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The effort is led by a St. Louisan on a campaign to expand the league and the sport ahead of its inclusion in the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics.

Nick Ahlering is one of the stereotypical St. Louis natives who went elsewhere to work and then later returned, but his path is more unusual than most.

KMOV-TV Channel 4's prominent downtown St. Louis signage is being removed ahead of its relocation to a new studio in Maryland Heights.

Fontbonne University's leadership reportedly has proposed cutting nearly two-dozen degree programs and over a dozen faculty posts as it faces a multimillion-dollar budget shortfall amid declining enrollment.

The first apartments are open at the former MetLife office campus in south St. Louis County, part of a mixed-use redevelopment that includes one of the largest office-to-residential conversions in the St. Louis region.

St. Louis County convenience store owners this month sued the government over 2019 rules prohibiting certain tobacco sales within 1,000 feet of schools.

St. Louis County lawmakers on Tuesday urged the governing board of St. Louis' sewer district to adopt a 24% rate increase, rather than a 32% increase favored by its rate commission.

Apotheosis Comic Shop and Lounge has closed its store at 3359 S. Jefferson Ave. Separately, the company is being sued by the landlord of its South Grand store.

Two Washington University alumnae were inspired to launch Wonder Togs, a technology-infused children’s clothing and lifestyle brand, after realizing how difficult and uninspiring it can be to get a rambunctious child dressed.

A minority owner of the former Royal Gate Dodge vehicle dealership in Columbia, Illinois, and Ellisville has been hit with a $1.7 million judgment.

Local developers say cooled interest from lenders and surging rates are making current projects take longer and keeping new projects on hold. It could be the start of a new era in development.

Bayer AG is seeking to overturn a ruling last month by a Philadelphia jury that the company pay $175 million in damages to a man who blamed his cancer on its Roundup weedkiller, claiming the trial judge gave improper jury instructions.

The firm's new partner focuses his practice on tax and estate planning, closely held business succession planning and asset protection.

Remote work in the St. Louis area fell some in 2022 but remained extremely elevated, according to U.S. Census data.

A bid by the city of Manchester to annex part of unincorporated St. Louis County was among a handful of local ballot measures that were to be decided, including municipal marijuana sales taxes and a school district tax levy transfer.

A Democrat running for the same statewide office as Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher will not participate in a House Ethics Committee inquiry into the speaker. House Assistant Minority Leader Richard Brown of Kansas City, who is running for lieutenant governor, was replaced Tuesday on the committee by Rep. David Tyson Smith of Columbia. In a letter to Chief Clerk Dana Miller, House Minority Leader Crystal Quade invoked a rule that allows any member of the Ethics Committee to be replaced temporarily…

Three bills intended to overhaul St. Louis' response to homelessness have been withdrawn from consideration as advocates of the proposed legislation head back to the drawing board. 7th Ward Alderwoman Alisha Sonnier, who sponsored Bills 126, 127 and 128, said in a public statement Monday that the bills' withdrawal would make way for "brand new bills" following more input from within both city hall and the community. The now-withdrawn bills proposed new rules for the decommissioning of homeless…

A Rosemont, Illinois-based label printing company is closing its plant in St. Louis County and terminating nearly four dozen workers there.

If telemarketers haven't been replaced by robots, then I am not betting against the lawyers, either.

Missourians spend billions every year in pursuit of instant riches. They buy lottery tickets, play casino games and dab bingo cards. And increasingly in recent years, they play games of questionable legality in convenience stores, truck stops and small gaming parlors. Everyone involved in the industry thinks people would spend more, if given the chance. None of the players pursuing those new markets wants anyone else sitting in on their game. Major professional league teams, now banding together…