St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force reports the area had a sobering week in the effort to stop the spread of the Corona- virus. At his Friday press conference Task Force Head Dr. Alex Garza addressed admissions data from the region’s hospitals. New hospital admissions increased from 37* yesterday to…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Rising coronavirus cases in key presidential battleground states are the latest worry for election officials and voters a little more than two weeks before Election Day. The prospect of poll workers backing out at the last minute because they are infected, quarantined or scared of getting sick has local election officials…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — The number of people hospitalized for the coronavirus in Missouri has reached another record, and the seven-day average positivity rate was more than triple the benchmark suggested by the World Health Organization. The state health department’s COVID-19 dashboard showed other alarming numbers Thursday: 1,875 new confirmed cases and 22 deaths. The…
(AP) Coronavirus cases around the world have climbed to all-time highs of more than 330,000 per day as the scourge comes storming back across Europe and spreads with renewed speed in the U.S. Many places are being forced to reimpose tough restrictions they had eased just a few months ago. Well after Europe seemed to…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — More people are back at work in Missouri after joblessness spiked during the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. State data released Wednesday show the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped from 7% in August to 4.9% in September. But joblessness is still significantly up compared to the same time last year.…
Stocks are closing lower on Wall Street Wednesday, extending the market’s losses from a day earlier, as talks drag on in Washington over another economic stimulus package. The S&P 500 fell 0.7% after swaying between small gains and losses earlier in the day. The White House and Congress still have differences over providing more aid…
PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. (AP) — With Election Day just three weeks away, President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are concentrating on battleground states both see as critical to clinching an Electoral College victory. Biden is spending Tuesday in Florida courting seniors. He’s betting that a voting bloc that buoyed Trump four years ago…
Highland, ILL (KTRS) A 35-year old Highland Illinois woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to five counts of felony fraud. Sarah Delshmitt faked breast cancer and genetic disorders to steal money from several organizations. According to court documents, beginning in October 2015 Delshmitt said she pretended to be diagnosed with muscular dystrophy to attend Camp Summit, a…
DESOTO, Mo. (AP) — Family members have identified four people killed in an eastern Missouri house fire as a couple, their daughter and a granddaughter. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that those killed were 76-year-old Joe Detter and his 74-year-old wife, Frances Detter; their daughter, 37-year-old Sherri Detter; and granddaughter, 18-year-old Kari Detter. Two men…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats branded Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett a threat to Americans’ health care during the coronavirus pandemic Monday at the start of a fast-tracked hearing that Republicans are confident will end with Barrett’s confirmation to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before Election Day. In a competing effort to…