Missouri tops 10,000 deaths from COVID-19 during pandemic
(AP) — The death toll from COVID-19 in Missouri has topped 10,000, according to the state health department’s coronavirus dashboard…
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To fight invasive carp, Missouri scientists track the babies
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — For decades, four invasive species of carp have been devouring plants, gorging on plankton and endangering…
As Missouri joins nation in monitoring opioid prescriptions, experts worry
Kathi Arbini said she felt elated when Missouri finally caught up to the 49 other states and approved a statewide prescription…
Missouri AG sues over St. Louis area mask mandate
The attorney general in Missouri has sued in an effort to halt a mask mandate that took effect Monday in…
Parson announces vaccine incentive lottery with $10,000 prizes
In a bid to increase vaccination rates to combat the Delta variant’s growing spread, Gov. Mike Parson announced Wednesday an…
‘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…
July 4 weekend sparks virus cases, ventilator shortage in Missouri
(AP) — The number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients jumped by nearly 27% over the Fourth of July weekend in a…
Missouri COVID cases may ‘double or triple’ in July
During June, as the Delta variant of COVID-19 took hold in Missouri, the seven-day average of new cases doubled. And…
Missouri leads nation with highest rate of new COVID cases
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Missouri now leads the nation with the highest rate of new COVID-19 infections as vaccinations lag…
O’Fallon, Mo., police chief resigns over new Missouri gun law
O’FALLON, MO. (AP) — The police chief of O’Fallon has resigned over concerns about a new Missouri law that would…
Fewer 2020 traffic stops in Missouri, but racial disparity remains
(AP) — Traffic stops and arrests resulting from those stops declined sharply in Missouri last year due in large part…
Free testing aims to curb sexually transmitted infections ignored as COVID-19 spread
As the case counts of the COVID-19 coronavirus began to tick up across Missouri in March 2020, providers who offer…
Homeless crisis looms with federal eviction moratorium on shaky legal ground
At least once a day, housing advocate Melissa Pashia speaks to someone who is living in a car. Once the situation…
State to end all federal pandemic-related unemployment benefits
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri will end participation in all federal pandemic-related jobless insurance programs as of June 13. Gov. Mike Parson, a…
Missouri in no rush to spend $2.7B of flexible pandemic aid
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri will get nearly $2.7 billion of flexible federal aid under a coronavirus relief law, but…
Push to put benefit limits on Missouri unemployment debt goes down in House
A bill to forgive mistakenly paid unemployment benefit from 2020 will include a waiver for debts to the state but won’t include…