O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s health director says the state has no plans to move teachers higher on the list for COVID-19 vaccinations but will continue focusing on getting shots to older people and those with serious illnesses. Dr. Randall Williams spokes Thursday during Gov. Mike Parson’s weekly media briefing. Several states, including neighboring Kansas…
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new monthly survey of bankers suggests the economy is slowly improving in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states, but employment remains below the level it was at before the coronavirus pandemic began last year. The overall index for the region increased to 53.8 in February from January’s 52.…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Detainees have complained for decades about conditions inside St. Louis jails, but when COVID-19 worries were added to the mix, the tension reached breaking point. In the predawn hours of Feb. 6, 117 inmates at the City Justice Center downtown broke free from their cells. They smashed windows, set clothing and…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A pending Missouri bill would allow restaurants to permanently sell curbside cocktails. The GOP-led state House on Wednesday gave the proposal initial approval. It needs another House vote before it can move to the Senate. Missouri temporarily relaxed liquor rules to allow restaurants to sell to-go mixed drinks when the coronavirus…
WEBSTER GROVES, Mo. (AP) — A behavioral health organization is shutting down its residential treatment facility in Webster Groves following an FBI raid and the arrests of three employees on suspicion of child abuse. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Great Circle didn’t explain what prompted the shutdown but said in a news release that…
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — State health officials say just over 10% of the state’s residents have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Health department data on Monday shows 873,675 vaccine doses were distributed, with 239,293 people receiving both doses. Gov. Mike Parson on Sunday announced more mass vaccination sites for the…
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WENTZVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A Wentzville police officer shot and wounded a 21-year-old man after a car chase late Saturday. The shooting happened after a state trooper tried to stop a vehicle heading south on Highway 61 around 11:45 p.m. Saturday. Wentzville Police said an officer who responded noticed a second car that appeared to…
TRENTON, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a St. Louis-area psychiatrist and his son were killed when their plane crashed earlier this week in northern Missouri. The crash killed 82-year-old Philip Joseph LeFevre III, of Glendale, and 47-year-old Philip Joseph LeFevre IV, of Sunset Hills. The younger LeFevre was the president and CEO of Lending Partners.…