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Bakery and cafe to close in Metro East, will relocate

1 year 1 month ago
A bakery and cafe in downtown Edwardsville will close its doors at the end of February. 222 Artisan Bakery and Café announced on social media it will close at the end of February at 222 N. Main St. in Edwardsville. The property is owned by John and Ellen Celuch, according to Madison County property records. The post said the bakery signed a new lease at its current location, but the landlord "decided to go with a different business." "We do understand," the bakery said in its post. "With rent…
Alli Hebel

Displaced Heritage House residents file lawsuit, ask for jury trial

1 year 1 month ago
Five displaced residents of the Heritage House Apartments on Monday filed suit against the apartments, the building's management company, Sansone Group LLC and several other parties, demanding a jury trial and asking that the defendants pay for residents' alternative housing through 2024. The lawsuit, filed by the former residents of the apartments on behalf of themselves and other residents, accused the defendants of violating the Missouri Merchandising Act, breach of contract and wrongful termination,…
Kelsi Anderson and Laura Barczewski

As few as 1 in 5 voters could defeat initiative petitions under Missouri Senate proposal

1 year 1 month ago
Every vote cast on a constitutional amendment would be counted two ways under a proposal Missouri Republicans are trying to push to an August vote. The first way would be the traditional method, where all the votes are tallied to determine if the ballot measure has a statewide majority.  The second way would be to determine whether the proposal has a majority in 82 Missouri House districts, the same number it takes to pass a bill in the 163-member chamber. Called a concurrent majority, proponents…
Rudi Keller

UMB Bank CEO promoted to holding company president

1 year 1 month ago
Rine began his career at UMB as a credit analyst in 1994 and will mark his 30-year anniversary with the bank in April. He has been president and CEO of UMB Bank since October 2018. He was president of commercial banking from December 2017 to October 2018, president of the bank's Kansas City region from December 2011 to December 2017 and worked in commercial lending from April 1994 to December 2011.
James Drew