St. Louis region

The Asian community grew 37% in the past decade, and the region’s universities play a key role as an attraction. But there are many other things that make the area desirable.

More than 27,000 Black residents left St. Louis over the past decade for other counties or states. Many left for better jobs, schools and safety.

“Caracas is a place I was born and raised, and it is my first home. St. Louis is my second one. The Arch now has become a symbol for home to me,” said one Latina resident who moved to St. Louis in the past decade.

Mientras algunos grupos en St. Louis están disminuyendo en población según el último censo, la comunidad latina está creciendo exponencialmente. “El Arch ahora se ha convertido en un símbolo de hogar para mí,” dijo una residente latina que se mudó a St. Louis en la última década.

St. Louis City SC's club is free for any 15- or 16-year-old boys talented enough to make the squad, bucking the pay-to-play system that has long ruled competitive youth soccer.

Missouri has vaccinated 20% of the state’s population and expects a significant jump in the vaccine supply by summer — enough for all adults in the state to obtain a COVID-19 shot. But even if the federal government boosts the supply and every U.S. adult becomes eligible in May, widespread immunity could still take until 2022 to reach because a vaccine needs to be approved for children.

Local health departments and hospitals are relying heavily on online forms to pre-register people for the COVID-19 vaccine, but that leaves out some elderly who need to sign up by phone.

County health centers and St. Louis-area hospital systems have launched online forms where people can pre-register to receive coronavirus vaccinations.

Halloween is yet another holiday that will be dramatically altered by the coronavirus pandemic, but some parents are determined to find ways to celebrate the scary season.

Updated at 12:45 p.m., Feb. 25 with more details about the Maryland Heights shootingPeople throughout the St. Louis region are gathering this week to…