Defeat could leave program unfunded, while passage could set up new legal challenge.
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At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, and after 10 years of pursuing music professionally, Lloyd Nicks couldn’t have anticipated the year 2020 being his biggest yet. But last summer, everything changed when one of his songs started hitting airwaves across the U.S. “During quarantine I released ‘Never Fail,’ and it kind of just went crazy,” the Cahokia, Illinois, native, who now lives in Chesterfield, Missouri, told "St. Louis on the Air."
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As a longtime professional in the live entertainment industry, Greg Hagglund watched far too many livelihoods crumble around him over the past year. But in recent months he’s collaborated with other local industry veterans on a concrete way to help them: Keep Live Alive St. Louis. The ongoing effort includes the premiere of a 90-minute video special March 12, featuring local and national performers.
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St. Louis County officials are providing the COVID-19 vaccine to residents of independent living facilities who don’t qualify for vaccines made available for nursing home residents.
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A series of videos on YouTube and Facebook in Spanish are designed to get new visitors to the state's parks.
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More coronavirus vaccination events are coming to St. Louis and Kansas City starting next week, Gov. Mike Parson said Thursday. A higher percentage of people are interested in receiving the vaccine in urban centers than in rural areas, Parson said. Because of that difference in demand, more mass vaccination events will be moved to the state’s two largest metropolitan areas.
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The Missouri House of Representatives approved a bill Thursday that aims to waive repayment of about 80% of the unemployment money the state said it overpaid people last year.
Then Resident Conductor Gemma New led the orchestra in a program of works by Smith, Sibelius, Grieg, Kernis and Elgar featuring pianist Behzod Abduraimov to open the SLSO's 2018-19 season.
County health centers and St. Louis-area hospital systems have launched online forms where people can pre-register to receive coronavirus vaccinations.