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The company that pays the St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Blues to telecast their games may be headed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to Bloomberg.

This brewery owner had been thinking about opening a distillery when he saw a Facebook post advertising the a new development project taking place on Delmar and reached out to the developers. His distillery will open in September.

The St. Louis Board of Aldermen on Friday passed a bill to nearly double pay for the next group of aldermen. The bill now goes go to the desk of Mayor Tishaura Jones. Board Bill No. 119 was passed 15-8 at its third reading at the board's regular meeting, with one abstaining vote. It calls for doubling the pay for the part-time city alderman job from $37,400 to $72,000 per year. The bill also gives an $800 increase in each alderman's expense allowance, bringing them up to $5,000 per member. The…

The center said its new training academy will be able to provide workforce development programming “at multiple levels, from undergraduate STEM and geospatial degree and credential programs to advanced professional development opportunities.”

The new indoor entertainment destination in Midtown, which was built inside the historic Armory, a long-vacant military, sports and concert complex the size of four football fields, opened in mid-December. Here's how it's sized up to the developer's expectations since opening.

The bank has to wait for approval of a new federal floodplain map before it can begin construction. So in the meantime, it's installing a two-piece modular building as a temporary office.

It's the most likely outcome "short of a miracle," one analyst said.

The Normandy Schools Collaborative has decided who will be its next superintendent after the previous district leader resigned in June amid calls for his termination. Michael Triplett, the assistant superintendent of operations for Olathe Public Schools in Olathe, Kansas, will be the district's next superintendent. “I am incredibly honored and humbled to have been chosen to serve the students, staff, and community of the Normandy Schools Collaborative,” said Triplett. “I look forward to becoming…

TruQC, a Kirkwood-based provider of data management software for industrial process companies, has inked a merger deal its founder says provides fresh capital and the ability to expand its operations.

Lawmakers in Jefferson City are considering a bill that would give the governor power to appoint a special prosecutor to the city of St. Louis, citing a backlog of cases as being one reason for it. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Lane Roberts, R-Joplin, said he believes a special prosecutor is needed because the crime in St. Louis is impacting the whole state. “If you talk to somebody in Missouri about a crime, they will point to St. Louis, but talk to somebody outside of St. Louis and they will talk…

CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) has named Amy Bricker executive vice president and chief consumer product officer. Bricker will join the company in February, serving on the company's executive leadership team and reporting to CVS Health President and CEO Karen Lynch in the newly created role. Bricker has nearly 20 years of diverse health care experience, most recently serving as president of Express Scripts, a St. Louis-based pharmacy benefits management subsidiary of Cigna Corp. (NYSE: CI). “Every element…

Executives with Southwest Airlines, the busiest carrier at St. Louis Lambert International Airport, spent an hour and a half detailing the steps they are taking to mitigate future problems, including spending $1.3 billion on technology improvements this year.

As George Will has said, “The four best words in the English language are ‘pitchers and catchers report.’”

Using data from the U.S. Postal Service, the ZIP codes that make up downtown had a net loss of 542 businesses between 2019 and 2022. But the numbers also portray a situation downtown that is improving with time.

Credit union members will have a dashboard where they can view account balances from all of their financial institutions in addition to Vantage. They'll be able to view their credit score, set savings goals, lock and unlock their credit cards, categorize their transactions and establish debit card spending alerts based on their preferences.

The St. Louis-based grocery chain has hired an executive with more than 26 years of experience, including human resources leadership roles at some of St. Louis' largest companies, as its new chief people officer.

A federal court sentenced former St. Louis County aide Anthony "Tony" Weaver to 18 months in prison Thursday for corruption charges. He will also be ordered to pay a $10,000 fine. Weaver pleaded guilty in October to public corruption charges for attempting a fraudulent pay-to-play scheme involving small-business loans during the Covid-19 pandemic. St. Louis County Executive Sam Page appointed Weaver, but prosecutors said there was no evidence Page knew what Weaver was involved in. Court filings…

A St. Louis-based startup company is moving into new office space converted from a vacant factory, a move it said will allow it to continue to grow and add employees over the next year.

Renah Jones owns two gyms in Southampton, all focused around giving back to her community.

A St. Louis-based professional services firm targeting the architecture, engineering and construction sector for investments has added an Iowa-based architecture business to its growing portfolio.