A Midtown St. Louis restaurant that's received national recognition for its fried chicken sandwiches has closed permanently.
Southern closed its doors for the last time at 4 p.m. Sunday, according to an announcement posted Monday morning on its website and social media. The restaurant did not share its reasoning behind the closure.
"This was a very difficult decision," the announcement said. "We will miss our amazing staff. While small, they were dedicated and did their best every day."
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Legislation that would require developers applying for incentives to be current on all city property taxes was one of the bills introduced in the new legislative session of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen.
The St. Louis Business Journal is currently accepting nominations for its fifth annual Innovation in Philanthropy Awards, a program that celebrates innovative partnerships between nonprofit organizations and local companies. You have one week left to submit a nomination.
Frustrated with legislative inaction on sports wagering, Missouri’s major sports franchises are going directly to voters.
On Friday, a coalition that includes six major sports teams and is backed by major donations from two sports betting platforms announced an initiative campaign to put sports gambling on this year’s ballot. In a news release, St. Louis Cardinals President Bill DeWitt III said efforts to persuade lawmakers to legalize sports wagering have been futile.
Bills legalizing sports…
The FAA announced immediate actions Friday to increase its oversight of Boeing production and manufacturing after a door plug blew off an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 flight a week ago.
United Steelworkers said late Friday that it had filed grievances against United States Steel Corp., alleging the Pittsburgh-based company violated terms of its contract with the union when it agreed to a $14.9 billion sale to Nippon Steel Corp.
The St. Louis Board of Alderman is taking up a bill regarding drone use in the city limits.
This comes after a private company said it will use drones for surveillance of the Gravois Park neighborhood, citing crime issues as its main concern, although the company later stepped back from that plan.
SMS Novel Films CEO Jomo Johnson sent a strongly worded letter to the city of St. Louis regarding the cease-and-desist letter sent earlier this week. He wrote that SMS Novel FIlms has every right to film…
The acquisition of Circle Health under then-CEO and Chairman Michael Neidorff raised questions last year from a financial analyst about why a U.S-based managed care company would branch out into an overseas country with a universal health care system. Dave Windley, a managing director at Jefferies and founding member of the firm’s Healthcare Equity Research team, said Circle Health was a “non-core” acquisition by Centene.
“I don’t even want to really be associated with a head shop, because I feel like I’m in a different category,” the owner said. She specifically searched for space in high-end communities like Frontenac, Ladue, Clayton and Olivette.
Bike paths, hotels, neighborhoods and vacant office buildings are all targets of current redevelopment plans and construction projects in downtown St. Louis.
Clayton-based FinLocker, which has developed a financial app to help homebuyers, has received investment from public traded mortgage insurance firm Radian Group Inc.
Solis Agrosciences said Thursday that Charlie Bolten, former president of BioGenerator, has been named CEO. It also announced Susan Martino-Catt has been appointed chief operating officer.
Winterfest, the holiday festival held at Kiener Plaza in downtown St. Louis, booked its biggest year yet in its just-completed eighth year, officials said.
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