CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson, and his wife, Jacqueline, remain under doctors’ observation at a Chicago hospital and are “responding positively to treatments” for COVID-19. One of the couple’s five children, Jonathan Jackson, tells The Associated Press they’re being carefully monitored, in part because of their age. The 79-year-old Jackson is vaccinated against…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — New COVID-19 hospital admissions in St. Louis are approaching winter surge levels and southeast Missouri hospitals are under strain due to a surge in coronavirus cases and a rise in deaths. The St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force says hospitals in the city on Thursday reported admitting 100 new patients with…
SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says he won’t call lawmakers back to work this year to redraw the state’s congressional districts. Parson told reporters gathered at the Missouri State Fair on Thursday that he doesn’t plan on calling a special legislative session this year. That means state lawmakers won’t be able to…
St. Louis County can not enforce its July 26 mask mandate. That order Thursday from Circuit Court Judge Ellen Ribaudo, who issued a preliminary injunction against County Executive Sam Page and other County officials, who are now barred from taking any action to enforce the mask mandate. This comes as a victory for Missouri Attorney…
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones is ordering city employees to be vaccinated or to get weekly COVID-19 testing. Jones said in a statement Wednesday that the requirement will help keep the area’s hospitals running, protect children and save lives. About 6,000 employees will be required to get the vaccine by…
(AP) — Attorneys for St. Louis County and the Missouri Attorney General’s office told a judge they are deadlocked in negotiations over a mask mandate in the county. Circuit Judge Ellen Ribaudo on Wednesday gave the attorneys until 11 a.m. Thursday to continue negotiations. St. Louis County health officials issued a mask mandate on July…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police say an O’Fallon man has been charged in a fatal hit-and-run crash last October that left a woman dead. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 39-year-old John Springer has been charged with leaving the scene of a deadly crash on Oct. 16. Investigators say Springer was going at least 30…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Leaders of Missouri’s two urban areas have a message for refugees from Afghanistan: You are welcome here. St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones and St. Louis County Executive Sam Page released a joint statement Tuesday saying they are “ready, willing, and prepared” to welcome at least 1,000 Afghanistan citizens through the Special…
The temporary restraining order blocking the St. Louis County mask mandate has been extended for two days by a St. Louis County judge. The order was to expire on August 17. Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed a lawsuit to block the mandate. Circuit Judge Ellen “Nellie” Ribaudo has asked the two sides to reach…
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Police say two women killed over the weekend in a suburban St. Louis home break-in were likely the victims of a domestic violence dispute. Police say the killings happened around 7 p.m. Saturday, when two people forced their way into a house in Ferguson. Investigators say the break-in led to a…