Biden, Harris to take oath amid virus restrictions
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will take their oaths of office outside the U.S.…
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Health care workers in Missouri start getting coronavirus vaccine
(AP) — Health care workers in both of Missouri’s urban areas received doses of the coronavirus vaccine Monday afternoon —…
Monarch butterfly protection is delayed for years
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Federal officials declared on Tuesday the monarch butterfly “a candidate” for threatened or endangered status…
Missouri vaccine rollout faces misinformation, mistrust
In the pages of Missouri’s initial plan for how to distribute the highly anticipated coronavirus vaccine was a paragraph touting…
Vandals hit Black churches in Washington during pro-Trump rallies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vandals tore down a Black Lives Matter banner and sign from two historic Black churches in downtown…
Aldermen balk at plan to close 11 schools
CITY HALL – A proposal to close 11 city schools has come under strong opposition from the Board of Aldermen.…
Comedian works, lives by motto ‘Handsome Lives Matter’
PENROSE – Yes, Black Lives Matter. But Byron Moore, aka Handsome the Comedian, has a slightly different slogan, Handsome Lives…
FDA allows emergency COVID-19 vaccine
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. gave the final go-ahead Friday to the nation’s first COVID-19 vaccine, marking what could be…
Missouri vaccinations could start Thursday, official says
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri expects to receive more than 220,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines by about Christmas if federal…
Missouri rental aid may lag lifting of federal eviction freeze
Missourians who have fallen behind on their rent due to the pandemic can seek relief through the Missouri Emergency Rental Arrears…
City keeps losing population as region gains
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A new census estimate shows that the population of St. Louis is continuing to decline. The…
Vote near on closing of 11 schools including Sumner
COVENANT BLU/GRAND CENTER – The loss of 11 schools will bring pain to the St. Louis Public Schools, Superintendent Kelvin…
Judge dismisses Gardner from Mark McCloskey’s case
(AP) — A judge disqualified the St. Louis prosecutor and her office on Thursday from the case involving Mark McCloskey,…
Biden tells civil rights leaders he’ll advance racial equity
DETROIT (AP) — In a meeting with leaders of some of the nation’s top civil rights organizations, President-elect Joe Biden…
Congress set to strip Confederate names from military bases
WASHINGTON – Congress is moving toward passage this week of a massive defense policy bill that President Donald Trump has…
First tiny houses roll in for ‘village’ on north side
CITY HALL (AP) — The first tiny houses of what will form a village for otherwise homeless people rolled into…