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…
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Jaco: Rural Missouri GOP’s race and class war against St. Louis
Rural and white-flight exurban Missouri GOP lawmakers in Jefferson City couldn’t say “ni**er,” “fa**ot,” “k*ke,” “”sp*c,” “g**k,” “r*ghead” or “ni**er-lover”…
Vaccine-help group faces charges of politics, censorship
A Facebook group hailed by local media for helping St. Louisans find vaccination sites for scarce COVID-19 vaccines is facing…
Virus infection rates up in rural Missouri
BRANSON, Mo. (AP) — Coronavirus infections increased at a higher rate in several rural Missouri counties over the past two…
Missouri’s rural areas see rise in coronavirus
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The coronavirus is spreading beyond Missouri’s largest cities, fueled in part by outbreaks in meat packing…
Rural Missouri counties with meat plants see virus spikes
(AP) — Two rural Missouri counties are seeing huge spikes in coronavirus cases, including many connected to meatpacking plants. Saline…