Missouri schools

Only 18 of Missouri’s 500-plus school districts have signed up for screening testing for COVID-19, even though the program is entirely free thanks to the federal government.

For years, the state's tourism industry pushed for a later first day of school. Now schools are asking to start sooner than Aug. 24 in case they have to close for COVID-19 again.

There’s rising doubt among school leaders that their students will return to school this spring.Most schools in the St. Louis area are closed through…