Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick said he will continue an ongoing audit of former St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner and the office despite her abrupt resignation earlier this week.
Fitzpatrick also claimed that Gardner chose to resign on Tuesday knowing it was the day his office was prepared to enforce a records subpoena in court.
"One way or another, Kim Gardner will have to answer for her time as Circuit Attorney," Fitzpatrick said in a Thursday statement, accusing her of making…
A St. Louis-based construction company is opening its third office, and first outside Missouri, capitalizing on its growing presence in the Northeast with a new office in Philadelphia.
If you were lonesome for new friends, all one had to do was take Donut out for a walk and you would have all the new acquaintances you wanted. In short, Donut became an example to all of us that, by being friendly and excited to see strangers, you could stop reading Dale Carnegie.
In a Columbia, Missouri, parking lot on Wednesday afternoon, there was a reminder of Christmas.
It wasn’t leftover decorations or early preparations for a summer “Christmas in July” sale. It was the temporary tag on the back of a Jeep Cherokee that expired on Christmas Day.
Handed out by an auto dealer at the time of a November sale, the tag was the oldest of several found by The Independent during a short drive.
Until the sales tax is paid, as well as the titling and registration fees…
Ness Sandoval, associate professor of sociology at Saint Louis University, said the increases reflected lower prices of housing, quality of public schools and public safety.
The Missouri Department of Revenue Licensing Office at St. Louis City Hall will close for good at 4:30 p.m. Thursday.
The decision to close the St. Louis License Office was made because the location was too expensive to maintain and staffing shortages made the operation unsustainable at City Hall, according to St. Louis Collector of Revenue Gregg Daly's office. His office ultimately didn't put in a bid to keep the facility going.
The DMV location at City Hall provided vehicle licensing, renewal,…
The St. Charles City Council on Tuesday approved a one-year moratorium on new residential permits for short-term rentals.
Councilmembers voted 8-2 to approve the moratorium, which would apply to rentals of 30 days or less and go into effect June 17.
Short term-rentals in areas with commercial zoning will not be affected, St. Charles spokesperson Beth Norviel said.
The resolution now awaits the signature of St. Charles Mayor Dan Borgmeyer.
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For Chrissy Nardini, making the decision to sell her family’s business was bittersweet.
Nardini is the third generation in her family to lead American Metals Supply, a St. Louis-based wholesale distributor of sheet and coil steel, prefabricated ducts, fittings and HVAC products that was founded by her grandfather in 1962.
But an unsolicited, and eventually spurned, offer to buy the business, combined with uncertainty over the next generation's interest in carrying the family ownership forward,…
MediBeacon Inc., a St. Louis-based medical technology company that's reached a key milestone, has hired Dr. Steve Miller in the newly created role of chief medical officer.
A Procter & Gamble warehouse is reshuffling some operations, which will lead to dozens of permanent layoffs by a subcontractor, with the possibility of losing even more temporary jobs.
The state of Missouri is dismissing its quo warranto case against Kim Gardner.
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey's office on Wednesday filed a voluntary dismissal without prejudice of the quo warranto case seeking to remove her from office.
Gardner's legal team had filed a request for dismissal shortly after her abrupt resignation Tuesday, arguing that the case is now moot. Bailey's team agreed at a Tuesday hearing that the case was now likely moot, saying they would likely not be opposed…
Beyond helping residents get jobs, the Urban League also wants its headquarters to play a major role in convincing them to keep living in North City and attract others to move back or settle in the predominantly-Black area. It also wants more development, along Dr. Martin Luther King Drive, Kingshighway, Page Boulevard and throughout north St. Louis.
Jeffrey Bauza, who owned local truck driving schools, was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for using employees' tax money for college tuition and mortgage payments on two houses.
A city of St. Louis bill filed Wednesday would ban the open carrying of firearms for people who do not have a state concealed carry permit — a high-profile attempt to take on criminal activity that has featured the open carrying of long rifles, including downtown.
A regional crime summit held at the Washington University School of Medicine came five days after two influential business groups called on St. Louis’ elected leaders to set homicide reduction targets, saying the region’s high murder rate is harming the economy not only from loss of life but also as a “leading barrier to growth.”
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