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Missouri weekly initial unemployment claims are the highest they have been in more than a month. The state labor department reported on Thursday 10,502 Missourians filed initial claims in the week ending Oct. 10. That is a 19% increase from the 8,797 c...

(AP) — Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris is suspending in-person events until Monday after two people associated with the campaign tested positive for coronavirus. Joe Biden’s campaign said Thursday Biden had no exposure, though ...

Boone County reports the most daily coronavirus cases in more than a month. Active cases in the county went up 67 to 395 after 100 new positives were reported on Wednesday. Hospitalizations also rose, from 66 to 72, but remain below capacity. Cole and ...

Jefferson City’s two public middle schools will learn online-only for at least another week, because of staffing challenges caused by the virus. Cole County Health Department’s Chezney Schulte says it does not mean that lots of teachers have tested pos...

(AP) — More people are back at work in Missouri after joblessness spiked during the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. State data released Wednesday show the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped from 7% in August to 4.9% in September. But jobl...