years marching the streets of St. Louis…
Missouri Senate opens annual session with bitter divisions on display
At the west end of the Missouri Capitol on Wednesday, the state House opened the annual legislative session in the…
Judge throws out most of St. Louis earnings tax lawsuit
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A judge has thrown out most of a lawsuit that seeks refunds of St. Louis city…
Missouri hospitals sound alarm over latest COVID wave
St. Louis area hospitals are getting “crushed” by the highest number of COVID patients they’ve seen yet in the pandemic,…
Jake’s mice: Searching for answers to the puzzle of autism
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jake Litvag leaned in for a closer look as a lab mouse scurried around an enclosure,…
Missouri House redistricting panel gets little input, seeks more
JEFFERSON CITY – The House Independent Bipartisan Citizens Commission that is charged with redrawing Missouri’s House districts held on Monday morning…
Jan. 6 committee prepares to go public as findings mount
WASHINGTON (AP) — They’ve interviewed more than 300 witnesses, collected tens of thousands of documents and traveled around the country…
GOP lawmakers renew effort to bar Planned Parenthood from Missouri Medicaid
After the issue ground legislative work to a halt last year, Missouri Republican lawmakers plan to renew their efforts to…
Capitol rioters’ tears, remorse don’t spare them from jail
WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida business owner Robert Palmer cheered on the violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 before he joined…