JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — More than 3 million Missourians cast ballots in Tuesday’s presidential election. The turnout exceeded the previous high mark of 2.9 million voters in the 2008 presidential election. But the 70% turnout rate fell a little short of the 75% threshold that had been forecast by local election officials. The state’s…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — The number of coronavirus patients in Missouri hospitals has reached another record. One of the state’s largest health care providers is calling off some elective procedures amid fears that hospitals are nearing their capacity. The state health department reported 2,599 additional COVID-19 cases Wednesday, bringing the total to 193,023 since the…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Starting with the primary election in March, St. Louis voters will pick their mayor and other elected officials on a nonpartisan basis. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that city voters on Tuesday approved a measure requiring nonpartisan elections for mayor, comptroller, aldermanic president and alderman. The measure passed with nearly 70%…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — Four-term incumbent Republican Rep. Ann Wagner has fended off a strong challenge from Democratic state Sen. Jill Schupp to win reelection in Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District, which covers mostly middle class and affluent parts of the St. Louis suburbs. Both sides spent heavily on the race heading into Tuesday’s election, with…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Incumbent Republican Gov. Mike Parson has won another four years in office, turning back a challenge from Democratic Auditor Nicole Galloway on Tuesday. Parson’s win is at least partially a referendum on his hands-off approach to the coronavirus, which has been surging in Missouri for months. Missourians also supported the re-election…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Voters on Tuesday will choose to give Republican Gov. Mike Parson a full four years in charge of Missouri or to give the job to Democrat Nicole Galloway. The race between the former sheriff, Parson, and the state auditor, Galloway, can be viewed as a referendum on Parson’s hands-off approach to…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri congressional race on Tuesday will serve as a test of the inroads Democrats believe they are making in the suburbs. Four-term incumbent Republican Ann Wagner is facing a strong challenge from Democratic state Sen. Jill Schupp in Missouri’s 2nd District, which covers mostly middle class and affluent parts of…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri election officials are predicting a strong turnout in Tuesday’s general election. Figures provides by the secretary of state’s office show that local election authorities are forecasting a statewide voter turnout of 75%. If that comes true, it would be the highest percentage turnout since 1992. About 828,000 people already…
(KTRS) – A Washington Middle School student is the first Missouri child to die of COVID-19. Washington School District officials said in a letter to parents that eighth grade student Payton Baumgarth died from the novel coronavirus over the weekend. Baumgarth last attended class on Thurs., Oct. 22, and had been in quarantine since Mon.,…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police in St. Louis are investigating two fatal weekend shootings and a separate incident where a 3-year-old boy was wounded. Police said a man was found with gunshot wounds to his head shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday in the Carondelet neighborhood in southeast St. Louis. On Sunday afternoon, police were called…