‘The surge is coming,’ Springfield mayor warns other Missouri cities
With hospitals swamped and hundreds of cases daily from a Delta variant surge of infection, Springfield is a warning of what is…
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Missouri’s new Poet Laureate is Maryfrances Wagner of Independence
ST. LOUIS – Maryfrances Wagner, a poet, teacher and community leader from Independence, Mo., has been named as Missouri’s sixth…
After ruling halts DACA immigration program, Biden vows appeal
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Saturday that the Justice Department intended to appeal a federal judge’s ruling deeming illegal a program enacted…
Labor Secretary visits St. Louis to assess workforce sustainability
ST. LOUIS – U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh was in St. Louis on Thursday to discuss health care and…
Commission wants to speed payouts for low-income housing tax credits
Significant changes are being considered for Missouri’s low income housing tax credits, one of the state’s most expensive and controversial…
Officials warn of major surge in COVID-19 cases here
ST. LOUIS – With new cases of COVID-19 surging, an official of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force stressed…
As COVID swamps hospitals, Springfield asks Missouri for temporary care site
Facing a looming shortage of beds caused by rapidly rising COVID-19 cases, health care providers in Springfield are asking the…
Area man accused of participating in Capitol riot
(AP) — A man from the St. Louis area has been charged with participating in the Jan. 6 riot at…
In marathon meeting, aldermen give preliminary OK for American Rescue Plan spending
CITY HALL – After a 10-hour slog, the Board of Aldermen gave preliminary approval Tuesday to a $168 million federally…
How the new, expanded federal child tax credit will work
WASHINGTON — The most ambitious part of the pandemic stimulus package signed by President Joe Biden earlier this year is about…
Steven Woolf, retired artistic director of The Rep, dies at 75
The longtime artistic director of The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Steven Woolf, died Monday (July 12, 2021) after a…
Some summer camps hit with COVID; schools could be next
The U.S. has seen a string of COVID-19 outbreaks tied to summer camps in recent weeks in places such as…
Parson set to sign bills on school choice, police chokeholds, gas tax hike
Gov. Mike Parson will hopscotch the state this week signing bills into law ranging from private school scholarships to a gas…
Missouri’s top court to decide if remote testimony protects constitutional rights
One of the most cherished rights guaranteed to Americans is the right to look accusers in the eye and make…
Screening service gives leeway on ‘iffy’ tenants
ST. LOUIS – To weed out problem tenants, landlords use services that screen them for such warning signs as criminal…
Girl loses life in storm that topples church steeple, trees
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 12-year-old girl died after being swept away Saturday by floodwater from a storm that hit…