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Target expanding curbside returns nationwide

1 year 8 months ago
Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT), which last year tested an expansion of its curbside pickup lanes that also let customers return purchases from their cars, has apparently liked what it discovered. The service will be in all stores by the end of summer. CNBC has a report on the offering from the Minneapolis-based retailer, which has rolled out curbside returns at about 500 stores in recent weeks, with a nationwide expansion planned over the coming months. Target has about 19 stores in the St. Louis area. Retail…
Mark Reilly

'Heartbroken': Three Kings responds after kitchen fire damages businesses

1 year 8 months ago
Heavy smoke and flames could be seen billowing out of the rooftop of empty apartments nestled on top of the Three Kings Public House restaurant in the Delmar Loop early Wednesday morning. Fire crews said the flames broke out around 3:30 a.m. and started in the kitchen of the University City restaurant. The property is owned by Bobby’s Creolea Corp., county records say. Crews arrived to find flames were coming through the roof of the kitchen area of Three Kings Public House and had spread to…
Michelle Li, Alex Fees and Kelsi Anderson

Mayor Tishaura Jones vows modern city government, pledges incremental progress that 'won't happen overnight'

1 year 8 months ago
When St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones took the stage for her second State of the City address on Tuesday night, many public officials, government workers, lobbyists and supporters in the crowd at Saint Louis University expected her to talk about her first two years in office. Instead, Jones began her remarks turning back the clock nearly six decades. "On Oct. 12, 1964, two days before he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke for about 45 minutes to an integrated audience…
Mark Maxwell

St. Louis restaurant brings retail products to Schnucks

1 year 8 months ago
A St. Louis restaurant expands its offering with a partnership with a local grocery chain. Anthonino's Taverna on The Hill is partnering with Schnuck Markets Inc. to bring frozen and ready-to-bake "famous" toasted ravioli and hand-tossed gourmet pizzas to its shelves this spring. According to a press release, both products will hit the shelves across 115 Schnucks locations. Four frozen and ready-to-bake pizzas will be available at most Schnucks locations including Fire, Gyro, Roasted Garlic,…
Alli Hebel

Lawsuit seeks to block Missouri attorney general restrictions on transgender health care

1 year 8 months ago
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s emergency rule blocking access to certain medical procedures for transgender children and adults faces a lawsuit seeking to block implementation days before it is scheduled to go into effect. The American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri and Lambda Legal filed the lawsuit Monday in St. Louis County calling Bailey’s rule “an attempt to legislate behind closed doors.” The 46-page lawsuit asks the court to block Bailey’s emergency order “to protect…
Annelise Hanshaw