Metro suspends four bus routes as ridership falls
ST. LOUIS – Metro Transit is suspending service on four of its MetroBus routes as of Monday, March 30, because…
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Hospitals scramble to stretch supplies as virus cases surge
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Nurses and other front-line medical workers at BJC HealthCare, SSM Health, Mercy and a veterans hospital…
Playgrounds close; nursing home hit hard
ST. LOUIS — All playgrounds in the city are now closed and will remain so while the “stay at home” order…
Dozens of city inmates may soon be freed
ST. LOUIS – Dozens of inmates may soon be released from city jail in order to reduce the risk of…
City’s first coronavirus fatality is buried; Missouri cases top 350
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jazmond Dixon was buried Tuesday as her family watched from their cars. Dixon, 31, died Sunday,…
City extends deadline for earnings tax
ST. LOUIS – City of St. Louis Collector of Revenue Gregory F.X. Daly has extended the earnings tax filing deadline to…
Funds available for restaurants, bars and shops
Restaurant, bar, shop, and entertainment venue owners and employees, and other qualifying applicants unable to work because of COVID-19 closure,…
Restaurants are places to get more than a meal
Restaurants offer a crucial public space for the practice of peaceful coexistence. Now, they are threatened. How long can the…
Order halts numerous court actions here
ST. LOUIS – An order issued Friday bans court officials from a number of actions – including serving subpoenas on…
St. Louis County woman is third Missouri coronavirus death
Two more Missourians died from the coronavirus, officials said Friday, and the number of confirmed cases of the illness nearly…
Reed seeks more federal money to fight coronavirus
CITY HALL – St. Louis Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed wants Congress to provide more money for local governments’…
Gatherings cut to 10; two WU doctors test positive
Mayor Lyda Krewson reported at a press conference Wednesday the city’s second confirmed coronavirus case. Krewson then announced that beginning…
Mandated closings bring major changes for restaurants, bars
Late Tuesday afternoon, Nadine Soaib was hoping to sell about 100 pounds of corned beef she’d started serving late last…
Local elections postponed until June; Arch closes
Concerns about the coronavirus prompted Missouri’s governor on Wednesday to push back local elections for two months and forced the…
Board of Aldermen announces coronavirus plans
CITY HALL – During the coronavirus pandemic, the St. Louis Board of Aldermen is suspending all meetings and committee hearings…
Pets’ next meal is in the bag at Stray Rescue
DOWNTOWN WEST – Pet owners who are struggling financially during the coronavirus pandemic can get help to keep their four-legged…