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KDHX 88.1 FM, the troubled nonprofit community radio station, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, officials with parent Double Helix Corp. said late Monday.

Bill Eigel hasn’t been a Missouri senator for months, and he fell short in his two recent runs for governor and chair of the state GOP. Yet as the Missouri General Assembly speeds toward the midpoint of its most productive legislative session in years, Eigel remains a subject of fascination for the legislature he left behind. “We lovingly refer to that as the ‘ghost of Bill Eigel in Jefferson City,’” Eigel said with a laugh in a recent interview with The Independent. Part of it is Eigel’s…

A proposal to have Missouri take over control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is one step closer to Gov. Mike Kehoe’s desk after the state Senate on Monday voted 27-5 in favor of an omnibus crime bill that includes that provision. The bill, which includes other items such as a requirement to report the immigration status of anyone who commits a Class A misdemeanor or higher, has to technically go back to the House, but people with knowledge of the bill's legislative process told…

The site of a long-stalled apartment project in the Grove district could become a sports facility.

A self-regulatory organization for the financial industry is investigating a former Wells Fargo Advisors employee who faces federal felony charges of bank fraud and identity theft in St. Louis.

A major music venue in St. Louis wants to add a new $3.5 million VIP area.

Southwest Airlines, the busiest carrier at St. Louis Lambert International Aiport, is undergoing a series of business strategy changes to cut costs, the latest of which impact both travelers and employees.

A St. Louis-based company that provides outsourced sales and marketing solutions to consumer goods companies and retailers has named a new operations chief for one of its three business units.

The deal is the company's third in Colorado since 2021 and is part of a move to solidify its presence in Denver.

Fontbonne University's Center for Bosnian Studies will move to a new location this summer as the university ends instruction and closes its operations this year.

The Sheldon Concert Hall is undergoing renovations that will add a new lobby, improvements to its art galleries and a new look from the street.

The company said the certifcation from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission is a "seal of trust" for its customers that might encourage more election jurisdictions to use its products.

Missouri took control of the St. Louis police department just before the start of the Civil War, a gambit by state leaders to prevent the city from rising up against their conspiracy to align the state with the Confederacy. The arrangement persisted until 2012, when 64% of Missouri voters approved an initiative petition returning control of the department to local leaders. This week, the legislature is poised to reverse that vote, seize back control of the department and put it again in the hands…

Top party officials from all 14 wards in the city gathered on Saturday morning for an open roll call vote to determine which candidates they would endorse in the upcoming April 8 election. In an "unprecedented" move, the city of St. Louis Democratic Central Committee officially endorsed the challenger running against an incumbent mayor. “It's just time for a change,” Vice Chairwoman Lucinda Frazier said. “Twenty-eight committee people came together and we voted overwhelmingly for Cara Spencer.” Frazier,…

To earnestly confront our region’s growing challenges, residents and officials should explore what rewards could lie on the other side of incrementally integrating the city and county’s redundant functions, writes Peter Gariepy.

A national craft beer bar chain is plotting to open its first Missouri locations, with five sites planned in St. Louis.

The entire on-air staff of one St. Louis-area radio station and a digital content producer at another lost their jobs this week as owner Audacy conducted its first round of job cuts since emerging from bankruptcy last fall. Audacy has six St. Louis-area stations.

The Key Bistro, the restaurant inside the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park, has closed after a kitchen fire.

A foreclosed shopping center in Metro East has been purchased at auction for $5 million by a company that specializes in revitalizing older shopping centers.

One of the oldest nonprofit agencies in the St. Louis region is changing its name to reflect a dynamic change and growth in desired services and offerings for those 60 plus. Beginning this week, the 165-year-old Lutheran Senior Services (LSS) organization, which also is the 11th largest nonprofit senior living provider in the country, will be known as EverTrue. “It’s a transformative moment for the organization,” said Adam Marles, president and CEO of EverTrue. “From right here in St.…