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Richard Rosenfeld, an UMSL criminology professor and a nationally known expert on crime trends and statistics, died Monday at age 75.

Vera Bradley Inc., a luggage and handbag design company, will close its storefront at the Saint Louis Galleria after a final day of business on Sunday, Jan. 21.

It marks the first partnership between a local government and a state of Missouri relocation program that offers companies up to $3,500 per employee who relocates from out of state.

The School District of Clayton could reconsider buying a prime redevelopment site in Clayton, or could divide the site with a commercial developer while keeping some of the property for school uses, school board members said Tuesday. The district has already been working with one of St. Louis' most prominent developers.

The Saint Louis Zoo has hired a successor for Jo-Elle Mogerman as director of its WildCare Park in north St. Louis County, effective Feb. 5.

A Democratic state representative booted from her party’s caucus because of her association with a man described as a Holocaust denier and another called a conspiracy theorist is running for governor. State Rep. Sarah Unsicker of Shrewsbury went to Washington, D.C., and announced her bid for Missouri’s highest office in front of the U.S. Capitol. “What is happening in Missouri is a global emergency,” Unsicker said in a news release. “There is no justice in our courts. Our politicians…

A former health care executive has returned to Thompson Coburn LLP’s St. Louis office as a partner.

Pat and Carol Schuchard — the husband-and-wife duo behind historic event venues including Boo Cat Club, Das Bevo and Majorette — this fall plan to open their newest venue in a former Catholic church and adjacent rectory in the city’s The Gate District neighborhood.

Energizer Holdings, the St. Louis-based manufacturer of batteries and car care products, plans to lay off 135 workers with the closure of the second of two battery factories in Wisconsin that it previously confirmed it would shutter.

A global packaging business and one of the St. Louis region's fastest-growing private companies is expanding again with the purchase of a Germany-based glass packaging provider.

As more electric vehicles (EVs) hit Missouri roads, businesses are taking notice and capitalizing on their benefits. Fleet electrification is gaining traction within the Show Me State as a tool to help reduce operating costs. Businesses adding EVs find they can save on fuel and maintenance while helping improve local air quality. By leveraging government incentives, forging strategic partnerships and investing in charging infrastructure, businesses in Missouri are setting the stage for long-term…

Fleet electrification has become a smart choice for businesses looking to maximize their efficiency, reduce operating costs and demonstrate their commitment to sustainability. Traditional transportation fuels are leading culprits in generating carbon emissions and impairing local air quality. However, with zero tailpipe emissions and efficient electric motors, electric vehicles (EVs) are helping companies reduce their carbon footprint while introducing a new, reliable mobility option. EVs are transforming…

Like its three predecessors, the new company assists attorneys and corporations with electronic data involved in lawsuits such as Microsoft files, emails, text messages and social media. The niche is referred to as “e-discovery."

One of the nation's largest publicly traded natural gas companies, based in St. Louis, has filled its vacant chief operating officer post with an experienced utility industry executive.

The family behind Balkan Treat Box on Wednesday will officially open its second concept, Telva at The Ridge.

One of St. Louis’ largest companies has reoccupied an office building that it previously said it would vacate and try to lease to other tenants.

St. Louis cancer drug startup Immunophotonics Inc. will pursue expansion of its lead drug candidate through a partnership with the innovation arm of pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson.

More than 70 years after workers first realized barrels of radioactive waste risked contaminating Coldwater Creek, the federal government has started work to put up signs warning residents. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said in a statement Monday that it was working with the Environmental Protection Agency to add signs along the creek to help it monitor areas “that may pose a risk if disturbed.” Coldwater Creek has been contaminated for decades with radioactive waste left over from the World…

More than 1,200 Alaska Airlines and United Airlines flights have been canceled across the U.S. this week after a 737 Max 9 jet lost a piece of its fuselage midflight.

A former Texas-based investment adviser has been indicted in St. Louis, accused of running a Ponzi scheme that cost clients tens of millions of dollars.