Committee wants vaccinations for elderly, at-risk and unreached
CITY HALL – After a three-day vaccination clinic, members of a Board of Aldermen committee want the city Health Department…
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$2.2 million grant aids ‘village’ for homeless veterans
JEFF-VANDER-LOU – A plan to build a “village” of tiny houses for homeless veterans got a boost Wednesday with a grant…
911 callers will find better procedures, police say
ST. LOUIS – People who call 911 in the city will find a few changes to the system as of…
Feds to start sending coronavirus vaccine to pharmacies
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration will begin shipping COVID-19 vaccines to U.S. pharmacies next week, ramping up vaccinations…
SLU webinar to dispel myths about COVID-19 vaccine
ST. LOUIS • St. Louis University’s School of Medicine and their Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion will be hosting…
Retiring alderman boosted 17th Ward with tax breaks
CENTRAL WEST END – Being a numbers guy, 17th Ward Alderman Joseph D. Roddy uses numbers to show what he…
City, other Missouri sites host mass vaccination clinics
ST. LOUIS (AP) — About 1,800 people received the coronavirus vaccine Saturday on the third day in a row of…
New, nonbinding vote on workhouse may be on April ballot
CITY HALL – A proposal to ask the public what it thinks about having an election on whether to close…
Nursing homes strive for sense of normalcy, fun
BRIDGETON (AP) — Every year, the Sarah Community, a nursing home in Bridgeton, hosts its own Oktoberfest. The event usually…
Krewson vetoes bill for new vote on ward reduction
CITY HALL – Some worry the mayor’s veto of a bill calling for an election to keep the number of wards…
Missouri moves to tighten police accountability
Brian Williams grew up in Ferguson, where Michael Brown Jr.’s shooting death sparked a national movement for police accountability in…
Mass vaccination sites aim for 18,000 shots in a day
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nine mass vaccination sites operated by the Missouri National Guard were aiming to inoculate at least…
As virus strikes legislators, Parson set to deliver annual address
When Gov. Mike Parson delivers his annual State of the State address to a joint session of the Missouri Legislature…
Missouri ranks last in residents vaccinated
Out of the 50 states, Missouri ranks last in the nation in terms of the percentage of its residents who…
Missouri House Democrats expel Price from caucus
Missouri Rep. Wiley Price, a St. Louis Democrat accused of having sex with an intern and then threatening an employee…
Aerial surveillance plan gets initial OK from aldermen
CITY HALL – A four-hour debate Friday over a proposed eye in the sky to catch lawbreakers pitted aldermen demanding…