Switch to the of this page.Missouri Sen. Andrew Koenig has tested positive for COVID-19, just days after sponsoring legislation that aims to strip local health authorities of the power to impose rules designed to slow the spread of the virus.The Republican lawmaker confirmed in a text message to Riverfront Times columnist Ray Hartmann that he has tested positive but said he is doing OK.Koenig, who represents a swath of southwest St. Louis County, is among a group of Republicans who have been outspoken critics of restrictions imposed by county health officials on businesses and...…Switch to the of this page.Missouri Sen. Andrew Koenig has tested positive for COVID-19, just days after sponsoring legislation that aims to strip local health authorities of the power to impose rules designed to slow the spread of the virus.The Republican lawmaker confirmed in a text message to Riverfront Times columnist Ray Hartmann that he has tested positive but said he is doing OK.Koenig, who represents a swath of southwest St. Louis County, is among a group of Republicans who have been outspoken critics of restrictions imposed by county health officials on businesses and...WW…

A Warrenton man was charged with making a terrorist threat after he filmed himself licking bunch of items at Walmart."Who's afraid of the coronavirus?" Cody Pfister, 26, taunts in a video he later posted to social media.The video spread around the world, and Warrenton police said in a statement the department had been contacted by people in the Netherlands, Ireland and the United Kingdom."We take these complaints very seriously and would like to thank all of those who reported the video so the issue could be addressed," police said in the statement.The video appears to have been filmed on...…A Warrenton man was charged with making a terrorist threat after he filmed himself licking bunch of items at Walmart."Who's afraid of the coronavirus?" Cody Pfister, 26, taunts in a video he later posted to social media.The video spread around the world, and Warrenton police said in a statement the department had been contacted by people in the Netherlands, Ireland and the United Kingdom."We take these complaints very seriously and would like to thank all of those who reported the video so the issue could be addressed," police said in the statement.The video appears to have been filmed on...WW…

Switch to the of this page.The renovation of an empty warehouse to create a sprawling "surge morgue" is almost done.At the rear of a bland industrial complex in Earth City, just across the Missouri River from St. Charles, workers have been retrofitting the space with filtered air systems, a locking pen for the personal effects of the dead to be guarded by St. Louis County police and a funeral-home like visitation room where families will be able to hold services and look through a window at lost relatives, safely contained on the other side.On Friday, reporters were allowed inside for the...…Switch to the of this page.The renovation of an empty warehouse to create a sprawling "surge morgue" is almost done.At the rear of a bland industrial complex in Earth City, just across the Missouri River from St. Charles, workers have been retrofitting the space with filtered air systems, a locking pen for the personal effects of the dead to be guarded by St. Louis County police and a funeral-home like visitation room where families will be able to hold services and look through a window at lost relatives, safely contained on the other side.On Friday, reporters were allowed inside for the...WW…

Switch to the of this page.A Missouri man has been arrested for setting an Islamic center on fire in what authorities believe was a hate-fueled attack.Nicholas Proffitt, 42, of Cape Girardeau, was taken into custody on Monday and charged with felonies of first-degree arson, first-degree burglary, and first-degree property damage — a charge that could come with more serious penalties because investigators believe he was motivated by a bias against Muslims.He is accused of lighting a fire early Friday morning at the Islamic Center of Cape Girardeau that damaged the building...…Switch to the of this page.A Missouri man has been arrested for setting an Islamic center on fire in what authorities believe was a hate-fueled attack.Nicholas Proffitt, 42, of Cape Girardeau, was taken into custody on Monday and charged with felonies of first-degree arson, first-degree burglary, and first-degree property damage — a charge that could come with more serious penalties because investigators believe he was motivated by a bias against Muslims.He is accused of lighting a fire early Friday morning at the Islamic Center of Cape Girardeau that damaged the building...WW…