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A nonprofit provider of housing, care and support services for older adults has agreed to acquire a privately-held St. Louis home health agency.

A global packaging business that's one of the St. Louis region's fastest-growing private companies has named a new chief financial officer.

The Cardinals have played in a stadium with the Busch Stadium name since 1953. That will continue after the brewer and the baseball team agreed to an extension of a naming rights deal that was set to expire in 2026.

Firms that own property in a Brentwood area targeted for redevelopment sued the city Tuesday, claiming it lacked sufficient evidence to designate the area as blighted, which clears the way for possible use of eminent domain.

The U.S. Senate took an important step Tuesday toward passing the nation’s annual defense policy bill, but the legislation did not include provisions aimed at compensating victims of radioactive contamination in St. Louis and around the country. The reliably bipartisan legislation is expected to hit the same hard-right opposition in the U.S. House that has dogged lawmakers since the beginning of this Congress. The Democratic-led upper chamber voted to end debate on this year’s $886 billion…

Craig Berube has been "relieved of his coaching duties" with the St. Louis Blues and an interim head coach has been named, the team announced late Tuesday night. The abrupt announcement came via a news release posted to the team's website around 11 p.m. Tuesday night, following the team's 6-4 loss to the Detroit Red Wings at Enterprise Center. Current Springfield Thunderbirds head coach Drew Bannister was named interim head coach. Bannister will travel to St. Louis on Wednesday and serve his first…

The St. Louis County Council on Tuesday approved $14 million in cuts to next year's budget, days after St. Louis County Executive Sam Page warned council members their package of proposed cuts could come with costly consequences. Ahead of Tuesday’s St. Louis County Council meeting County Executive Sam Page sent a letter to the council saying if they passed their proposed budget cuts ARPA funded projects will be put on hold, there would be cuts to the teams who deal with problem properties, the…

Baltimore native and longtime Wentzville resident Jim Cook, a principal with Chesterfield-based development firm Mia Rose Holdings, is the definition of a serial entrepreneur, beginning with a paper route while he attended middle school in California.

Take Root Hospitality, the James Beard-nominated hospitality group behind Vicia and Winslow’s Table, has found a permanent brick and mortar for its seasonal taqueria concept.

Every pastor who was part of the elementary school evaluation process in the Archdiocese of St. Louis' "All Things New" restructuring process said they want their elementary school to remain open for the 2024-25 school year. About one-third of the archdiocese's more than 80 elementary schools went through a consultation process to discuss the current and future status of the school. In a release on Tuesday, the archdiocese said all of the pastors involved in the process said they wanted to keep…

None of the Above, a speakeasy-style cocktail lounge located within the underground tunnels of City Foundry STL in Midtown, will open Thursday.

A 30-person tax and accounting firm located in Sunset Hills has been acquired by an Iowa business.

A local nonprofit, professional theater for families and young audiences has named a new managing director and canceled a spring production after changing direction in its search for a new top executive.

Centene Corp. on Tuesday increased its guidance for 2024, while also warning of two "large" headwinds in the new year.

Dennis Fanger told his children they couldn’t join the family business, Fenton-based Vivian Co., until after they went to college and got a job working for somebody else. “What I didn’t want them to do was think, ‘Okay, I’m just going to schlock an education, get that done and then go see Pop,’” he said. “I wanted them to have the experience of finding and earning a job and figuring out what they liked and didn’t.” So, before joining Vivian — which began in 1923 by selling…

St. Louis' chief information officers and technology leaders joined at The Chase Park Plaza Royal Sonesta Hotel on Dec. 8 for the 2023 St. Louis ORBIE Awards, hosted by St.LouisCIO. The keynote speaker and Leadership Award recipient was Scott Richert, CIO, Mercy. The Global winner is Kevin Dana, VP, information security and technology, WWT. The Large Enterprise winner is Todd Finders, CIO, Clayco Inc. The Enterprise winner is Erin Williams, VP, IT and CIO, Hussmann. The Large Corporate…

If the St. Louis County Council passes its proposed $15 million in budget cuts, you might not get your property tax bill in the mail next year, dilapidated properties might see long delays before their demolition can be completed, and projects relying on federal pandemic funds could get bogged down in bureaucratic red tape. Those are just a few of the consequences of the county council's proposed cuts, at least as St. Louis County Executive Sam Page translates them. Page penned a three-page letter…

House Minority Leader Crystal Quade believes abortion can win on the ballot in Missouri. And Planned Parenthood, which announced its endorsement of the Springfield Democrat’s campaign for governor on Monday, believes Quade can win, too. Planned Parenthood Great Plains Votes is endorsing Quade, who announced a campaign for governor in July. In a state where nearly all abortions have been illegal since Roe v. Wade was overturned, two rival coalitions are working to put the issue on the statewide…

While he was in the Missouri Senate, Bob Onder earned a reputation as one of the most vocal members of the self-styled conservative caucus, upending the chamber by filibustering a litany of bills, including congressional redistricting, needle exchanges for addicts and Medicaid financing. As he left the Senate in 2022 due to term limits, Onder, a Republican, considered but ultimately decided against a bid for St. Charles County executive. On Monday, as anticipated, he formally entered the race for…

A St. Louis real estate firm appointed to act as receiver for a troubled downtown loft building said Monday it can't do so.