More than 400 people in St. Louis County long-term care facilities have died of COVID-19 since March, according to data from the county health department.

A typical scholastic chess tournament is played over the course of six hours with more than 150 students playing about 400 games of chess. This year, the tournaments have all moved online.

We check in with Tony Simokaitis, scoreboard director for the St. Louis Cardinals. His job is to create that faux-crowd energy in an empty ballpark — if the team ever gets back on the field. Seven Cardinals players and six staff members tested positive for the coronavirus. Sports writer Derrick Goold gives us the latest on that.

On the heels of financial struggles in higher education, the pandemic could land a death blow to smaller colleges dotting rural Missouri and Illinois.

The first Black woman to serve as prosecuting attorney in St. Louis is a step closer to winning another term in office. Kim Gardner defeated Mary Pat Carl, a former assistant prosecutor, 61% to 39% in Tuesday’s Democratic primary.

Missouri voters on Tuesday approved Medicaid expansion and decided several key races in the St. Louis region, including Democratic primaries for the 1st Congressional District, St. Louis County executive and St. Louis Circuit Attorney.

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page emerged victorious in the Democratic primary for the county’s top elected position Tuesday, beating back a bruising and expensive challenge from three opponents. Page bested St. Louis County Assessor Jake Zimmerman, businessman Mark Mantovani and University City resident Jamie Tolliver.

After discussing the idea for years, Missouri voters narrowly agreed Tuesday to expand Medicaid — giving roughly 230,000 additional people access to health care. The constitutional amendment passed 53% to 47%.

Missouri’s 1st Congressional District will have a new Democratic candidate for the first time in more than 20 years, after Cori Bush defeated longtime Rep. Lacy Clay in Tuesday’s Democratic primary. Bush ran on a progressive agenda saying Clay, of University City, had been in office too long and hadn’t done enough for the residents of the district. She defeated Clay by about 4,600 votes.

St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison and Sheriff Vernon Betts have agreed to temporarily halt evictions to allow people to seek rental and mortgage assistance. Housing advocates say the break is necessary, as many people have lost income during the coronavirus pandemic.

Volunteers from St. Louis have harvested thousands of pounds of vegetables from Indiana farms this summer, distributing it to local food pantries and soup kitchens.

“Election Insiders: Behind the Scenes With the People Who Make Your Vote Count” is the result of the 18 months that writer Gloria Shur Bilchik spent observing the St. Louis County Board of Elections.