After a difficult two and a half months, Marcus Harris-Pride is glad to hear federal assistance for his flood ravaged home in East St. Louis is finally on the way.
"I'm very proud of the mayor of East St. Louis, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and everybody who made this happen for us...especially our senior citizens," Harris-Pride said.
Harris-Pride was brought to tears when he heard officials make the long-awaited announcement.
"I feel a big relief," he said. "Not just for me, but…
The New York-based company, which has its operations center in the St. Louis area, has teamed with Paxos Trust Co. to provide crypto-asset trading and custody services on behalf of banks.
After nearly a century of waiting, an independent study by Boston Chemical Data Corp. found Jana Elementary School is contaminated with high levels of radioactive lead.
The study said, "The test results indicate high levels of radioactive lead, Pb 210 found in the following areas:
Inside the Jana Elementary school building (specifically on the cafeteria fan, in the boiler room, and in the school library).
Jana Elementary school playground areas’ soil (specifically the kindergarten play area and…
A Democratic candidate in northwest Missouri is turning a lot of heads, using social media to raise huge sums for a state representative race. But while she's state Democrats' "biggest celeb," she won't even win her own contest.
Cooking up food suitable for a stadium experience brings a unique set of challenges: It needs to feed the masses, be easily handled and it should go great with a beer, Gerard Craft, St. Louis City SC’s “flavor officer,” said.
Electric carmaker Tesla has signed on for warehouse space in the Metro East in advance of opening a new dealership in St. Louis, one of the most notable industrial deals of the quarter.
Benjamin F. Edwards IV, founder and CEO of broker-dealer and investment management firm Benjamin F. Edwards, revealed in an interview how he got his nickname.
Two locations of the Los Angeles-based indoor trampoline park chain recently expanded to include new attractions that the franchisee says are helping to boost profits.
The school, with a history of financial troubles, already was the subject of litigation last year raising questions over deals it struck to make clean energy upgrades.
The leader of St. Louis technology firm LashBack says the provider of email compliance software has kept a low profile locally since its launch in 2003. But, thanks to a recent sale, its presence in St. Louis could be expanding.
Plaintiffs in the case alleged that polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, caused neurological injuries to students and teachers in Monroe County, Washington.
One of St. Louis' largest privately held companies named a new president and chief operating officer, as a member of the sixth generation of the family ownership exits the business.
Sugaree Baking Co. in St. Louis' Dogtown neighborhood has had a long success in selling lots and selling quickly.
After 26 years, co-owners Pat Rutherford-Pettine and her husband, Jimmy Pettine, are selling the business.
The couple has had their fair share of challenges. And even still, their toughest day will be when they close the doors to the love they share.
"The last three years have been the best three years of Sugaree," Rutherford-Pettine said. But even booming business is not enough to…
"On a personal finance level, it will help residents with their banking needs; they'll have something that's close," Stacy Clay, First Bank's Midwest retail lead and director of community affairs, said of the new branch in an interview. "But also at a higher community development level, having a financial anchor in the area positions us to partner with developers and other folks who may be interested in doing redevelopment in that area."
The hundreds of millions of dollars that the city of St. Louis, St. Louis County and the St. Louis Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority (RSA) got from a settlement in the Rams relocation lawsuit was moved to a higher-yielding account Thursday while the three parties continue to debate how to divide it.
In a joint statement Friday, St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones and St. Louis County Executive Sam Page said the money had been moved to a "flexible, low-risk account at Commerce Bank, in…
The new owner of a shopping center that sat mostly vacant for years is taking advantage of a wave of new development by adding a new-to-St. Louis retailer and a pair of sought-after restaurants.
Nearly 350 people attended the Business Journal's annual Top Companies event Thursday, celebrating the unveiling of the region's 10 fastest-growing private companies.
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