Illinois’ governor says all students and staff members in schools Pre-K through 12th grade will be required to wear masks effective immdiately. Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Wednesday the action is necessary to thwart the continued spread of the COVID-19 virus. The mask mandate also applies to indoor school sports, daycare centers across Illinois, and long-term…
A police officer from the small southwestern Illinois town of Brooklyn near St. Louis has died after trying to stop a car fleeing from police. Illinois State Police say the officer died early today. He was attempting to set up a roadblock to stop the car on the McKinley Bridge when he struck by a…
U.S. Rep. Billy Long, a conservative from southwestern Missouri, is entering the crowded race for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Missouri. Long announced his Senate bid Tuesday night on Tucker Carlson’s show on Fox News. He joins a long list of GOP candidates seeking the 2022 nomination for the seat being vacated by…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a new moratorium on evictions that would last until Oct. 3. The Biden administration is trying to quell intensifying criticism that it was allowing vulnerable renters to lose their homes during a pandemic. The new moratorium could help keep millions in their homes…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has made good on his promise to pardon a couple who gained notoriety for pointing guns at social justice demonstrators as they marched past the couple’s home last year. The Republican governor announced Tuesday that he pardoned Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A judge has put St. Louis County’s new mask requirement on hold for at least two weeks. Circuit Judge Ellen “Nellie” Ribaudo on Tuesday sided with Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt in issuing a temporary restraining order of a mask mandate that was issued by St. Louis County health officials in…
(AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner will seek a sixth term representing suburban St. Louis in Congress. Wagner announced her reelection bid on Tuesday in Missouri’s 2nd District, which covers mostly middle class and affluent parts of the St. Louis suburbs. Wagner’s name had been mentioned as a possible U.S. Senate candidate. Incumbent Missouri…
BALLWIN, Mo. (AP) — A state lawmaker is running for Republican U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner’s suburban St. Louis seat. Democratic state Rep. Trish Gunby announced her candidacy Monday. Gunby is from Ballwin, Missouri. Voters elected her to the state House during a 2019 special election. Gunby says she’s running to be a visible, accountable representative…
(AP) — Contact tracers are trying to determine if anyone picked up the coronavirus during a boisterous St. Louis County Council meeting where many people were maskless as they expressed their displeasure with a mask mandate. The effort comes after someone at the meeting tested positive for COVID-19. The delta variant of the coronavirus has…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal judge says state courts should handle a lawsuit to overturn St. Louis-area mask mandates. Judge Stephen Clark of the Eastern Missouri U.S. District Court on Sunday sent the case back to state court. Missouri’s Republican attorney general last week filed a lawsuit in state court over the new mask…