Enrollment in Missouri public schools declines by 3.2%
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Enrollment in Missouri public schools dropped significantly this fall compared with the 2019-2020 school year, with…
Tag: covid-19
Salute to veterans is virtual this Veterans Day
DOWNTOWN – Members of the armed forces have the duty and honor of protecting the nation – and this year, because…
U.S. hits record COVID-19 hospitalizations
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. hit a record number of coronavirus hospitalizations Tuesday and surpassed 1 million new confirmed…
Billion in federal virus aid still unspent in Missouri
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri has less than two months to spend roughly $1 billion in federal coronavirus aid, the…
Coronavirus surge may bring new restrictions here
(AP) — Leaders of St. Louis city and county warned Monday that new restrictions may be necessary unless the coronavirus…
Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine is looking 90% effective
Pfizer Inc. said Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine may be a remarkable 90% effective, based on early and incomplete test…
Missouri health officials scrambling to trace virus cases
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Local health departments in Missouri don’t have enough staffers to conduct contact training for all of…
One week in an America riven by politics and the plague
On Nov. 1, as election week dawned, Dr. Juan Fitz lay dying in the same Lubbock, Texas, hospital where he…
St. Charles County election judge worked despite COVID-19, later died
(AP) — An election official in St. Charles County who worked at a polling place on Election Day despite a…
Virus outbreak at Missouri schools forces some to turn online
ST. LOUIS (AP) — An increasing number of coronavirus cases among Missouri children is prompting some school districts to temporarily…
Trump tweets outrage, blasts vote-counting process
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump spent a second day in the White House on Thursday stewing over election results…
U.S. counties with worst virus surges backed Trump
U.S. voters went to the polls starkly divided on how they see President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic,…
Some area hospitals again postponing elective procedures
(AP) — The number of coronavirus patients in Missouri hospitals reached another record Wednesday, and one of the state’s largest…
Parson defeats Galloway in governor’s race
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Republican Mike Parson won the Missouri governor’s race on Tuesday, defeating Democratic state Auditor Nicole Galloway…
Biden, Trump locked in tight races in battleground states
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden were locked in tight races in battleground states across…
City voters should expect lines; big Missouri turnout forecast
CITY HALL – Tomorrow is the day, finally: Election Day. “I think you all know that,” Mayor Lyda Krewson said…