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An 8-month-old was struck by a car and injured Wednesday afternoon in downtown St. Louis.

Lt. Col. Michael Sack, who has been with the St. Louis department for 27 years, takes over next month for police Chief John Hayden, who will retire June 18.

Lt. Michael Reifschneider says he lost a promised promotion because he refused an order to lower the score in another officer’s job evaluation.

Mark Pirozzi, owner of Pirozzi Painting LLC, received probation for failing to report more than $200,000 in business income from 2015 to 2017.

A St. Louis County veteran admitted embezzling Veterans Administration disability compensation from 2000 to 2020 for a service-connected eye injury.

The proposed facility would provide service for patients in need of post-surgery care, rehabilitation and physical therapy.

St. Louis County-owned job training hub the Met Center could add major new tenant in Lincoln University.

Drug overdose deaths in Missouri increased by 19% from 2019 to 2020, data shows. A total of 1,878 lives were lost to drugs in 2020 — the highest number on record.

Donnell Rawlings, known as the "king of 'too soon,'" no doubt will live up that title when he performs at Helium Comedy Club.

Meanwhile, Blunt calls it “an outrageous theory…. I totally rejected it as any reasonable discussion to be had.”

Backers say it would ensure smaller projects that can still kick up potentially radioactive soil get the same testing and remediation from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as government and utility projects do.

Richard Mark, the chairman and president of Ameren Illinois, intends to leave the company Aug. 1.

Hubbard Radio's KSHE (94.7 FM) was tops among St. Louis listeners in April, followed by alternative rock "The Point."

Low pay and a tight job market have left Missouri transportation officials scrambling to find workers to pick up trash along St. Louis interstates.

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.

Messenger: Washington County prosecutor seeks to overturn Michael Politte murder case.

A St. Louis County jury ordered Brentwood to pay a landowner about $1 million more for land it seized via eminent domain.

A recent poll found that about 1 in 3 Americans believes an effort is underway to replace U.S.-born Americans with immigrants for electoral gain.

Three males have been charged in a rash of vehicle break-ins that took place in St. Louis and St. Charles County on one night in February.

Strong support from influential hotel operators and unions helped the project overcome years of political hurdles.