A St. Louis man who threw a water bottle at a passing car ended up trading gunfire with the driver — and is now headed to federal prison for nearly a decade.

Scotty Walling, injured while patrolling and helping a fellow soldier, now drives free and clear ahead of Veterans Day.

Detectives in Imperial are investigating both a fatal house fire and a death found outside the home on Woodwind Drive.

Edward Jones Ventures held its first annual summit, drawing more than 150 attendees.

Courtney Pingleton allegedly fled Moberly Regional Medical Center before deputies found her 0.2 miles away on Taylor Street.

Democrats flipped a state House seat in St. Charles County.

The current Government Center, a converted 1951 elementary school, has a hallway floor that separated as the ground shifted beneath it.

Betsy Fogle's win over Melanie Stinnett also helped break the Missouri Senate's Republican supermajority.

The 3/8-cent sales tax follows warnings that eight more paramedics could be cut if the measure failed and promises to end surprise ambulance bills.

Steve Ehlmann topped Democrat David Veneziano 56% to 44%, after surviving a bruising GOP primary against Bill Eigel.

The quarter-cent increase passed 8,020 to 6,382, with police down 18 officers and fire recruiting numbers in free fall.

Mark Osmack's win pushes the council to a five-to-two Democratic majority as the district's red lean kept fading.

Five candidates vied for two seats as St. Louis Public Schools weighs closing 11 schools and a projected $41 million deficit.