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A new poll has Cara Spencer with a big lead over incumbent Tishaura Jones in the race for St. Louis mayor

Leadership at a St. Louis-area food pantry is worried that cuts at the U.S. Department of Agriculture might jeopardize its services.

Boys Hope Girls Hope, a national youth services nonprofit based in St. Louis, has rebranded as Hope Ignites.

Prime property already zoned multifamily near the busy intersection of Hanley Road and Interstate 64 is being marketed to developers, pending the closure of a senior living facility there.

A Lake Saint Louis-based roofing business has been sold to a private equity-backed Alabama company.

As Missouri lawmakers debate the $47.9 billion state budget, they are also deciding how to spend an unexpectedly large chunk of cash from sales taxes collected from marijuana dispensaries. The nearly $86 million paid by recreational cannabis users is constitutionally required to be divided up evenly between funds benefiting veterans, public defenders and programs that prevent substance use disorders.  “Due to a strong cannabis market and effective, efficient regulation of that market,” said…

An initiative effort begun Friday by a well-known Missouri Democrat would, if passed by voters next year, force Tesla to close its St. Louis and Kansas City showrooms. Brad Ketcher, a St. Louis attorney who was chief of staff to Democratic Gov. Mel Carnahan in the 1990s, said he hopes the effort spreads to other states to fight back against Tesla CEO Elon Musk for his lead role in mass federal layoffs and budget cuts for President Donald Trump. “If Elon Musk was not cutting Medicaid and Social…

An Italian restaurant on the Hill is up for sale, along with its real estate.

Pride St. Charles says it's lost a key sponsor this year and is struggling to secure funding for its annual Pride Festival, scheduled for June 14.

A St. Louis Circuit Court judge has reduced punitive damages against an Indiana-based company in the deaths of two St. Louis men from $450 million to $108 million.

The developer of an AI-driven "smart assistant" for veterinary exams took the top prize in a startup pitch competition hosted by Nestlé Purina PetCare Co., the St. Louis-based pet food maker.

The university's new leader had declined use of the property and sought to unload it amid the institution's financial woes.

The city of St. Louis said Friday it will pay the price set in eminent domain proceedings to acquire parcels that make up the Railway Exchange Building’s parking garage.

This week's Arch City Report Podcast examines downtown St. Louis sales amid the Cardinals' woes, as the 2025 season begins, plus a big win for Boeing and the region. The stories discussed this week are: Fighter jet victory expected to extend Boeing's St. Louis future by decades; 'generational impact': A huge contract assuages uncertainty around Boeing's immediate future in St. Louis, but many believe it creates a long runway of work for the aircraft manufacturing giant in the region. Downtown…

A south St. Louis County Catholic elementary school said it will have to close its doors after 65 years due to declining enrollment. The Most Rev. Mitchell Rozanski, the St. Louis archbishop, said that there are only 70 students who have enrolled at St. Simon the Apostle School for the 2025-26 school year, including one grade level with only three students enrolled and another grade level in which only a single student is enrolled. “This ongoing trend means that continuing to provide quality…

There are millions, tens of millions, of folks getting older but feeling younger than our forefathers as a result of good medicine, exercises, etc. And here comes pickleball to fill the gap between walking (always good) and more strenuous sports activities.

Mercy, the Chesterfield-based multistate health system, has promoted a new top nurse.

A Creve Coeur-based agriculture technology firm with an uncertain future has received initial bankruptcy court approval for financing to continue operations while a group of lenders mulls buying the business.

An arts nonprofit that recently shut down gave more reasons for the move, including federal funding cuts and a transition away from downtown St. Louis because of crime.

Two bills relating to a controversial ballot initiative will go into law, after the St. Louis County Council on Thursday overrode vetoes from County Executive Sam Page earlier this week.