SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has announced new COVID-19 restrictions that will cap crowds in retail stores and temporarily close museums and casinos. The first-term Democrat said Tuesday that he hopes the limits will help curb soaring coronavirus cases in the state. Starting Friday, retail stores must lower capacity to 25% from…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis is the latest city with plans for a village of tiny homes to help provide shelter for the homeless. Mayor Lyda Krewson on Tuesday announced plans for 50 tiny homes on property near downtown that was previously the site of an RV park. Krewson said she will seek $600,000…
(KTRS) – The Missouri Restaurant Association is joining several locally-owned restaurants in challenging Doctor Sam Page’s order that halted indoor dine-in service at restaurants and bars at midnight Tuesday. The MRA argues that the directive was issued without due process or an opportunity for public comment as would have been the case if the matter…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A deadly year in St. Louis took another turn for the worse Sunday, with three killings in the city. St. Louis has reported at least 225 killings so far in 2020, a record pace with a month-and-a-half still to go. Police say 33-year-old Brandon Clay was fatally shot Sunday afternoon. The…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police arrested an 11-year-old boy after he shot and wounded a 16-year-old boy on Saturday in St. Louis. Police said the 16-year-old was shot in the leg and the arm during an argument shortly before noon Saturday in the city’s Penrose neighborhood. Afterward, the 11-year-old was taken to juvenile detention. The…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis County Executive Sam Page has announced strict new regulations that seek to slow the spread of COVID-19 as the number of cases is spiraling upward and hospitals are nearing capacity. For four weeks starting Tuesday, St. Louis County residents are being told to stay home except to go to…
St. Louis County Executive Sam Page this morning unveiled his four-week Covid-19 mitigation plan that starts Tuesday. Residents are asked to form social bubbles of 10 or fewer people and limit interactions to that group. As part of the “safer-at-home” component of the plan, residents are restricted from leaving home for reasons other than school,…
(KTRS) – The University City Police Department has issued an endangered silver advisory for a missing adult. Police say Henry Powell, 74, was reported missing from his residence in the 11-hundred block of Belrue Avenue around 9 p.m. Thursday. Powell is a 5’7″, 174 pound black male with gray hair and brown eyes who was…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has announced new guidance aimed at keeping more kids, teachers and staff in school, even those who have been exposed to the coronavirus. Currently, anyone in a K-12 setting who is directly exposed must quarantine for 14 days. The new guidance does not require quarantining if both…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Wednesday was the sixth deadliest day since the coronavirus pandemic hit Illinois, and there were more people in the hospital than at any time since May, officials reported.The numbers prompted the Illinois Department of Public Health to strongly urge residents for the next three weeks to stay home whenever possible and…