COVID-19

The vote comes a week after a St. Louis County judge struck down a masking public health order from County Executive Sam Page.

The operators of Off Broadway, the Pageant, the Sinkhole and Red Flag put the requirements in place this week. Pageant and Delmar Hall Managing Partner Patrick Hagin said they aim to protect their patrons, staff and touring musicians until more people are vaccinated.

St. Louis-area schools will open their classrooms to students this fall. But some parents plan to keep their children at home to protect them from the coronavirus.

Missouri’s vaccination rate for nursing home staff is among the lowest in the nation, ahead of only Florida and Louisiana.

The Kansas City Democrat also discussed the impending rollout of Medicaid expansion in Missouri — and an upcoming special session on redistricting.

A proposed rule change would make it easier for parties to participate virtually in required settlement negotiations.

Missouri is now reporting an average of 3,000 COVID cases each day, prompting communities across the state to consider mask requirements. But Missouri's Attorney General has vowed to sue to block them.

One Missouri inmate says prisoners feel "powerless" to control the spread of the coronavirus. He's worried guards are taking it home to their communities.

More people who have received a COVID-19 vaccine are testing positive for the coronavirus than earlier this year, as the more contagious delta variant spreads in the St. Louis region. But such cases are relatively rare, and the vaccines protect people from serious illness or death.

But that isn't likely to happen based on comments Gov. Mike Parson made to St. Louis Public Radio.