Cruise trackers show Crystal Symphony currently docked in the Bahamian island of Bimini.

Individual volunteers are shying away from their usual shifts, and companies and schools that regularly supply large groups of volunteers are canceling their participation over virus fears.

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has sued several school districts over mask mandates in both the Kansas City and St. Louis area.

Missouri is sitting at a 53-percent vaccination rate, one of the lowest in the country, as Kansas City area hospitals are struggling to keep up care for COVID patients, most of whom are unvaccinated.

Two Kansas City metro school districts are headed back to class Thursday, but some other school districts have decided to shut down for the week because of mass sickness plaguing staff and student attendance.

Kansas City’s red Chiefs-themed skyline turned blue Wednesday night to “Shine for the Frontline” as a thank you to workers who fight on the frontlines during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II has tested positive for COVID-19. 

A St. Louis County court rejected the Missouri attorney general's efforts to block a mask mandate in the county.

Johnson County finally has a way to report at-home COVID antigen test results. 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will begin making 400 million N95 masks available for free to U.S. residents starting next week, now that federal officials are emphasizing their better protection against the omicron variant of COVID-19 over cloth face coverings.