St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner has asked for a new judge to oversee the Missouri attorney general's efforts to remove her from office — but the attorney general's office is asking the judge to make one more crucial decision before he is replaced.
Gardner’s attorneys, Jonathan Sternberg and Michael Downey, filed a motion for a change of judge Friday to remove Judge John Torbitzky.
Requesting a change of judge is a right both sides are given, and attorneys do not need to state their reasons…
Mike Shannon, the St. Louis native who became the voice of his hometown team for 50 years, has died. He was 83.
The team confirmed the news Sunday afternoon.
Shannon was born and raised in St. Louis, graduating from CBC High School in 1957 and attended the University of Missouri for a year before signing with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1958. He made his major league debut in 1962 and played his entire career with the Cardinals.
After a nine-year career with two World Series championships, Shannon…
It was often the saying that alimony was to be paid to a spouse to support “the lifestyle to which they had become accustomed.” The phrase was so widely used that it became an almost knee-jerk reaction when someone was going to be divorced, that they were going to receive an amount of money to maintain that level of expense. In Missouri, the law has changed, not just to remove that benchmark for support, but also to change the term completely: Alimony is referred to now as maintenance. But what…
Innovation is a vital part of St. Louis Community College’s mission. As part of its focus on innovation, STLCC participates in an annual competition created by the League for Innovation in the Community College. The process seeks to determine which individual or group has designed and implemented the most significant innovation.
For the 2022-2023 academic year, the STLCC Senate Innovation of the Year Committee reviewed three outstanding submissions. Based on the committee’s review, the biomanufacturing,…
KC Bier Co.'s products now can be found in St. Louis after the regional craft brewery signed a distribution agreement for the area. The brewer also announced that it will make a limited issue of a beer normally available only at J. Rieger & Co.'s distillery.
The Archdiocese of St. Louis released a third draft of proposed changes coming to the church as part of its "All Things New" restructuring plan.
The newest draft models were published online April 28.
The archdiocese said most of the proposed parish configurations in the newest models remain unchanged from a second draft of changes released in February, in which the archdiocese outlined a proposed model that would consolidate 178 parishes into 88 pastorates. The archdiocese described the pastorates…
One state senator wanted "local control" when it came to regulating a proposed landfill near his district. Another stood up for him, but then faced heat for seeking to strip local powers in the city of St. Louis.
The former St. Louis Mills mall is already looking more like an industrial space than a shopping center, with the bright colors replaced by the gray shell of industrial space.
The troubled Barat Academy in Chesterfield said Friday it would pause in-person instruction for the 2023-2024 academic year, affecting 20 students, as it vacates its property in June.
McBride Homes is under contract to buy the Barat property, 17815 Wild Horse Creek Road, from owner Midland States Bank, according to a person familiar with the matter, as it plans a subdivision. McBride, along with another school, St. Austin School, previously expressed interest in the property.
Barat has struggled…
The retailer is planning a weekend-long celebration that will feature food trucks and special displays in the store parking lot, such as NASCAR show cars and archery range and slide inflatables.
Edward Jones ranked above two other St. Louis-based firms in a J.D. Power survey that attempted to measure investors' satisfaction with full-service financial advisers.
The XFL recouped a large portion of its rent costs for St. Louis Battlehawks games at The Dome at America's Center, thanks to large crowds and a clause in its lease.
Armstrong Teasdale LLP has reached 100 partners in its Clayton office with the hiring of Elizabeth Silker, who previously had worked at Brown & James PC.
The Missouri Senate passed a proposal raising the threshold for passing constitutional amendments Thursday but rejected an alternative that would have quieted well-funded opponents.
Under the measure sent back to the House, any constitutional amendment proposed by initiative would need 57% of the vote or a simple majority statewide and in five of eight congressional districts. When the measure passed the House in February, the threshold was set at 60% with no alternative majority possible.
The…
With only two weeks left before lawmakers adjourn for the year, Gov. Mike Parson is threatening to keep Missouri’s general assembly in Jefferson City if they don’t pass bills banning gender-affirming care for minors and placing restrictions on transgender athletes.
Parson told KCMO Talk Radio’s Pete Mundo on Tuesday, and reiterated to reporters Thursday, that he will call a special session if the legislation doesn’t reach his desk before the May 12 adjournment.
“We’re going to address…
Balaji Rajagopalan has been named dean of the Robert J. Trulaske Sr. College of Business at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Rajagopalan currently is dean of the College of Business at Northern Illinois University in Dekalb County, a role he's held since 2016. He succeeds Chris Robert, an associate professor in Trulaske's management department who has served as the college's interim dean since December 2021 when Ajay Vinze exited after being named to the post in 2016.
Mizzou's Provost and Executive…
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