Large events are slowly starting up again in Missouri — a state more willing than most to permit sports, concerts and shows following the economic shutdown aimed at stemming the spread of the coronavirus — even as some experts wonder ...

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A rare inflammatory syndrome affecting some children with the coronavirus has appeared in a small number of cases at Missouri hospitals. St. Louis Children’s Hospital has treated “a few” children with COVID-19 — the illness caused by the coronavirus — ...

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Both the number of confirmed cases and deaths from the coronavirus in Missouri reached somber milestones Tuesday: Cases topped 10,000 and the number of deaths exceeded 500. The state health department reported 88 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease ...

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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said Monday that he’s encouraged by seeing residents returning to some semblance of normal life after weeks of shelter-in-place orders made necessary by the coronavirus. The Republican governor spent the weekend back home in southwestern Missouri ...

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St. Louis County and Kansas City officials announced last week that they will proceed with the gradual reopening of businesses but with several restrictions in place as efforts continue to slow the spread of the coronavirus. St. Louis County Executive ...

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Experts aren’t clear why the coronavirus is striking the state’s two largest metropolitan areas so differently, although the geography of the areas might provide a clue. Johns Hopkins University reported 483 deaths and 9,700 cases in Missouri as of Saturday, ...

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Missouri lawmakers have passed a stripped-down budget for the upcoming fiscal year amid a steep drop in revenues because of the havoc the coronavirus has wreaked on the economy. Lawmakers managed to spare public K-12 schools and colleges and universities ...

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More than 50,000 Missourians filed new claims for unemployment benefits the week that ended May 1, marking the third straight week the number has dropped, the state labor department said. The Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations said 52,203 ...

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An employee of a Missouri pork plant where hundreds of workers tested positive for the coronavirus has died from the virus. The city of St. Joseph announced the death Wednesday night. The name of the man, a Buchanan County resident ...

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St. Louis and St. Louis County will both begin easing stay-at-home orders starting later this month, but officials caution the process will be slow for the area of Missouri most ravaged by the coronavirus. St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson and ...

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Gov. Mike Parson continued his optimistic message about the state’s reaction to the coronavirus pandemic and urged state residents to return to work if possible and support Missouri-based businesses. A day after Parson’s statewide stay-at-home order expired and some businesses ...

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