At farmers markets, healthy food comes with healthy practices
ST. LOUIS – Locally made items crafted by artisans weren’t at the Tower Grove Farmers Market on Saturday, but the…
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St. Louis, Kansas City leaders urge lakegoers to quarantine
(AP) — Leaders in Kansas City and St. Louis are urging people who partied close together at Lake of the…
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…
Area’s cemeteries, parks to be quieter on Memorial Day
ST, LOUIS – In normal days, visitors to Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery on Memorial Day would see graves covered with…
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,…
Botanical Garden sets June 16 reopening date
ST. LOUIS – The Missouri Botanical Garden will reopen to visitors on June. 16 after months of lonesome, if beautiful,…
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…
Animals always, visitors again! Zoo to reopen June 13
(AP) — The St. Louis Zoo plans to welcome visitors again on June 13, though with enhanced measures that seek…
Missouri lawsuit for absentee voting amid virus is appealed
COLUMBIA (AP) — Civil rights groups appealed on Tuesday to the Missouri Supreme Court after a local judge dismissed their…
Free PPEs prepare merchants to reopen
ST. LOUIS – In another time, Stephanie Wingfield planned to open a hair salon in The Grove in the first…
Staying safe during reopening is doable, Garza encourages
ST. LOUIS – The region’s work in minimizing the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus has been “really remarkable,” Dr. Alex…
Why wear a mask? Goodman joins ad campaign to be ‘a good neighbor’
CITY HALL – St. Louis native and actor John Goodman is adding his voice to the city’s call for us…
Virus testing focuses on long-term care facilities
LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri is expanding coronavirus testing to high-risk places where people are in close contact, with an…
Drive-by protests express worry over reopening
(AP) — Restaurants and other nonessential businesses will be allowed to open their doors on Monday in St. Louis city…
Businesses clear decks for Monday’s partial opening – or not
ST. LOUIS – For the first time since March, a limited number of customers of Chris’ Pancake & Dining soon…