Posted: Sep 30, 2020 / 12:11 PM CDTUpdated: Sep 30, 2020 / 12:34 PM CDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Health officials in Illinois don’t want this Halloween to make kids scared sick with COVID-19.The Illinois Department of Public Health thinks it’s best for everyone to stay home this Halloween. They know it’s likely that many people will take part in the annual tradition. The experts have some guidelines to keep everyone safe.  “You got to be...…Posted: Sep 30, 2020 / 12:11 PM CDTUpdated: Sep 30, 2020 / 12:34 PM CDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Health officials in Illinois don’t want this Halloween to make kids scared sick with COVID-19.The Illinois Department of Public Health thinks it’s best for everyone to stay home this Halloween. They know it’s likely that many people will take part in the annual tradition. The experts have some guidelines to keep everyone safe.  “You got to be...WW…

Posted: Mar 2, 2021 / 10:21 PM CSTUpdated: Mar 4, 2021 / 04:42 PM CSTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.WASHINGTON, Mo. – Approximately 150 trees on public property were cut down along the and people are upset. Police in Washington, Missouri plan to charge a local man.There’s a paved path in Washington that takes folks along the river and through the woods. Now one spot on that nature walk has been blighted.“Cutting down 150 trees in a public area; that’s seriously wrong,”...…Posted: Mar 2, 2021 / 10:21 PM CSTUpdated: Mar 4, 2021 / 04:42 PM CSTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.WASHINGTON, Mo. – Approximately 150 trees on public property were cut down along the and people are upset. Police in Washington, Missouri plan to charge a local man.There’s a paved path in Washington that takes folks along the river and through the woods. Now one spot on that nature walk has been blighted.“Cutting down 150 trees in a public area; that’s seriously wrong,”...WW…

ST. LOUIS – Some St. Louis-area leaders feared we were getting shorted in the amount of vaccine our region had been receiving. Now more doses are on the way.Heavily populated areas in Missouri like St. Louis City and County have been far behind smaller counties when it comes to the percentage of the population that has received the first dose of the vaccine.Exactly 6.5% of St. Louis City residents have received the first vaccination and 8.1% in St. Louis County. The numbers are much larger in smaller counties. For example, it’s 15.7% in Cape Girardeau County and 18% in Shelby...…ST. LOUIS – Some St. Louis-area leaders feared we were getting shorted in the amount of vaccine our region had been receiving. Now more doses are on the way.Heavily populated areas in Missouri like St. Louis City and County have been far behind smaller counties when it comes to the percentage of the population that has received the first dose of the vaccine.Exactly 6.5% of St. Louis City residents have received the first vaccination and 8.1% in St. Louis County. The numbers are much larger in smaller counties. For example, it’s 15.7% in Cape Girardeau County and 18% in Shelby...WW…

Posted: Jan 21, 2021 / 10:07 PM CSTUpdated: Jan 21, 2021 / 10:08 PM CSTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.SULLIVAN, Mo. – A third grade Sullivan, Missouri girl has been swamped by phone calls from people in Arizona wanting a COVID vaccine.Eight-year-old Sophia Garcia and her family moved from Arizona to Sullivan several years ago. She got a hand-me-down iPhone. It still has the Arizona number. That’s where the problem begins.Sophia’s phone has been ringing like crazy for...…Posted: Jan 21, 2021 / 10:07 PM CSTUpdated: Jan 21, 2021 / 10:08 PM CSTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.SULLIVAN, Mo. – A third grade Sullivan, Missouri girl has been swamped by phone calls from people in Arizona wanting a COVID vaccine.Eight-year-old Sophia Garcia and her family moved from Arizona to Sullivan several years ago. She got a hand-me-down iPhone. It still has the Arizona number. That’s where the problem begins.Sophia’s phone has been ringing like crazy for...WW…

Posted: Jan 20, 2021 / 03:37 PM CSTUpdated: Jan 20, 2021 / 03:39 PM CSTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri National Guard will be deployed to nine sites across the state to help administer COVID-19 vaccines.There will be one National Guard team set up in each of the nine Missouri Highway Patrol Troop districts.Gov. Mike Parson said during Wednesday afternoon’s briefing that the teams are expected to be set up by the end of the month. One...…Posted: Jan 20, 2021 / 03:37 PM CSTUpdated: Jan 20, 2021 / 03:39 PM CSTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri National Guard will be deployed to nine sites across the state to help administer COVID-19 vaccines.There will be one National Guard team set up in each of the nine Missouri Highway Patrol Troop districts.Gov. Mike Parson said during Wednesday afternoon’s briefing that the teams are expected to be set up by the end of the month. One...WW…

UPDATE: NOAA reports that the magnetic strength of this storm . Forecasters are downgrading it to a watch for December 10th and 11th.ST. LOUIS – There’s a space weather warning for Earth. The planet is under a geomagnetic storm watch. And what’s happening on the sun could affect everyone on Earth.For the last three years, our sun has been fairly quiet. But two days ago, the sun sent out a big solar flare known as a coronal mass ejection (CME). The expulsion contained billions of tons of plasma and magnetic field.The sun gets stirred about every 11 years.Like Earth, the sun has a north...…UPDATE: NOAA reports that the magnetic strength of this storm . Forecasters are downgrading it to a watch for December 10th and 11th.ST. LOUIS – There’s a space weather warning for Earth. The planet is under a geomagnetic storm watch. And what’s happening on the sun could affect everyone on Earth.For the last three years, our sun has been fairly quiet. But two days ago, the sun sent out a big solar flare known as a coronal mass ejection (CME). The expulsion contained billions of tons of plasma and magnetic field.The sun gets stirred about every 11 years.Like Earth, the sun has a north...WW…

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Posted: Oct 26, 2020 / 03:31 PM CDTUpdated: Oct 26, 2020 / 08:38 PM CDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.ST. LOUIS – An emotional plea Monday from people on the front lines of the region’s fight against the coronavirus and from those who lost a loved one. They said if we don’t act now, things are looking bleak not too far down the road.Dr. Alex Garza, head of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force, said that area hospitals are at or near capacity in taking...…Posted: Oct 26, 2020 / 03:31 PM CDTUpdated: Oct 26, 2020 / 08:38 PM CDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.ST. LOUIS – An emotional plea Monday from people on the front lines of the region’s fight against the coronavirus and from those who lost a loved one. They said if we don’t act now, things are looking bleak not too far down the road.Dr. Alex Garza, head of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force, said that area hospitals are at or near capacity in taking...WW…