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MSD veteran Bret Berthold will replace Brian Hoelscher atop the St. Louis-based sewer utility next June, after Hoelscher retires.

During the week ending Nov. 25, data shows 518 people were admitted to hospitals in Missouri with COVID-19 — the highest seen since the week ending Jan. 21 of this year.

A man and woman were shot dead Tuesday afternoon just blocks away from each other, and investigators believe their killings are related.

The 16-year-old Leigh advanced into the top nine on “The Voice” during Tuesday night’s program, which places her into the semifinals.

Rodney Lewis is accused of running an illegal towing scheme in St. Louis County.

Maplewood officials silent about severance agreement with former manager Michael Reese, but records show large lump-sum payment made right after Reese resigned.

Ask the experts from the Missouri Department of Transportation, St. Louis and St. Charles counties and St. Louis City your questions about highways and roads. The live chat starts at 1 p.m. on Wednesday.

Karla Eslinger, a Republican state senator from Wasola, will replace Margie Vandeven in July.

Earlier this week, Budzinski secured veterans committee unanimous backing for laws making it easier for veterans to secure careers in science and technology.

Jessica Roach, who served as mayor from 2018 to 2021, is scheduled to appear Dec. 18 in a Pemiscot County courtroom.

Reducing the budget eliminates the need for the tax rate increase proposed by County Executive Sam Page.

More than 80 tow trucks took part in a procession to honor fellow driver Wade Bivins, who died last week when he was hit while dealing with a broken-down vehicle.

She helped her team win a $750 prize in the Show Me Challenge. But when she left for another state job, she didn't get paid.

Did Clark live in the home? Even the newspaper in 1903 wasn't sure.

Hand counting more than 3 million ballots cast by Missourians in a statewide election could take weeks.

A front-page story in the Dec. 6, 1973, St. Louis Post-Dispatch noted a major change in the annual Veiled Prophet Ball tradition.

The new name comes with a new color scheme.

The university stopped treating transgender minors for gender dysphoria in September, citing concerns about a new law’s provision placing more liability on physicians than other treatments.

The St. Louis law firm Greensfelder Hemker & Gale PC has agreed to merge with an Ohio firm.

“North County deserves to have long-neglected properties redeveloped,” a spokesman for St. Louis County Executive Sam Page said.