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The Metro East pork producer recently struck a deal to sell some of its assets to a Kansas City-area public company for $58 million in cash.

St. Louis Public Schools announced the Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience will resume classes Monday, two weeks after a mass shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School. Classes at both schools have been canceled since students and teachers were evacuated on the morning of Oct. 24. Collegiate, which shares a campus with Central VPA, suffered significantly less damage in the deadly shooting. According to Superintendent Kelvin Adams, school leaders believe Collegiate students…

A recent acquisition adds approximately 200 homes to Evernest’s overall portfolio.

Nearly 360 businesses either expanded or relocated to Illinois in the past year, generating $7.1 billion in capital investments and more than 16,000 jobs. That's according to an annual report by Intersect Illinois, the state’s economic development organization. The report shows year-over-year increase in the number of expansions and relocations, new jobs, capital investments, and square footage occupied. Out of the approximately 360 businesses in the report, Intersect assisted 15 businesses…

United said it will automatically call Southwest travelers 24 hours before their Southwest flight departs so they can avoid the dreaded Group C boarding tier.

Up to $61 million in industrial bonds were approved for a mixed-use development centered around a luxury apartment complex at a former Manchester Road car dealership.

Perhaps this was the first baseball game I ever saw at school. I’m not sure. But I am sure that I loved the Dodgers – the Brooklyn Dodgers.

If a recession does come, the economist expects the nation’s unemployment rate to jump from the current 3.5% to 5% to 5.5% by early 2024.

In its first season with an NCAA Division I football team, Lindenwood University has experienced a surge in attendance at home games played at Harlen C. Hunter Stadium in St. Charles. It’s now making moves to draw even more fans – including increased food and drink offerings.

Before she became CEO of a nonprofit that works to eliminate barriers to learning, Miranda Walker Jones got a Super Bowl ring and spent time in new Congresswoman Cori Bush's office. A conversation with Bush helped push Walker Jones to her new role.

The Philadelphia Phillies became the first third-place team ever to reach the World Series, sparking a resurgence of romance for the team in the City of Brotherly Love that is expected to pay dividends for years to come, and lays a template for future teams to do the same.

The St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum reopened this week after a $21 million renovation that took two years to complete. The museum is now 36,000 square feet, four times larger than it was before. "The stories of St. Louis survivors really guide the visitor through the process," Amy Lutz of the Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum said. "We use the most up-to-date technology, up-to-date research to make that happen." Lutz said the Holocaust is a difficult history. Visitors will hear first-hand…

For more than 25 years, the St. Louis Business Journal has been honoring emerging leaders of the local business community with its 40 Under 40 Awards program. They are doctors, CEOs, chefs and nonprofit leaders, among other titles, and they are making a difference in the St. Louis region. While some of this year’s names and companies might already be familiar, this awards program serves as a deep dive into our honorees and their accomplishments, hobbies and future goals. You’ll also hear from…

When Rusty Keeley was named to the 40 Under 40 class in 2009, he was president of L. Keeley Construction Co. and ADB Utility Contractors, which had 2008 revenue of $68 million and $42 million, respectively.

Kelly Jackson was named to the 2001 class of 40 Under 40 honorees while working as a reporter and co-anchor at KSDK. Today, she's co-anchor at 5 p.m. alongside Mike Bush.

As president-Chesterfield commercial at Midwest BankCentre, Peter Zeiser is responsible for supporting main street and mid-market customers and assuring access to capital to serve the needs of historically underserved communities.

In the past year, Ward has helped MetroMarket grow network partners from 11 to 22; increased the annual budget from $398,000 to $476,000 and increased the sale of low-priced, farm-fresh produce from $33,000 to $56,000.

Cami Thomas is the founder and owner of My Friends and I — a visual storytelling and video production company launched in 2016 — that has worked on projects for City Museum and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri.

Abby Stylianou is an assistant professor of computer science at Saint Louis University, where she’s leveraged her interest in image processing and deep learning to work on solving a dire problem: sex trafficking.

As project manager for Great Rivers Greenway, Michael Steinlage oversees all stages of greenway projects, working with partners and community members through civic engagement, design and construction.