JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s unemployment rate is increasing as the effects of coronavirus kick in. State data released Wednesday show unemployment hit 4.5% in March. That’s compared to 3.5% unemployment in February. The hike in joblessness is likely the tip of the iceberg. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson didn’t issue a statewide stay-at-home order…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police are investigating the shooting death of a teenage girl. Police say the unidentified girl was shot about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday in the city’s Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood. Police estimate she was between 13 and 16 years old. No arrests have been made.
Clayton, MO (KTRS) Clayton, MO – St. Louis County Executive Sam Page says he expects the stay at home order to be extended until May. Page made that announcement Wednesday morning during the second of his three briefings this week on the COVID-19 pandemic. He said he has been in discussions with other regional leaders…
Jefferson City, MO (AP) — Missouri is permitting the curbside sale of mixed drinks amid the coronavirus outbreak. The Missouri Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control announced Tuesday that it is temporarily waiving restrictions to permit retailer-packaged alcoholic drinks. But the drinks must be placed in a sealed, leakproof container. That means plastic or Styrofoam…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — The nation’s two largest rivers top a new listing of the most endangered waterways. The Washington, D.C.-based conservation organization American Rivers on Tuesday released its list of the 10 most endangered waterways in the United States. The Upper Mississippi River was cited as the most endangered, followed by the lower Missouri…
St. Charles, MO (KTRS) Lindenwood University is donating personal protective equipment to SSM Health. In a statement, the university says it’s Department of Paramedicine and School of Health Sciences has donated hundreds of masks, gloves, and scrubs to SSM Health to help address shortages in personal protective equipment faced by area healthcare providers. The donated…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — The coronavirus is killing black Missourians at a disproportionate rate, especially in the two urban areas of the state, prompting some local African American leaders to question if outreach is falling short. Sixteen of the 19 people who have died in St. Louis were black, as were 20 of the 42…
Wentzville, MO (AP) — The Missouri State Highway Patrol has identified the three men who died after a car crashed during a police chase in eastern Missouri. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Sunday reported that officials said 19-year-old driver Keshaun Wade died at the scene of the Monday crash in Wentzville. The crash also killed…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A blood bank operating in Missouri and three other Midwestern states is seeking plasma donations from people who have recovered from the coronavirus in hopes of helping those still battling the disease. A spokesman for the Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center said Friday that the blood bank is seeking people who…
St. Louis, MO (AP) — Police say a St. Louis-area police officer suffered only cuts from flying glass when a suspect shot at him on an Interstate 70 overpass. Lt. Col. Michael Sack with St. Louis Metro Police said in a news conference that the shooting happened around 11:30 a.m. Thursday when two officers from…