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A local group has the vacant Millennium Hotel in downtown St. Louis under contract, business group Greater St. Louis Inc. and city development agency St. Louis Development Corp. said Thursday.

The work could reduce methane emissions while also increasing yields from better nitrogen utilization.

As a French expatriate who teaches French, Spanish and Italian to students online around the country from her south St. Louis home, Stephanie Knoerle has taken particular notice of the mangled French names that mark many St. Louis landmarks.

House Democrats on Wednesday made an unsuccessful push to override Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s veto of $2.5 million in funding for oversight of the state’s nursing homes, with all but eight Republicans voting to sustain the governor’s action. It is the second year in a row Parson has vetoed funding for nursing home oversight. State Rep. Deb Lavender, a Democrat from Manchester, led the effort, arguing that the money would make Missouri’s nursing home residents safer. “There are complaints…

The hotel's general manager cited the pull of the new brand's loyalty program as one advantage of the switch.

A new buffet restaurant has brought a different cuisine to a buffet chain's former space.

The Missouri Gaming Commission named a Republican from south St. Louis County who served eight years in the state House of Representatives as its new executive director, effective Oct. 1.

The documents, between Dec. 18 and Sept. 3, detail goings-on behind the scenes with Nippon Steel and United Steelworkers.

A new cancer center, under construction for three years, will open to patients at the end of September.

The Brentwood-based nonprofit's new president and CEO brings more than 30 years of nonprofit-sector experience.

The St. Louis Public Library has closed one of its downtown St. Louis branches.

St. Louis-based ElmTree Funds has tapped a Phoenix commercial real estate developer and capital markets expert to lead its U.S. acquisitions.

Susan Trautman, who's led trails developer Great Rivers Greenway for 15 years, said she'll retire next year.

The new co-chair is the third heavyweight that the Kansas City-based law firm with an office in Clayton has named to its national Government Investigations and Litigation Practice.

A growing St. Louis-based developer of senior-living properties plans to expand its portfolio with a new facility in the Kansas City area.

The airport is also bidding for federal money for its planned one-terminal project.

A business group previously touted installation of the "smart" lights, but now says in a lawsuit that the work wasn't completed and that the city can't completely control them.

A Metro East house with St. Louis Arch views and connections to Frank Lloyd Wright is on the market for $2.5 million.

St. Louis craft brewery Urban Chestnut has debts of at least $7.4 million, according to its bankruptcy filing. The business has said it will continue to operate.

Missourians will have the opportunity to vote to enshrine abortion in the state constitution this November, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.  In a decision published less than three hours before the constitutional deadline to remove a question from the ballot, the Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s ruling that recommended the measure be stripped from the Nov. 5 ballot.  Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft “shall certify to local election authorities that Amendment 3 be placed on…