St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Another record-breaking number of new Covid-19 cases Friday in Missouri. The state reported 3,931 cases Friday and is the second day in a row that Missouri reported a new record. On Thursday the state reported 3,500 new cases. The 7-day average of new cases is at a new high of 2,901.…
WRIGHT CITY, Mo. (AP) — An eastern Missouri pilot has been rescued after his plane became lodged in a tree during a crash. KMOV reports that Lincoln County Fire and Rescue officials said 78-year-old pilot Mike Fleming made his way onto a tree branch after crashing just before 9 a.m. Thursday in Wright City. More…
St. Charles, Mo. (KTRS) The St. Charles County Department of Public Health and the St. Charles County Election Authority have learned that an election judge supervisor had received a positive test result for COVID-19 on Oct. 30 from a private lab and was advised by the lab to quarantine for 14 days. The election judge…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — More than 3 million Missourians cast ballots in Tuesday’s presidential election. The turnout exceeded the previous high mark of 2.9 million voters in the 2008 presidential election. But the 70% turnout rate fell a little short of the 75% threshold that had been forecast by local election officials. The state’s…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — The number of coronavirus patients in Missouri hospitals has reached another record. One of the state’s largest health care providers is calling off some elective procedures amid fears that hospitals are nearing their capacity. The state health department reported 2,599 additional COVID-19 cases Wednesday, bringing the total to 193,023 since the…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Starting with the primary election in March, St. Louis voters will pick their mayor and other elected officials on a nonpartisan basis. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that city voters on Tuesday approved a measure requiring nonpartisan elections for mayor, comptroller, aldermanic president and alderman. The measure passed with nearly 70%…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — Four-term incumbent Republican Rep. Ann Wagner has fended off a strong challenge from Democratic state Sen. Jill Schupp to win reelection in Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District, which covers mostly middle class and affluent parts of the St. Louis suburbs. Both sides spent heavily on the race heading into Tuesday’s election, with…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Incumbent Republican Gov. Mike Parson has won another four years in office, turning back a challenge from Democratic Auditor Nicole Galloway on Tuesday. Parson’s win is at least partially a referendum on his hands-off approach to the coronavirus, which has been surging in Missouri for months. Missourians also supported the re-election…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Voters on Tuesday will choose to give Republican Gov. Mike Parson a full four years in charge of Missouri or to give the job to Democrat Nicole Galloway. The race between the former sheriff, Parson, and the state auditor, Galloway, can be viewed as a referendum on Parson’s hands-off approach to…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri congressional race on Tuesday will serve as a test of the inroads Democrats believe they are making in the suburbs. Four-term incumbent Republican Ann Wagner is facing a strong challenge from Democratic state Sen. Jill Schupp in Missouri’s 2nd District, which covers mostly middle class and affluent parts of…