A recent column claimed to find irregularities that raise questions about police's data practices. The police chief writes that it's based on a misunderstanding of the nature of the data.
The Gateway Arch National Park updated its methodology for counting visitors, creating what it describes as a more accurate number. Park executives said that 2023 visitation was higher than 2022.
The Fenton-based manufacturer of home and garden décor will close in April due to financial hardships and pandemic-related challenges, its owners said.
R.P. Lumber Co. Inc., one of the St. Louis region's largest privately held businesses, is expanding its Midwestern footprint with the pending acquisition of a hardware and building materials retailer.
Tuesday afternoon, St. Louis residents and restaurateurs got another chance to speak with the Board of Aldermen on a highly contested bill that would change part of the city’s liquor license process.
St. Louis Board Bill 60 would allow businesses applying for a "restaurant and bar" liquor license to opt out of petitioning the neighborhood that’s within a 350-foot radius of where they plan to open. The bill passed out of committee Tuesday and will now go in front of the full Board of Aldermen.
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Cigars International, an expanding cigar retailer known for its superstore selection, is looking to open its first Missouri store in the St. Louis region.
Missouri state Treasurer Vivek Malek endured a bipartisan beatdown Tuesday as members of a House subcommittee spent two hours telling him it was a big mistake to put decals advertising the Unclaimed Property program on unregulated gambling machines.
A few hours later, Malek gave in to demands from members of the House Subcommittee on Appropriations – General Administration and removed the ads from machines owned by Wildwood-based Torch Electronics.
“I have today revoked permission for Torch…
Lutheran Senior Services, a nonprofit provider of housing, care and support services for older adults, has acquired a service program and related property from another locally based nonprofit.
A federal judge on Tuesday preliminarily approved a $4.5 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit brought against Ferguson in 2015 over an alleged debtors' prison scheme.
A construction firm hired to build a new city hall and community center in Jennings is suing the city after it says officials halted the project, costing it more than $1.7 million.
The mayor also travelled to Jefferson City to support retaining local control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department and seek state funding for violence prevention and reduction, construction of the Public Safety Answering Point with child care services for 911 operators; and reconstruction of a Mississippi River levee, according to a mayoral spokesperson.
A newly formed St. Louis nonprofit, the Taylor Geospatial Engine, has launched with a mission to connect geospatial research and development efforts with commercial opportunities.
Dean Plocher’s last year as speaker of the Missouri House wasn’t supposed to go this way.
The Republican from Des Peres was riding high at the end of the 2023 legislative session, able to point to big wins while pinning any disappointments on continued dysfunction in the state Senate. And he had amassed an impressive campaign war chest he hoped would help carry him to the lieutenant governor’s office in the upcoming elections.
Entering the third month of the 2024 session, things couldn’t…
Sending Missouri state troopers and National Guard soldiers to Texas’s border with Mexico will cost more than $2.2 million, state officials told the House Budget Committee on Monday.
Gov. Mike Parson is sending 200 soldiers and 11 Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers to work with Texas law enforcement at the request of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
There are about 250 National Guard soldiers already in Texas operating under federal orders, Maj. Gen. Levon Compton told the House Budget Committee.…
Chicken Out, the fast-casual fried chicken sandwich restaurant, has shuttered its last remaining brick-and-mortar location, in Kirkwood. A social media post teases "other concepts" are to come.
Webster University said Monday it has settled with donors who sought to intervene in a case in which it's looking to reclassify endowment funds, in a bid to cover covenants on loan agreements.
Evolution Festival is back in St. Louis for its second year, and the lineup has something for fans of all genres.
The festival, which returns Sept. 28-29 to Forest Park, features a lineup of more than 28 national, regional and local acts.
"Headlining are renowned acts The Killers and Beck, joined by many more iconic artists including Jane’s Addiction, Blondie, Nile Rodgers & CHIC, 2024 Grammy Award Winner Killer Mike, and many more," the announcement said.
Evolution Festival Executive Producer…
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