by Alisa Nelson | May 30, 2020 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
Today, Gov. Mike Parson has signed an executive order declaring a State of Emergency in Missouri due to civil unrest. In a press release, he says the Missouri National Guard and the Missouri Highway Patrol stand ready to support local authorities. This week’s death of...
by Alisa Nelson | May 30, 2020 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
Hundreds of protesters have lined streets in Kansas City, Springfield, Columbia, and the St. Louis area this weekend chanting phrases like “Hands up, don’t shoot” and “No justice, no peace”. They have been calling attention to this week’s death of George Floyd, an...
by Alisa Nelson | May 27, 2020 | Crime / Courts, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
The state has begun coronavirus surveillance testing among Missouri’s prison workers and inmates. During Tuesday’s press conference with Gov. Parson in Jefferson City, Department of Corrections Director Anne Precythe says Southeast Correctional Center in Charleston...
by Alisa Nelson | Apr 22, 2020 | Education, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
The Missouri National Guard and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) are working together to help local K-12 schools in feeding students. Nearly 200 soldiers will aid communities in handing out and/or delivering food to students for the next...
by Ashley Byrd | Apr 8, 2020 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
Missouri’s coronavirus count is 3,327 cases today. Today’s COVID-19 press briefing focused on a new alternative hospital to be set up in Florrisant, near St. Louis. Governor Mike Parson reiterated the struggle to get enough personal protective equipment...
