First black Ferguson mayor will face old problem: Protest damage
FERGUSON (AP) — Ella Jones winced as she gazed at a boarded-up restaurant, one of several businesses in Ferguson damaged…
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Curfew set after violent night of protesting
DOWNTOWN – After a night of violent rioting, Mayor Lyda Krewson struck back with an executive order establishing a curfew…
Missouri protests over Floyd’s death remain tense
(AP) — Missouri protests continued Monday over the death of George Floyd and police treatment of African-Americans, with gatherings in…
Michael Brown Sr. joins Minneapolis demonstrators as protests sweep nation
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Protests formed across America again Sunday, even as glass and graffiti from the previous night’s unrest were…
Protests’ violence overnight leaves damage, tension
LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — Business owners in Ferguson as well as Kansas City were assessing damage and cleaning up Sunday…
Protesters block I-44 downtown; demonstrator dies in accident
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Protesters blocked a downtown St. Louis interstate, set a fire in the road and broke into…
Black drivers in Missouri still targeted, report shows
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Black drivers were 95 percent more likely to be pulled over by Missouri police than white…
As virus cases, deaths spike, Missouri delays Phase 2 of reopening
(AP) — Missouri’s health department cited on Friday 31 additional coronavirus deaths, among the highest one-day increases reported since the…
Panel studies city health director’s qualifications
CITY HALL – For more than three months, St. Louis Director of Health and Hospitals Dr. Fredrick Echols has been…
VIDEO: May 29th Board of Aldermen Meeting
The St. Louis Board of Aldermen met virtually for their May 29th weekly meeting. Full video below. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clJT74TutRs]
Free masks will help area black churches reopen
HANLEY HILLS (AP) — Bishop Floyd Williams knows that the coronavirus has proven especially lethal for blacks, so his decision…
Missouri health director warns revelers: Virus is still here
(AP) — Missouri’s health director issued a dire warning Monday after photos and video showed Memorial Day weekend revelers partying…
Pools, summer camps, gyms get OK to reopen soon
CITY HALL – To the relief of parents and children alike, swimming pools and youth summer camps can begin operating…
Missouri jobless rate more than doubles to 9.7% due to virus
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s unemployment rate more than doubled last month due to the shutdown caused by the coronavirus,…
Judge blocks Gardner from paying outside law firms
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A judge has blocked St. Louis’ top prosecutor from paying potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars…
City needs more COVID-19 contact tracers, committee members say
CITY HALL – St. Louis may have far too few workers to track where those who have tested positive tor…