(St. Louis Public Radio) – St. Louis and St. Louis County will require people to wear face masks when in public to protect people from the coronavirus, a spokesperson for the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force said.
The 20th annual Salute to Excellence in Health Care Awards will be celebrated online as a free virtual event at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 9. To register, visit givebutter.com/salutehc.
When George Floyd cried out for his deceased mother while an officer’s knee was on his neck during the arrest that ended his life, mothers who have lost children at the hands of police cried out too. A month after Floyd’s death by a then Minneapolis police officer sparked global protests sti…
The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Missouri filed an emergency brief today urging the Circuit Court of Jackson County to halt eviction proceedings during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A large number of new hospital admissions was the most striking data from the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force’s update for Tuesday, June 30.
The CareSTL Health Foundation is sponsoring a food giveaway this morning in parking lot C, at Friendly Temple Church on Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd. in St. Louis (63112). The event takes place today, June 30 from 10 am until noon. The free items include produce, dairy and perishable items fr…
St. Louis County Library has temporarily closed the Natural Bridge Branch after an employee tested positive for COVID-19.
At around 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 28, a crowd that had gathered to demand that St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson resign marched through a small pedestrian gate at the end of Portland Place in the Central West End, where some of the city’s most opulent homes are located. After more protesters mo…
The Community Justice Coalition is demanding that the St. Louis Police Officers Association fire Jeff Roorda as its business agent.
The St. Louis County Police Department is going to get a Public Safety Review funded by Civic Progress companies and the Regional Business Council, with no tax dollars spent on the review.
The police report connected to the now viral incident where Central Wet End couple pointed guns at protestors has been released.
Protestors gathered in the Central West End on Sunday to demand the resignation of St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson. Their action came two days after she read the names and addresses of nearly a dozen activists during a live social media broadcast. The doxxed activists were calling on the mayor…
Saturday morning wasn’t the first time demonstrators gathered and marched through the streets of Kirkwood to declare that Black lives matter in response to the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. But it was impossible not to notice a distinction in the demographic makeup of the hu…
One of the individuals whose name was publicly read by Mayor Lyda Krewson during a June 26 Facebook Live broadcast was arrested during a protest Saturday night in Florissant.
For decades, Bishop Lawrence T. Wooten has helmed an anchor of faith and hope at the corner of Dr. Martin Luther King Drive and Union Boulevard as senior pastor of Williams Temple Church of God in Christ.
Saturday morning, a rally and a protest made for a clashing of faiths on Art Hill. One group demanded that its anchoring sculpture, a statue of King Louis IX, come down as a token of reconciliation against the generations of hate they feel the statue – which was erected in 1906 – represents.…
There was a bridging of generations among activists this afternoon for Tajah Foster-Walker, Kiara Crawford and Sydeny Alexander’s “Virtual Town Hall: Calling Youth to Action.”
New hospital admissions (data lagged two days) increased from 11 yesterday to 16, but otherwise the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task reported only decreases in COVID-19 indicators or status quo for Saturday, June 27.
More than 18,000 have signed a petition calling for the resignation of St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson after she read the names and street addresses of protestors who have requested that the city defund the police department during a Facebook Live briefing.
The Saint Louis Zoo reopened to the public Saturday, June 13 with limited attendance. Protective masks are required, and no cash will be accepted. All guests must now reserve free, timed tickets prior to visiting. Reservations and guest information are available at https://www.stlzoo.org/.
The House on Thursday passed Democrats’ police reform bill, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020, by a 236-181 vote. Three Republicans joined Democrats to vote in favor of the bill, which now heads to the Senate.
Accidental drowning is a leading cause of death for Black youth. Most conversations about Black youth’s lack of swimming skills begin and end with the assumption that their parents are to blame. There are plenty of swimming pools in the St. Louis region, so if youth don’t know how to swim, i…
After three weeks of protests at the Florissant Police Department, nearly 50 riot police used mace and flash bangs on a group who had gathered there Tuesday, June 23 to demand that officer Joshua Smith be convicted on the first-degree assault charges against him. Smith was seen on a video cl…
The St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force reported nothing but good news for Thursday, June 25.
The City of St. Louis Health Department reported 50 COVID-19 cases and 1 death on Thursday, June 25.
Louis area protestors are unrelenting. Direct actions have seen groups demonstrate in St. Louis City, St. Louis County and St. Charles. The thousands who have march and held direct action were originally a part of the global outcry against the killing of George Floyd by a now former Minneapo…
Speaking to the public at the inauguration of a small-town mayor is the municipal equivalent of preaching to the choir, and 1st Ward Alderperson Faye Millett preached.
The three men accused in the February 23 murder of Ahmaud Arbery were indicted Wednesday by a grand jury, a district attorney said.
Ferguson activist Michael Avery is once again a free man, after a federal judge dismissed the charges against him at the request of Michael Reilly, the federal prosecutor assigned to the case. Avery had been charged with incitement to riot based on Facebook posts. The charges were dismissed …
The City of St. Louis Health Department suspended daily COVID-19 case and death count updates on Sunday, June 20 until it could address issues with the state reporting system.
Special Prosecutor Tim Lohmar has cleared the Florissant police officers who were riding with then-Detective Joshua L. Smith on June 2 of any wrongdoing and will file no criminal charges against them.
The COVID-19 pandemic halted the grand opening of Jamaa Birth Village’s Equal Access Midwifery Clinic in Ferguson from April to a date that is culturally more apropos, on Juneteenth. The clinic represents freedom for low-risk women and their families to choose how they want to give birth.
The increases were mostly minor, but the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force reported nothing but bad news for Wednesday, June 24.
A detainee at St. Louis’ Medium Security Institution, known as the Workhouse, has tested positive for COVID-19, according to city officials. A spokesman for Mayor Lyda Krewson said this is the first instance of a city jail detainee testing positive for the deadly virus.
Maurice Gipson was named vice chancellor for Inclusion, Diversity and Equity at the University of Missouri (MU). He is leaving a position as vice chancellor for diversity and community engagement at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro.
On Monday, June 22, St. Louis County Executive Dr. Sam Page signed a Memo of Understanding (MOU) with the Ethical Society of Police (ESOP), recognizing it as “a local employee association” and granting its members the right to be represented by a lawyer of choice in the event of disciplinary…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration isadvising consumers not to use any hand sanitizer manufactured by Eskbiochem SA de CV in Mexico, due to the potential presence of methanol (wood alcohol), a substance that can be toxic when absorbed through the skin or ingested. FDA has identified the f…
"The creator gets to define his creation," and so He did with Dr. Dorothy Elizabeth Massingale Steward. After 92 incredible years on this earth, our precious mother, grandmother and great-grandmother was called home to glory on June 20, 2020.
Of the six COVID-19 indicators tracked by the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force, two were up, two stayed the same, and two were down for Tuesday, June 23.
The years-long effort to close St. Louis’ Medium Security Institution, the notorious Workhouse, was gaining momentum from a renewed Black Lives Matter movement when it stalled last week at the Board of Aldermen.
According to KTVI Fox 2, Missouri American Water has issued a precautionary boil order for parts of north St. Louis County. The order was issued due to a 36-inch water main break that caused water pressure to drop.
This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center
I have been writing about 63106 – one of our city’s most impoverished tracts – for almost as long as I have lived there. But never at the same time.
The Metro St. Louis chapter of the American Heart Association is collaborating with Chicago-based The Sweet Potato Patch to expand its reach and provide 100 ready to eat meals to seniors living in East St. Louis, Illinois during the months of June and July. The goal of this collaboration is …
The St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force reported mostly bad COVID-19 news on Monday, June 22.
When Dr. Fredrick Echols, the acting health director for the City of St. Louis, reported via The St. Louis American that the first 12 victims of the COVID-19 pandemic in the city were all African Americans, he recognized the obvious tragedy. Our health care systems are failing along racial l…
In early April, officials at the St. Louis County Department of Public Health made a grim realization: the region would need a temporary morgue for anticipated deaths from COVID-19.
For Father’s Day weekend, St. Louis nonprofit Fathers & Families Support Center is looking to raise the final $6,500 needed to reach its annual fundraising goal of $150,000. Due to COVID-19, the organization’s annual “A Toast To Fathers” Father’s Day gala went virtual. During the livest…
When the men of the Eta Boule Chapter of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity decided to make a significant donation to the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis to support its ongoing COVID-19 relief efforts, it was no act of distant charity. It was an act of fellowship in a crisis to help people close…
Inpatient hospitalizations are up by one (227 to 228) but the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force reported only otherwise encouraging or neutral COVID-19 news on Sunday, June 21.
“Almost One Million people request tickets for the Saturday Night Rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma,” President Donald Trump tweeted enthusiastically on June 15.
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