Advisers endorse single-shot COVID-19 vaccine from J&J
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health advisers endorsed a one-dose COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson on Friday, putting the nation on the…
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Honduran immigrant finally leaves church sanctuary to rejoin family
MAPLEWOOD • Honduran immigrant, husband and father of five Alex Garcia entered a church in Maplewood in 2017 to avoid immediate…
New mayor will inherit an old city death spiral
At the current rate of population loss and decay, St. Louis will cease to exist except as a collection of…
Missouri Republicans look to reinstate voter ID requirement
About 137,700 registered voters in Missouri had no state-issued identification in 2017, according to an analysis from the Secretary of State’s…
Some Missourians successfully appeal jobless repayments
ST. LOUIS (AP) — About 46,000 Missourians were mistakenly overpaid unemployment benefits as part of the stimulus during the coronavirus…
Coalition wants independent commission to redraw wards
CITY HALL – Members of a wide coalition of citizens groups announced on Tuesday plans to put a City Charter…
At least 160 Confederate symbols taken down in 2020
NEW YORK (AP) — When rioters tore through the U.S. Capitol last month, some of them gripping Confederate battle flags,…
For Cara Spencer, the road to mayor’s race started at a pool
MARINE VILLA – You could say Cara Spencer’s run for mayor began when her neighborhood pool closed. Spencer, a single…
Some elderly, sick St. Louisans travel for vaccine
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Some elderly and sick residents of the St. Louis area, fed up with waiting to get…
St. Louis NAACP files complaint on lack of prisoner vaccines
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis NAACP has filed federal civil rights complaints against Missouri over the lack of…
Juneteenth becomes official holiday in St. Louis County
Starting this year, Juneteenth will be a holiday in St. Louis County. The county’s Civil Service Commission agreed on Thursday…
No plan to move Missouri teachers up in vaccine line
(AP) — Missouri has no plans to move teachers higher on the list for COVID-19 vaccinations, instead focusing on getting…
Mayoral candidate Andrew Jones cites ‘point of no return’
ST. LOUIS – Andrew Jones may not have experience in government, but he thinks he’s got something better. “Thank goodness…
Missouri House panel votes to forgive federal unemployment debts
Thousands of Missourians facing repayment of mistakenly paid unemployment benefits would get some relief under legislation passed with a bipartisan vote Wednesday…
Jaco: COVID confusion due to crackpot ideology
I got my COVID-19 vaccine by accident. As a certified geezer (70, cardiac pacemaker, blah blah blah) I wanted to…
Rush Limbaugh dies; ‘voice of American conservatism’
Rush Limbaugh, the Missouri-born talk radio host who ripped into liberals and laid waste to political correctness with a merry…