New holiday delays Missouri Medicaid expansion trial
The trial on whether Missouri expands Medicaid as approved by voters in 2020 has been moved to Monday because of the new…
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Juneteenth celebrations have extra joy, meaning this year
All Americans now celebrate the end of slavery, as Juneteenth – June 19 – becomes the newest national holiday. And…
Juneteenth will mark day of freedom from slavery – and many COVID-19 restrictions
ST. LOUIS • “Juneteenth,” also known as “Emancipation Day” or “Freedom Day,” has long been celebrated by African Americans as…
‘Obamacare’ survives: Supreme Court dismisses big challenge
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court, though increasingly conservative in makeup, rejected on Thursday the latest major Republican-led effort to…
Sparks fly over budget shortfall as city estimate board meets
CITY HALL – The three members of the city’s top budgeting board spent more than an hour Wednesday in a…
Gun-waving McCloskeys plead guilty to misdemeanors
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Central West End couple who gained notoriety for pointing guns at social justice demonstrators pleaded…
One of two ex-St. Louis officers convicted in beating of Black colleague
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former St. Louis police officer has been convicted of a civil rights violation for beating…
Last detainees are moved out of troubled St. Louis workhouse
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The last detainees held at the troubled Medium Security Institution in St. Louis were moved Thursday…
Juneteenth becomes federal holiday; Missouri as well as U.S. offices to close Friday
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed into law on Thursday legislation declaring a legal public holiday annually on June 19,…
Drop in childhood vaccinations stirs concern about school outbreaks
Routine childhood vaccinations dropped dramatically during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, and although they began rebounding last summer as families…
Half of U.S. cosmetics contain toxic chemicals, study finds
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than half the cosmetics sold in the United States and Canada are awash with a toxic…
For toddlers, pandemic shapes development during formative years
CASTLE POINT, Mo. — Lucretia Wilks, who runs a small day care out of her home in north St. Louis…
BJC, Washington U. to require vaccinations for employees
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two of the largest employers in the St. Louis area have announced they will require employees…
Should jails emptied in the pandemic stay that way?
It wasn’t long after Matthew Reed shoplifted a $63 set of sheets from a Target in upstate New York that the…
Missouri tourist hotspots also heating up COVID counts
Southwestern Missouri’s most popular tourist areas are the epicenter of a COVID-19 outbreak linked to the Delta variant that is…
Southern Baptists pick president who worked for racial unity
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Southern Baptist Convention tamped down a push from the right on Tuesday at its largest…