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A St. Louis developer proposed adding two hotels and more than 10,000 square feet of retail in Lenexa City Center.

A Kansas City-based company that specializes in hosting luxury estate sales will be selling furniture and home decor Tuesday and Wednesday at the home in Leawood, Kansas' Tuscany Reserve neighborhood.

The election is a test of the mayor's sway with city voters — and will determine what legislation she's able to usher through the Board of Aldermen.

Using the skeleton of a former savings building in Clayton, M1 Bank is constructing a new headquarters set to open in March 2024. The three sons of a savings and loan executive on Tuesday opened a time capsule that was placed there in 1965. Here's what they found.

The oldest public housing development in the city of St. Louis will be overhauled in a $100 million project that would create a more mixed-income and mixed-use development.

The uncertain future of regional sports networks could upend the way Americans watch their local teams. But one league may have a solution, and the Blues and Cardinals are watching it closely.

A federal judge on Tuesday struck down a controversial Missouri law — known as the Second Amendment Preservation Act — that penalizes police for enforcing federal gun laws. U.S. District Court Judge Brian Wimes ruled that the 2021 Missouri law is unconstitutional and “invalid, null, void, and of no effect.” “State and local law enforcement officials in Missouri may lawfully participate in joint federal task forces, assist in the investigation and enforcement of federal firearm crimes,”…

The project will be placed in a location that its architect says "is going to be one of the important intersections of Kirkwood in the future."

A bank is seeking a receiver for another hotel in downtown St. Louis, a move that could show a lack of confidence in the market, according to an analyst.

Widely known in St. Louis for its hot salami sandwich, Gioia’s Deli is opening a new location this spring.

The trading technology firm has tapped a longtime employees to be its new CEO, one of several new C-suite appointments at the company.

A lawsuit from the brokerage said three managing directors and a chief operating officer of a Stifel office “executed a coup,” inducing at least 27 other Stifel employees to “abandon their positions and emptying the Stifel office..."

For more than a century, 28 members of the Board of Aldermen governed the city of St. Louis. Those days are almost over. A primary election on Tuesday will begin the toppling of dominoes in a chaotic transition phase that several local candidates have dubbed "Aldergeddon." Tuesday's election marks the first political contest under the newly drawn ward maps, where 39 candidates will compete for 14 seats. The top two candidates in each ward will advance to an April 4 general election.   Ward reduction…

The move comes amid depressed convention, Arch and baseball traffic, according to a report. A hotel consultant also said he questioned years ago whether the cost to redevelop the hotel building would get in the way of its success.

A push to slash Missouri's personal property taxes is poised for a vote in the state Senate and could come with a steep price tag for local governments.  State Sen. Bill Eigel, R-Weldon Spring, is running for governor in the 2024 GOP primary. His proposal could bolster his credentials as a small-government fiscal conservative.  "We have the third highest rate of personal property tax anywhere in the country," Eigel said.  His proposal would lower the personal property tax rate from 33.3% to…

The Missouri House of Representatives passed a bill Monday that would put the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department under state control. House Bill 702 was passed by a vote of 113-40. The bill would put the department under the control of a five-member board made up of the mayor of St. Louis and four commissioners appointed by the governor of Missouri. The bill would also require the city to give police officers a raise by July of next year. In a debate on the bill last week, Republican and…

The grant will help fund the nonprofit's initiatives aimed at increasing U.S. manufacturing for the pharmaceutical industry.

The startup, which provides e-commerce software for internet providers, sees opportunities for growth as more companies emerge with a focus on building out fiber internet service.

The bank’s assets have grown from $450 million to $850 million since late 2018 with the initial five-year goal of reaching $1 billion.

Pasta House has closed a location in West County, as it reportedly plans to open another in Kirkwood.