Governor Mike Parson and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today (Monday) a new program to provide up to 168,000 additional Covid-19 vaccinations in the City of St. Louis in an eight week period. The program will launch on April 7 and vaccinate up to 3,000 people a day, seven days a week Dome…
Customers in Missouri financially impacted by the coronavirus pandemic may qualify for assistance ST. LOUIS (March 29, 2021) — Assistance is available for Spire Missouri residential customers who need help paying their outstanding rent and utility bills because of the coronavirus pandemic. Through the State Assistance for Housing Relief (SAFHR) program, renters across Missouri can receive…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The former Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd went on trial Monday, with a prosecutor telling the jury that Floyd was under Derek Chauvin’s knee for 9 minutes and 29 seconds before going limp. Prosecutor Jerry Blackwell told jurors that Chauvin “didn’t let up, he didn’t get up” even after…
SUEZ, Egypt (AP) — Salvage teams have finally freed a colossal container ship that has been stuck sideways in the Suez Canal for nearly a week. The work ends a crisis that clogged one of the world’s most vital waterways. A flotilla of tugboats finally freed the bow of the skyscraper-sized Ever Given, from the…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man has been charged with trying to become a pimp for someone he believed was a woman who would work as his prostitute. Prosecutors charged Eric Niles, 36, of Columbia, Missouri, earlier this month with one count of attempted sex trafficking in the case. Authorities say Niles wanted to…
SUEZ, Egypt (AP) — Engineers have partially refloated the container ship that is wedged across the Suez Canal. But the massive ship is still blocking traffic and there are no details about when it might be fully freed. The canal services firm says the ship was partially refloated after tugboats pushed and pulled while the…