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The clearing out of a controversial, makeshift homeless encampment on the lawn of St. Louis City Hall was an all-day event Tuesday.

The fall meeting of the Democratic National Committee will be held in downtown St. Louis this week.

Local information technology services company Hits Corp. has acquired a firm in Indianapolis, adding to a string of recent M&A deals.

Recently retired Missouri Supreme Court Justice George Draper III is one of very few who have served at every level of Missouri’s current court system – and now, he’s returning to his roots in the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office. St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore announced during a news conference Tuesday that Draper has joined his administration. He will serve as the office's chief training officer. “It is a rare honor to have a man of Judge Draper’s impeccable character and…

A St. Louis board has finally paid off outstanding bills related to the effort to build a Mississippi Riverfront stadium for the National Football League's Rams that never advanced beyond planning stages.

The St. Louis-based manufacturer of batteries and car care products said it will lay off 172 workers with closure of one of two battery factories it plans to shutter in the state.

Dubbed Roll In & Out, the store will use Amazon One – a payment system based on biometrics that works by reading a user's palm print — and Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology, which allows customers to enter a store, grab what they want and walk out without waiting in line at a checkout.

St. Louis digital health startup Readout Health said Tuesday it has rebranded and bolstered its technology after a merger with a Florida firm.

Panera Bread, the bakery-café known locally as Saint Louis Bread Co., will open a new location Oct. 10 as part of a new development.

A bank plans to break ground Oct. 9 on its third location, which reflects customer demand in the far west of the St. Louis region.

A New York lender is seeking a receiver for an apartment complex in unincorporated north St. Louis County.

Webster University stopped holding classes at its downtown St. Louis campus at the end of last year and has no plans to hold them there again, its board chair said, citing a reduction in both enrollment and corporate activity in the neighborhood.

Hundreds of steel and iron workers in the Metro East are trying to figure out what's next. Workers were temporarily let go from U.S. Steel Granite City Works and will likely be off the job for several months. Two weeks ago, U.S. Steel announced it was temporarily idling furnace B at the Granite City steel plant. According to a statement on Sept. 18 from a U.S. Steel spokeswoman, the move is "risk mitigation" in response to the United Auto Workers (UAW) strike. Here is the full statement: "Following…

Dozens of people living in a makeshift encampment on the lawn of St. Louis' City Hall will be forced to move. A spokesperson for St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones said the city made the decision to "decommission" the encampment at 10:01 p.m. Monday by enforcing a curfew law that effectively closes parks in the city between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. unless a person has a permit issued by the Board of Public Service or the director of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry. Later, St. Louis Alderman…

The state of Missouri on Monday named the 48 winners of cannabis "microbusiness" licenses.

A judge on Monday allowed The Staenberg Group to enter a legal dispute the developer says will determine whether its massive $2 billion redevelopment of the Chesterfield Mall into "Downtown Chesterfield" will be successful.

A civil case that could have settled whether video games that offer cash prizes to players are illegal gambling devices won’t settle anything. At least not any time soon. On Monday, with a trial set to begin Tuesday morning, Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green dismissed the lawsuit seeking to stop the Missouri State Highway Patrol from investigating “pre-reveal” games offered in thousands of locations across the state.  “I don’t think the court system is the right place to have…

A St. Louis-based education nonprofit was awarded a federal grant of $35.5 million over five years by the U.S. Department of Education.

Federal prosecutors are seeking records involving public subsidies used to help construct a St. Louis apartment complex, a subpoena released Monday shows.

Schnuck Markets Inc. is putting “finishing touches” on renovation of its Cahokia Heights store, and “it should be 100% complete by the end of the week,” a spokesman said.