Sperreng Middle School students celebrated local veterans in a unique way on Veterans Day Nov. 11, with a socially distanced, drive-thru recognition event. Veterans drove through the school parking lot,...
More than $3 million in CARES Act funds will be distributed to small businesses and restaurants in a second round of small-business relief grants as part of St. Louis County’s continued response to the...
As part of a stay-at-home advisory that went into effect last week and extends for three more weeks, St. Louis County Executive Sam Page and other county officials are encouraging residents to avoid gatherings...
The Lemay Chamber of Commerce has tried to connect interested developers to the owners of the now-closed Cusanelli’s Restaurant without any response.
The Lemay landmark at 705 Lemay Ferry Road was one...
After nearly a year, many of us now feel this pandemic’s ghostly presence as it touches those we know.
St. Louis County is tightening restrictions on local businesses once again. Without businesses...
By Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent
• November 23, 2020
Cat O’Toole says she did everything right to protect herself and others from COVID-19.
“I am strict about mask wearing,” said O’Toole, who works as a server at a high-end restaurant in St. Louis...
By Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent
• November 22, 2020
The spread of the novel coronavirus in Missouri is “exponential and unyielding,” according to a Nov. 15 White House Coronavirus Task Force report urging the state to take stricter measures to help...
By Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent
• November 21, 2020
Almost half a million customers of Missouri’s regulated utilities were behind on their bills in September, and 185,000 were working on payment plans to catch up with past-due accounts.
That data, from...
By Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent
• November 20, 2020
A letter from the Missouri Hospital Association pleading for a state mask mandate was “not surprising,” Gov. Mike Parson said Thursday, as he repeated his opposition to statewide orders to limit...