Opposition arises to county, city mask mandates
CITY HALL – St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones and County Executive Dr. Sam Page said Monday that they were reinstating…
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Health official calls COVID vaccine falsehoods ‘a bunch of baloney’
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s top adviser on COVID-19 is lashing out at vaccine falsehoods on social media, adding to the…
Church leaders across state implore congregants: Get vaccinated
(AP) — As lead pastor of one of Missouri’s largest churches, Jeremy Johnson has heard all the reasons congregants don’t…
St. Louis city and county to require masks again in some places
(AP) — St. Louis city and county officials say they will again require masks in some public places starting Monday,…
Lab tests of sewer water help search for COVID-19
In a lab at the University of Missouri-Columbia, vials of chilled raw sewage from treatment plants throughout the state will…
States still lag in getting assistance to struggling renters, federal data show
WASHINGTON — State and local officials disbursed $1.5 billion in rental assistance during June to help households falling behind on…
Children need their own clinical trials for a COVID-19 vaccine
Now that two-thirds of all adults in the United States have received at least one dose of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine as of…
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…
Jaco: Make the anti-vaxers pay
Covid’s coming back to St. Louis in a big way thanks to selfish unvaxed sociopaths. They should pay. Employers should…
State officials urge CDC to waive $25 limit for vaccine incentives
Missouri requested Friday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reconsider its rejection of the state’s vaccine incentive plan.…
‘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…
Missouri reports 1,771 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The summer surge in COVID-19 cases continued Saturday in Missouri, with the state health department reporting…
$168 million for COVID-19 relief stalls over wording
CITY HALL – Two key city officials failed to reach agreement Friday on changes that would have allowed distribution of…
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…
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…