State's suit targeting mask order heads to federal court

Missouri's lawsuit against the new St. Louis mask mandate is heading to federal court, a development that was initiated by St. Louis County and that lawyers for the state called a "procedural tactic" aimed at delaying an outcome in the case. Lawyers for both sides gathered virtually Friday for a hearing in St. Louis County Circuit Court. Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt's office was seeking a temporary restraining order in the case, which argues a new mask mandate from St. Louis and St. Louis…