LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis County businesses that reopen May 18 will face several restrictions, including requiring employees to wear masks. The businesses also will be allowed to refuse service to customers who don’t have masks. St. Louis County Executive Sam Page announced reopening plans for the county Friday. Large venues won’t be able…
WASHINGTON (AP) — An aide to Vice President Mike Pence has the coronavirus, marking the second person in the White House complex known to test positive this week. White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany is confirming the latest positive testing, and insists the White House continues to operate safely. The positive test for the Pence…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Archbishop Robert Carlson announces that parishes in the Archdiocese of St. Louis are permitted to begin resuming public masses on Monday, May 18th, at the discretion of each individual parish pastor. In a release, the Archdiocese says that a detailed policy will be provided to parishes early next week, and will…
CHICAGO (AP) — Staff at dozens of Illinois nursing homes have called off a strike set for Friday morning after the workers’ union reached a deal with nursing home owners. Certified nursing assistants and food service and housekeeping employees were among those planning to walk out at 44 facilities starting Friday morning. Staff at 20…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s state budget director says plummeting revenues amid the coronavirus pandemic are unlike anything he’s ever seen. Budget Director Dan Haug on Thursday announced net revenue collections dropped more than 54% in April compared to the same time last year. Haug says delaying Tax Day until July took a significant hit…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating a homicide in north county. It all unfolded at around 6 PM Wednesday in the 10,000 block of Sheffingdell Court. That’s where officers with the North County Precinct responded to a shooting call and found a man in his 50’s suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. He was…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis and St. Louis County will both begin easing stay-at-home orders starting later this month, but officials caution that the process will be slow for the area of Missouri most ravaged by the coronavirus. St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson and St. Louis County Executive Sam Page both announced late Tuesday…
Webster Groves, MO (KTRS) A Webster Groves Police Officer is hospitalized following a shootout with a suspect. It all unfolded shortly before 8:30 P.M. Tuesday on I-44 at the Elm exit. That’s where two Webster Groves patrol cars responded to the scene of a motorist stranded in the left lane near the median. One officer…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is backing a bill that would shield health care providers from lawsuits related to the coronavirus. The bill awaiting debate in the Legislature covers nursing homes, long-term care facilities, all caregivers and first responders. Parson says the last thing he wants is for good…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri-based TV pastor Jim Bakker is asking a judge to dismiss a state lawsuit accusing him of falsely claiming that a health supplement could cure the coronavirus. Republican Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt sued Bakker and Morningside Church Productions Inc. in early March. Schmitt asked for an injunction ordering Bakker to…