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The Center of Creative Arts (COCA) has named a new president and CEO after its longtime leader, Kelly Pollock, left in July 2022.

Gov. Mike Parson has a big opportunity to reshape state energy policy. Could we be a hub for battery factories or build out electric vehicle infrastructure? Plus, the 2024 ballot could have some questions that would have a serious impact on workers — and their employers.

The site of a demolished shopping plaza in the Metro East would become a mixed-use development with a Starbucks and apartment complex in a proposal under consideration.

A St. Louis-based network of ophthalmology and optometry practices has added a specialty retina practice to its network.

The Northside Economic Empowerment Center, which opens Tuesday, is located in the Sumner High School annex in the Ville neighborhood. The center is being funded by $1.5 million from the American Rescue Plan Act, the federal stimulus program to aid public health and and economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Our intent is to set up this fast-casual-type restaurant that’s easy to scale. We obviously want this one to be successful, but we also are setting this up to where we can hopefully grow to more locations in St. Louis.”

The deal with the publicly traded firm marks a win for the local startup, as well as its St. Louis investors.

A St. Louis-based corporate food-service company has merged with a Kansas City-based food-service provider to form a new business that, in the future, will be employee owned.

He joined the chamber in January 2022 and discussed an ambitious agenda that included contacting companies in 32 countries in Central America, South America and the Caribbean to establish operations in St. Louis.

The Argent St. Louis Stock Index consists of the stocks of 36 companies based in the area or with a large presence here.

There’s been some confusion about when people are able to apply for a license to grow marijuana at home in Missouri. The Missouri Department of Health released the sample application this weekend but has not started accepting them. “Every person age 21 and older in the state of Missouri is authorized," MO NORML attorney Dan Viets said, "and has a constitutional right to cultivate up to 18 plants, six mature, six that measure 14 inches but are not mature and six under 14 inches seedlings or…

A Des Peres-based provider of invoice payment and information services recently named a new president of its Transportation Information Services (TIS) business.

A century-old school celebrated its new path forward at a news conference Friday morning. Rosati-Kain High School has been in the Central West End for decades and school leaders hope the legacy continues for years to come. This is after it was revealed at the end of September that the all-girls high school would be forced to close by the end of the school year because the Archdiocese of St. Louis has a new restructuring plan called "All Things New." The archdiocese's plan addresses declining numbers,…

A unit of a Maryland Heights-based hotel development, investment, construction and management company has inked its third hotel management deal in Texas.

The menu at the Arnold location will include Sugarfire's familiar barbecue main plates with brisket, baby back ribs, turkey, salmon and pulled pork, with sides that change daily.

The developer of the project, which was previously rejected by another Metro East community, said it's "going to change what it means to rent a home."

Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital, a 68-bed facility and one of St. Louis' largest hospitals, has named a new president.

The Chinese ambassador to the U.S. is referencing a trip last year to St. Louis in a Washington Post op-ed saying that the planet's future depends on a "healthy and stable China-U.S. relationship."

Two related manufacturing companies in Bridgeton – reporting revenue of $6.5 million and $2.2 million respectively – have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, seeking to reorganize their debts.

The purchase of the private club, which has two golf courses, marks a Florida firm's first investment in St. Louis.