Category: St. Louis

Mask Mandate in Missouri’s St. Louis County Temporarily Blocked by Judge

Residents of Missouri’s St. Louis County will not be mandated to wear masks for at least two weeks, after a local judge granted a temporary restraining order against the requirement that was issued in July. Circuit Judge Ellen “Nellie” Ribaudo on Tuesday ruled in favor of state Attorney General Eric Schmitt, who had filed a…


Mask Mandate in St. Louis County Temporarily Blocked by Judge

Residents of St. Louis County in Missouri won’t be mandated to wear masks for at least two weeks after a local judge granted a temporary restraining order against the requirement that was issued in July. Circuit Judge Ellen “Nellie” Ribaudo on Aug. 3 ruled in favor of state Attorney General Eric Schmitt, who had filed…


Missouri Attorney General Sues to Block St. Louis Area Mask Mandate

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed a lawsuit on Monday to stop the mask mandate in St. Louis City and St. Louis County, alleging that the newly reimposed masking requirement is “arbitrary and capricious” and violates the state constitution. Schmitt, a Republican, filed the suit (pdf) in a circuit court in St. Louis County, naming…


St. Louis Now Requiring Masks for Vaccinated and Unvaccinated People; AG to File Lawsuit

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced he will soon file a lawsuit against the city of St. Louis over its masking mandate, which went into effect on Monday. Last week, St. Louis officials said that people aged 5 and older will have to wear masks—regardless of vaccination status—indoors. Wearing masks outdoors will be encouraged, especially…


St. Louis Imposes Indoor Mask Mandate Regardless of Vaccination Status

Officials said Friday that the City of St. Louis and St. Louis County are imposing an indoor mask mandate for anyone over the age of 5 regardless of vaccination status, citing a rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations and the spread of the Delta variant. The new rule, which goes into effect on July 26, requires mask-wearing…


St. Louis Surprises

St. Louis has seen better days, but as I learned during a recent visit, the first American city west of the Mississippi River punches well above its weight with world-class attractions. My visit started in Forest Park at the St. Louis Art Museum. The museum’s main building, designed by architect Cass Gilbert in the then-fashionable…


St. Louis Shooting Leaves 3 Dead, 4 Wounded

A shooting in the Greater Ville neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri, on Monday night left three people dead and four wounded. The three men that were shot to death were identified by police as Kevin Page, 40, Charlie Anderson, 31, and OJ Pernell, 44, according to USA Today. St. Louis police spokesperson Evita Caldwell told the…


Mark McCloskey Says He’ll ‘Go Out and Buy Another AR-15’ After Guns Are Confiscated

After he and his wife pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges, Mark McCloskey said late last week that local officials will confiscate the AR-15 that he was holding during the viral incident during Black Lives Matter (BLM) demonstrations last year. In an interview with Newsmax, McCloskey said that he wanted to keep his AR-15 so he could either…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (June 18)

Catholic Bishops take a stand against politicians of faith who support abortions including President Joe Biden, court documents show unnamed people involved in the January 6th Capitol breach, and the gun-wielding couple in St. Louis, Missouri, plead guilty to misdemeanor charges.


Mark McCloskey Explains Guilty Plea: ‘By God, I Did It. That’s What the Guns Were For’

Mark and Patricia McCloskey explained why they pleaded guilty to the charges stemming from a viral incident last summer where the couple was seen holding firearms amid Black Lives Matter (BLM) demonstrations in front of their St. Louis home. The prosecutor, Mark said, “dropped all the felony charges, all the gun charges, and charged me…