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This is a missive from someone who has experienced and greatly enjoyed the bounty of Thanksgiving for many decades.

The new vendor is the second food-truck-turned-brick-and-mortar purveyor to open inside the brewery in recent years.

The theater site went up for auction Oct. 30 to Nov. 1 with a starting bid of $1.25 million.

Chesterfield-based Linxup, a provider of GPS tracking technology for fleets, has secured $50 million in debt financing.

Saint Louis University plans to hire 20 new faculty members in geospatial roles in the next three years, significantly boosting its staff in an industry that has been a focus for both the university and broader St. Louis region.

The section of the former St. Louis Mills mall occupied by outdoor retailer Cabela’s will go on the auction block next week, but the store will remain open.

The company was started in 1966 by Richard and Anita Nix as a home meal replacement business. It eventually turned into a small café and has today grown to be the region’s largest caterer.

St. Louis County leaders voted to approve a $128 million budget for Bi-State Development, the organization that operates Metro Transit, in a 6-1 vote during a Tuesday afternoon council meeting. St. Louis County Councilmember Ernie Trakas was the only member Tuesday to vote against a bill to fund Bi-State Development's budget. The South County Republican argued the agency still needs to do better to improve poor service. "It is reckless of this body to pass this bill tonight and I will be voting…

The union for Southwest Airlines Co. pilots will open "strike centers" as negotiations for a new contract continue.

The reversal comes after OpenAI's board members were replaced, a move supported by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

Once a rising star of St. Louis' startup scene, the company's sudden downshift took a toll on its founders, who had to tell staff "it's going to suck for a while." But now it's on the rebound, in part because of the cuts it was forced to make.

Maplewood-based startup Engagedly Inc., which provides software aimed at helping companies manage their workforce, has expanded its technology with an acquisition.

Office holiday parties could look different this year, St. Louis event planners say, as events get smaller and shorter, and gifts are offered since employees are more frequently out of the office.

General Motors (NYSE: GM) said Tuesday there’s no “immediate impact” on its Wentzville assembly plant from a major fire at a parts supplier in Kentucky.

The freestanding, adjoining buildings, which date to 1897, are across the street from SLU and near Chaifetz Arena. Preservationist groups see potential for redevelopment of the structures.

The high-traffic shopping center site, which is about 1.2 miles east of the I-270 interchange, is along a major hotspot for bank and credit union branches in the St. Louis region

The move would seem to suggest that the Battlehawks will remain intact as its league, the XFL, pursues a merger with the rival United States Football League.

Desiree Coleman-Fry is the new chief strategy officer at St. Louis-based U.S. Bancorp Impact Finance, a subsidiary of the Minneapolis-based bank.

The Missouri Supreme Court has denied Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s attempt to appeal rulings against his ballot summary for initiative petitions seeking to enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution.  The court also rejected an appeal seeking to reject cost estimates crafted by Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick.  The decisions came down Monday evening, less than a week after Ashcroft asked the state’s highest court to take up the case.  Ashcroft is attempting to keep the wording…

The city of St. Louis is potentially out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue since October. The city failed to file paperwork with the state of Missouri in time to collect sales tax on recreational marijuana. In April 2023, a proposition was passed to add an additional 3% sales tax in St. Louis city. It was meant to go into effect on Oct. 1, 2023. Yet, the St. Louis mayor's office says that the proper notification to marijuana purveyors and the required documentation to the State…