Lawmakers strike deal on crime bill after Parson’s veto threat
JEFFERSON CITY – House leadership backed off its insistence that a wide-ranging crime bill include stiffer penalties for lying under…
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Cardinals host vaccination clinic at Busch Stadium, get ready for Cubs
DOWNTOWN – The St. Louis Cardinals are hosting a COVID-19 vaccination event in partnership with the city’s health department, inside…
Corrections commissioner quitting as of May 31
CITY HALL – Under pressure from Mayor Tishaura Jones about conditions at the City Justice Center and the Workhouse, City…
Judge awards area homeless man $150K in panhandling case
ST. LOUIS COUNTY (AP) — The county cannot enforce ordinances that target panhandlers and violate their free-speech rights, a federal…
Democrats press for broader voter access as GOP resists
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in the U.S. Senate mounted an aggressive case Tuesday against Democrats’ sweeping election and voter-access legislation,…
Schmitt sues over St. Louis County COVID restrictions
(AP) — Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed on Tuesday a lawsuit challenging St. Louis County’s COVID-19 restrictions, citing concerns…
Boil order lifted; water safe to drink as pipe is repaired
DOWNTOWN – The City Water Division has lifted the precautionary boil water advisory it issued Wednesday for large section of…
Secrecy around ownership raises questions about marijuana networks
The Missouri House voted Tuesday afternoon to require state regulators to turn over ownership information for businesses granted medical marijuana…
Prescription drug monitoring program bill heads to governor
JEFFERSON CITY – In a historic vote, the Missouri House signed off Tuesday on legislation to establish a prescription drug monitoring…
County Library helps older adults reach loved ones, with GrandPads
ST. LOUIS COUNTY – The St. Louis County Library is giving out 1,500 GrandPad tablets bought with CARES Act funds to area older adults. The GrandPad…
Parson vows to veto crime bill if it has penalties for lying
JEFFERSON CITY – The fate of a wide-ranging crime bill was called into question on Tuesday over a provision that…
State to end all federal pandemic-related unemployment benefits
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri will end participation in all federal pandemic-related jobless insurance programs as of June 13. Gov. Mike Parson, a…
Downtown water main break prompts boil order
DOWNTOWN WEST – Water flooded streets early Tuesday morning after a 36-inch water main broke near Lucas Avenue and Washington Avenue,…
Missouri in no rush to spend $2.7B of flexible pandemic aid
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri will get nearly $2.7 billion of flexible federal aid under a coronavirus relief law, but…
FDA green-lights Pfizer vaccine for ages 12-15; CDC still to act
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has signed off on expanding the use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to…
Zoo introduces new member: colobus monkey Juniper
FOREST PARK – The family of colobus monkeys at the St. Louis Zoo is celebrating its newest birth, of a…