CHICAGO (AP) — Staff at dozens of Illinois nursing homes have called off a strike set for Friday morning after the workers’ union reached a deal with nursing home owners. Certified nursing assistants and food service and housekeeping employees were among those planning to walk out at 44 facilities starting Friday morning. Staff at 20…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s state budget director says plummeting revenues amid the coronavirus pandemic are unlike anything he’s ever seen. Budget Director Dan Haug on Thursday announced net revenue collections dropped more than 54% in April compared to the same time last year. Haug says delaying Tax Day until July took a significant hit…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating a homicide in north county. It all unfolded at around 6 PM Wednesday in the 10,000 block of Sheffingdell Court. That’s where officers with the North County Precinct responded to a shooting call and found a man in his 50’s suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. He was…
Cavite, Philippines (AP) — A cruise ship being investigated in Australia for sparking coronavirus infections has dropped anchor in Manila Bay to bring Filipino crewmen home. The Ruby Princess joins at least 16 other cruise ships waiting for their more than 5,000 Filipino crew members to be tested for the coronavirus before disembarking. The Ruby…
WASHINGTON (AP) — One day after saying that the COVID-19 task force would be winding down, President Donald Trump says it will continue indefinitely but focus on rebooting the economy. Trump’s reversal on Wednesday comes as deaths are declining in New York, the epicenter of the virus, but rising in the rest of the United…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis and St. Louis County will both begin easing stay-at-home orders starting later this month, but officials caution that the process will be slow for the area of Missouri most ravaged by the coronavirus. St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson and St. Louis County Executive Sam Page both announced late Tuesday…
Washington D.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s pick to be the nation’s top intelligence official, congressman John Ratcliffe, is adamant that if confirmed he will not allow politics to color information he takes to the president. The director of the Office of National Intelligence oversees the nation’s 16 spy agencies. During a Senate confirmation hearing…
Webster Groves, MO (KTRS) A Webster Groves Police Officer is hospitalized following a shootout with a suspect. It all unfolded shortly before 8:30 P.M. Tuesday on I-44 at the Elm exit. That’s where two Webster Groves patrol cars responded to the scene of a motorist stranded in the left lane near the median. One officer…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is backing a bill that would shield health care providers from lawsuits related to the coronavirus. The bill awaiting debate in the Legislature covers nursing homes, long-term care facilities, all caregivers and first responders. Parson says the last thing he wants is for good…
LONDON (AP) — Britain has become the first country in Europe to confirm more than 30,000 coronavirus deaths, and infections are rising sharply again in Russia. That took place Tuesday even as other nations reported strides in taming the virus. China marked its third week with no new reported deaths and South Korea restarted its…