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"Due to multiple determining factors, it has become impossible for us to keep the businesses operating," owner Ben Welch wrote on social media.

The closure sets in motion plans to redevelop 6.67 acres of the site that Caleres had been trying to sell for four years.

Some parts can be produced "at a fraction of the market cost," one Metro executive says.

The $51 million Destination Discovery remains under construction and is on track to open by late summer.

The tradition of secondary employment has been around for decades as a way for police officers to earn extra income after hours.

The popular venue near Busch Stadium opened in 2014.

Headlines from the Dec. 22, 1925, front page include: The Missouri Supreme Court affirmed five-year prison sentences for Donald W. Ross and George V. Halliday on embezzlement charges

“If there was ever a case where you might want to exercise some discretion and show a little mercy, it’s this case," the man's lawyer says.

Contracts that look like rent-to-own agreements leave buyers with high costs and facing eviction. "A model that is selling a dream that is known to be false."

The victim was already dead when police officers arrived to the Americas Best Value Inn.

St. Louis homicide detectives are investigating.

The woman was fleeing a traffic stop in Fairmont City, police said.

Free story: "All I want is for my family to be able to rebuild. To have a home again. ... I don’t want our community to be forgotten."

The site has been empty since Wagner Electric closed in the 1980s. Later, the property was at the center of the corruption scandal that toppled Steve Stenger.

Headlines from the Dec. 21, 1925, front page include: Pneumatic tires on Detroit's buses are a success. There's an ordinance pending to equip St. Louis buses with them.

When will work on I-55 be completed and all lanes reopened? And what's happening at Lemay Ferry Road around Bayless Avenue?

Catch up on local business awards and hires.

Catch up on local business acquisitions, donations and projects.

Susan J. Courtwright, 67, December 15, 2025. Visitation at Fey Funeral Home, Monday, December 22, 5-8 p.m., and Tuesday at 10 a.m. until service at 11 a.m. Burial at St. Trinity Cemetery. More info at feyfuneralhome.com.

Doris Emily Kieffer, asleep in Jesus on December 15, 2025. Beloved daughter of Emil and Eda Kieffer and sister to Raymond (Ella) Kieffer who preceded her in death.