Amtrak cuts Missouri service to 1 daily round trip
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Amtrak service in Missouri has been reduced to one round trip starting Monday as federal and…
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Four people wounded by stray New Year’s gunfire in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police received 736 reports of gunshots across the city as people celebrated the New…
Public hearing Monday for Missouri House district maps
For the state commission drawing new Missouri House districts, the work began in acrimony but seems likely to end in…
Parson introduces new directors for Revenue, Mental Health departments
A veteran Republican lawmaker will lead the Missouri Department of Revenue and a long-time administrator in state government will take…
Celebrate New Year’s Eve at home, city health officials urge
CITY HALL – “Staggering” numbers of positive COVID-19 cases in St. Louis have prompted the city’s Department of Health to…
Record number of Americans sign up for ACA health insurance
A record 13.6 million Americans have signed up for health coverage for 2022 on the Affordable Care Act marketplaces, with…
Parson declares end to COVID emergency as Missouri cases soar to record levels
On the day Missouri surpassed 1 million COVID-19 cases and recorded the highest single-day tally of infections for the pandemic,…
Missouri weighs longer hunting seasons for some fur-bearers
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri conservation officials are considering a plan to extend the hunting season for species such as…
600 cars in line at area COVID-19 testing site
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The latest COVID-19 surge in Missouri has residents scrambling to get tested, but having difficulty finding…
‘The Eleven’: Women in Missouri Senate see new book as example of bipartisanship
The women of the Missouri Senate are telling their own stories through a forthcoming children’s book that chronicles the journeys…
State wraps up probe of reporter’s discovery of database glitch
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — The Missouri State Highway Patrol has completed an investigation of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that began…
How will Biden’s COVID-19 test giveaway work?
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says the federal government will buy half a billion COVID-19 rapid test kits and…
Home for the holidays and worried about an older relative? Make observations, not assumptions
With the second holiday season of the pandemic, many people will have the opportunity to rejoin family and friends for…
Space telescope is launched on quest to behold first stars
The world’s largest and most powerful space telescope rocketed away Saturday on a high-stakes quest to behold light from the…
Inaccurate death certificates across the country may hide true toll of COVID-19
In Cape Girardeau County, the coroner hasn’t pronounced a single person dead of COVID-19 in 2021. Wavis Jordan, a Republican…
Missouri gun law poses ‘clear and substantial threat,’ U.S. officials say
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri law forbidding local police from enforcing federal gun laws is hampering efforts to…