Tag: coronavirus
Can COVID-19 be spread through food?
We’re tired of being stuck at home during the pandemic and with many indoor dining establishments closed or with limiting seating, the drive-through lines...
Easy ways to fight pandemic-era inactivity
Get up and move at least once an hour
For many people, the effects of the pandemic include less physical activity.
But long periods of sitting...
Calculate how much you will get from the coronavirus stimulus checks
More than 85 percent of American households will receive a direct deposit or check in the mail
The U.S. government is about to send checks...
How to quarantine safely at home
Our lives have already been turned upside down by physical distancing, mask-wearing, sheltering in place and skyrocketing case numbers at every turn. So, what...
Investigations begin into COVID-19 deaths at LaSalle Veterans Home
Lasalle, IL – Authorities are investigating why more than two dozen veterans at the LaSalle Veterans Home in north-central Illinois have died of COVID-19...
Letter Carriers deliver ‘2020 Stamp Out Hunger Donor Drive’ as an...
The National Association of Letter Carriers’ annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, held for the past 27 years on the second Saturday in May,...
Workers caravan past Rep. Ann Wagner’s office calling for passage of...
Demand lawmakers put workers first in pandemic relief efforts
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Dozens of Missouri’s union workers honked their way past Republican Congresswoman Ann Wagner’s office...
Economic downturn from COVID-19 putting increased pressure on $5 for the...
Your help is needed
With a second $1,200 stimulus paycheck to workers being held up by Republicans in the U.S. Senate, and unemployment at record...
MOWIT hosts tradeswomen meetup, tool giveaway
ST. LOUIS – Missouri Women in Trades (MOWIT) held its first tradeswomen meetup on June 10 after cancelling the last two because of the...
Missouri Supreme Court to rule on suit to allow all 2020...
Absentee/mail-in voting for the Aug. 4 primary begins June 23
By SHERI GASSAWAY
Correspondent
The Missouri Legislature has approved a measure that expands options for voting absentee...