ST. LOUIS (AP) — Drops in coronavirus transmission rates in the St. Louis area are beginning to stall, raising concerns that residents are dropping their guard too soon and that caseloads could soon rise again. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the number of daily new coronavirus infections fell precipitously after a peak in January.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A state health official says the loss of up to 15 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine due to a manufacturing mistake should have no immediate impact in Missouri. Adam Crumbliss is director of the public health division of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. He…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis teenager is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a 9-year-old boy. St. Louis prosecutors said Thursday that 17-year-old Darryl Williams is suspected of shooting Caion Greene on March 7. Police say Caion was sitting in the family’s vehicle while they delivered food to his grandmother…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former Democratic state representative from St. Louis County has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for misusing campaign money for personal expenses. A federal judge in St. Louis on Wednesday also ordered 39-year-old Courtney Curtis to repay nearly $48,000. He pleaded guilty in November to three counts of wire…
Funds will support a variety of programs to help local residents during pandemic COLLINSVILLE (MARCH 2021) – Children’s Home and Aid, Soup n Share Outreach and Good Samaritan House in Madison County each received a $10,000 grant from AmerenCares to support community members near the Granite City-Roxford reliability project. “We are thrilled to receive a…
Missouri customers who are struggling can still apply for help through May 30. ST. LOUIS (March 31, 2021) — Spire is extending the deadline for its energy assistance program that is available to Missouri customers who are experiencing financial hardship and have past-due balances because of the pandemic. The program was originally scheduled to end on…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man who police say was driving drunk and speeding when he hit and killed a couple in St. Louis in 2017 has been sentenced to seven years in prison. Twenty-five-year-old Robert Lee Morris Jr., pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of DWI-death of another. In exchange for his plea, prosecutors…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri health officials say nearly 25% of the state’s residents have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot. The health department’s COVID-19 dashboard reported Tuesday that 1.5 million Missourians have begun the vaccination process, and 902,026 are fully vaccinated. One of the highest vaccination rates is in Joplin, where officials…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A bill to ban police chokeholds has passed the Missouri Senate. Senators voted 30-4 in favor of the measure. The bill also would allow Kansas City police to live up to 30 miles outside of the city’s limits in Missouri. Democratic Sen. Brian Williams says he doesn’t like everything in…
Governor Mike Parson and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today (Monday) a new program to provide up to 168,000 additional Covid-19 vaccinations in the City of St. Louis in an eight week period. The program will launch on April 7 and vaccinate up to 3,000 people a day, seven days a week Dome…