ST. LOUIS (KTRS) — CrimeStoppers along with MetroLink and the City of St. Louis is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a suspect in a homicide at the Delmar MetroLink station Sunday morning. St. Louis Metropolitan Police say the incident occured around 10 a.m. at the station in the 700…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nine mass vaccination sites operated by the Missouri National Guard are aiming to inoculate at least 18,000 residents statewide in one day. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the new sites are mostly in small towns such as Sedalia, Cape Girardeau and Troy. State officials expect to vaccinate 2,000 to 2,500…
Johnson & Johnson says its vaccine appears to protect against COVID-19 with just one shot. It’s not as strong as some two-shot rivals but still potentially helpful for a world in dire need of more doses. Results released Friday show the single-shot vaccine was 66% effective overall at preventing moderate to severe illness, and much…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri health official says the state’s poor ranking in getting residents a first dose of the coronavirus vaccine is partly due to “confusion” in the final days of the Trump administration and through the transition of power. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data shows that Missouri for days ranked…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Some followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory are now turning to online support groups and even therapy to help them move on, now that it’s clear Donald Trump’s presidency is over. Former adherents interviewed by The Associated Press say the process of leaving QAnon is akin to kicking a drug habit,…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — An attempt to block pay raises for Missouri statewide elected officials has failed. The state House on Thursday came short of getting the two-thirds majority needed to stop the raises. That means state lawmakers, the governor and other statewide elected officers likely will get a pay bump. In Missouri, an…
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is intensifying the pressure on a controversial Republican freshman. The California Democrat is denouncing GOP leaders for placing freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on the House education committee. Pelosi says Greene has “mocked the killing of little children.” That’s a reference to social media posts reported by Media…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri legislators and members of their staffs have received initial doses of the coronavirus vaccine that were intended for other state employees, a mistake that one lawmaker called “emblematic” of the problems that have dogged the vaccine rollout. A team of vaccinators was in Jefferson City Wednesday giving shots to…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is touting his handling of the coronavirus pandemic in his State of the State address to lawmakers. The Republican governor had been scheduled to deliver his speech Wednesday in the House chamber, as is tradition. But Parson’s office said he instead will speak in the Senate.…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security Department has issued a national terrorism bulletin warning of the potential for lingering violence from people motivated by anti-government sentiment after President Joe Biden’s election. The bulletin suggests the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol may embolden extremists and set the stage for additional attacks. The department isn’t citing…