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Esther Haywood, who served in the Missouri House eight years and on the Normandy School Board 18 years, has died.

According to a notice filed with the state, Gate Gourmet’s St. Louis unit will permanently shutter and 102 employees will be let go by or on January 29, 2025.

But, while employees were coming back to work, many of the issues that drove the protest remained, including an impasse over a new spending plan for the city.

A judge Friday granted city officials request to buy downtown's troubled Railway Exchange, a major step in St. Louis' effort to eliminate a public safety hazard and revitalize downtown streets.

City officials counter that they have been steadily making improvements to conditions at the downtown jail.

State health officials collected samples from Andre's Banquet and Catering, and on Friday a spokeswoman confirmed that the unopened package of iceberg lettuce collected was not infected with the bacteria.

Jason Lewis will be an associate circuit judge.

We want our diversity contained to sparkly festivals and tasty foods. — not introduced in our boardrooms or our classrooms.

Logic Systems is partnering with the Kranzberg Arts Foundation, which will set up a program to train workers in the staging and production industry at the new building.

The company's longtime leader and family patriarch, Kelly Klamen, will retire at the end of 2024 after 43 years and will hand over the firm to his three sons.

GOP lawmakers in Missouri have pushed unsuccessfully for work requirements repeatedly in recent years.

“All we want is reassurance that the case isn’t being pushed aside.”

Each company will receive $75,000, in addition to networking opportunities, workshops and other business resources.

Fontbonne’s enrollment has dropped by more than half since the school announced it would close by fall 2025 and accept no new students.

The review of the North Side grant program comes after reports of winners in vacant buildings and a call from St. Louis Comptroller Darlene Green for a reboot.

Plus: Students leave Fontbonne University as it nears closure

Share the generosity of the holiday season by giving to the 100 Neediest Cases campaign.

Michelle Hampton was abducted Wednesday morning by men wearing masks outside her apartment complex in Clayton.

Former Mayor Freeman Bosley Jr. said he sought nearly $2 million — about $1.1 million for community enhancement and about $900,000 for renovation and expansion. “We got nothing near that.”

A civil rights lawyer and a local attorney said Thursday they were filing suit on behalf of more than 30 women who say they were abused by Craig Spiegel.