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Anthony Favazza, a new co-owner of the St. Louis shop, said he was approached this spring to buy in and called the bakery a “beloved institution.”

In Olivette, 53% of voters approved a ban. In Des Peres, 45% did. The measure needed at least 60% approval to pass.

Emerson, which is based in Ferguson, has proposed to acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of AspenTech for $240 per share.

The mushroom house invites kids to take a toy, leave a toy.

Republicans running for attorney general, treasurer, lieutenant governor and secretary of state all are in lead.

Polls have closed in Missouri; county election authorities have begun reporting results.

First-term Republican Josh Hawley faces well-funded, aggressive challenge from Lucas Kunce.

The Republican candidate won comfortably with 53% of votes.

Most of the races for U.S. Congress were all but decided in August’s intraparty primaries.

Wagner captured her seventh term in the 2nd District in suburban St. Louis by defeating Democrat Ray Hartmann.

Onder captured his first term in the 3rd District, which covers central and east-central Missouri, by defeating Democrat Bethany Mann.

If approved, the constitutional amendment will take effect Dec. 6. After that, expect lawsuits to overturn the state’s current abortion restrictions.

Bell is the St. Louis County prosecuting attorney and defeated Democratic incumbent Cori Bush in the August primary.

At Lambert airport, the National Weather Service said 3.6 inches of rain had fallen between midnight and 8 a.m. Rains should move out of the St. Louis area by the afternoon.

According to a lawsuit filed Friday, World Fashions agreed to let Stars Design Group take one of its vendor deals to help pull the manufacturing company out of a financial slump.

A business owner in the area saw the SUV submerged and told officers, who had been in the area all morning because of the flooding, police said.

St. Louis County police just before 4:30 p.m. confirmed the second body has been recovered by authorities. Lemay fire crews assisted in both incidents.

Henry St. Pierre will transition from deputy superintendent to superintendent of schools on July 1 after Paul Myers retires after two years in the top job.

Jason Daugherty is asking the court for a $3 million judgement against Ashley Parmeley, accused of killing their 9-year-old daughter Scarlet Parmeley.

SPRINGFIELD — The first extensive public look at next year’s state finances contains a warning to lawmakers from the governor’s office: “The ability to fund new programs will be severely limited” next fiscal year.