Newly-appointed St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore has hired one of his predecessor's highest-profile attorneys to return as his chief trial assistant.
Marvin Teer resigned in March after less than two years on the job. Now, he's returning to the office, according to Gore's spokeswoman.
On Tuesday, Gore was sworn in to replace former St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner. He said four of the five senior staff positions were vacant in the office. Teer's addition reduces that number to three.
Teer…
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) said there are "no areas of radiological concerns" in or around Jana Elementary School in their third and final report.
This is the latest development in a saga that has spanned months of conflicting reports regarding levels of radioactive contamination at the school.
The final report detailed the results of extensive sampling and testing at Jana Elementary School. The previous two reports were released on April 25 and May 9.
The report, which focused on…
Elizabeth Haberberger also is a ninja warrior, competing around the country with the goal of making the primetime television show. Her LinkedIn page includes inspirational messages, videos of her workouts and a tribute to her sister Dolores “Dolo” Boschert, who died a year ago at the age of 23 while lifting weights.
Rob Connoley — owner and head chef of Bulrush, which serves locally foraged and sourced 19th century-Ozark cuisine — said he has been reading about the death of fine dining for the entirety of his career. Currently, however, he said the industry has “never been stronger,” and Bulrush is in “a really strong position."
St. Louis-based LaunchCode said Tuesday it has named a new CEO, just weeks after its previous leader abruptly left the technology training nonprofit after just two months in the role.
Becky Rothman, the "Queen of Carpet" whose iconic commercials featuring her flying on a rug over the Gateway Arch entertained generations of St. Louisians for nearly 30 years, died Sunday. She was 67.
Rothman's nephew, Marc, confirmed her passing Monday afternoon. She had been undergoing dialysis for the past several years, he said, and died at Missouri Baptist Medical Center of complications from kidney disease.
Rothman was born into the flooring business on Feb. 3, 1956. Her father, Murray, opened…
The new St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore was sworn into office Tuesday morning, just two weeks after his predecessor Kim Gardner stepped down.
Missouri Supreme Court Judge Robin Ransom gave Gore the oath of office as the city's next top prosecutor at 11 a.m. at the Carnahan Courthouse. St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones and other local leaders were in attendance.
"We have a violent crime crisis here in St. Louis," Gore said Tuesday. "We are losing far to many young promising lives to violence.…
St. Louis County Executive Sam Page announced in a press conference Tuesday that he will veto two bills passed by the County Council earlier this month.
Bill 73 would have loosened restrictions on tobacco sales within 1,000 feet of St. Louis County schools, and Bill 86 would have required pedestrians to stay off roads in areas where sidewalks are available. Both bills passed the County Council by 4-3 votes.
It requires five votes from the St. Louis County Council to override a veto from the St.…
Less than five years after Clayton-based health insurer Centene Corp. made a splash by confirming plans to bring thousands of new employees to a campus in Sacramento's Natomas area, the company now appears ready to let someone else have some or all of that space.
Most weekday guests at Le Méridien St. Louis Clayton are visiting the city for work, spending business hours in the office rather than on site and leaving the hotel’s pool deck mostly empty, General Manager Andrew Hargis said. Seeing an opportunity to change that, the downtown Clayton hotel this summer is offering a pool pass.
The opportunity created for Enterprise by the turmoil in the banking industry, combined with a possible recession, is that it can pick up clients as competitors make fewer commercial loans, said Jim Lally, president and CEO, Enterprise Financial Services
Hazelwood-based courier company Associated Couriers LLC said it will begin using drones to transport medications through a collaboration with San Francisco-based drone company Zipline.
The Archdiocese of St. Louis on Saturday announced its finalized model for changes coming to the church as part of its "All Things New" restructuring plan.
At the Cardinal Rigali Center in Shrewsbury, Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski announced his final decision on the plan, which includes sweeping parish consolidations and priest reassignments.
Under the restructuring, the archdiocese said its 178 parishes will consolidate into 134 parishes, overseen by close to 90 diocesan pastors and 17 religious…
Principia College, a private liberal arts college in Elsah, Illinois, has named a college administrator from Mississippi as its next president, following what officials said was a semester-long search.
The St. Louis Cardinals have the second-highest average attendance in the MLB as of May 25. Leaguewide, attendance is up amid rule changes aimed at speeding up games.
A St. Louis attorney was the sole former minor leaguer-turned attorney on the case, which he led and ended in a $185 million settlement that is estimated to pay from $5,000 to $5,500 each to about 24,000 former and current players.
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