JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Applications for jobless benefits are surging in some states as coronavirus concerns shake the U.S. economy. The sharp increase comes as governments have ordered millions of workers, students and shoppers to stay home as a precaution against spreading the virus that causes the COVID-19 disease. In some states, the demand…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s 13 casinos are closing through March 30 under orders of Gov. Mike Parson as part of the effort to limit public gatherings in the public health battle against the coronavirus. The Republican governor announced Tuesday that the casinos would close at midnight. The news came the same day neighboring…
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are closing solidly higher after President Donald Trump promised he’s “going big” with plans to blunt the economic pain caused by the coronavirus outbreak. The market got back not quite half of what it lost in a breathtaking drop a day earlier, which was the biggest in more than three…
Edwardsville, IL (KTRS) A Jerseyville man is found guilty in a 10-year-old cold case. Monday, 54-year-old Roger Carroll was found guilty of first degree murder in the 2010 death of 47-year-old Bonnie Woodward of Alton. She went missing back in June of 2010. Prosecutors say they got a break in the case back in 2018,…
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran is one of the hardest-hit countries in the world in the coronavirus pandemic. Nine out of 10 cases in the Middle East come from the Islamic Republic. Fears remain that Iran may be underreporting its cases. Days of denials gave the virus time to spread as the country…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is alleging that a foreign disinformation campaign is underway aiming to stoke fear amid the coronavirus pandemic. Three U.S. officials said Monday that federal officials began confronting what they said was a deliberate effort by a foreign entity to sow fear of a nationwide quarantine. Agencies took coordinated action…
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Police say five people including an officer and a gunman are dead after a shooting at a gas station in Springfield, Missouri. Police Chief Paul Williams said Monday morning the dead also include three citizens. Williams said police began receiving reports of someone firing shots from a car late Sunday. The…
Idlib, Syria (AP) — The city of Idlib is the last urban area still under opposition control in Syria, located in a shrinking rebel enclave in the northwestern province of the same name. Syria’s civil war, which entered its 10th year on Monday, has shrunk in geographical scope to a corner of the country but…
Spanish Lake, MO (KTRS) An endangered person advisory is in effect for a man reported missing in North County. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, 53-year-old Roderick L. Evans left a home in the 700 block of Prigge Road in Spanish Lake at around 9 o’clock Saturday night. Evans is described as a black man,…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is announcing that he is declaring the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency. He is speaking to the American people from the Rose Garden as Washington struggles with providing Americans with relief and officials race to slow the spread of outbreak. Trump says the emergency will open up nearly $50…