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Jay Randolph Jr., a popular golf commentator and sportscaster in St. Louis, died Friday after a battle with liver cancer. Randolph Jr. was formerly a commentator for the PGA Tour Network and hosted a show on 590 The Fan. More recently, he made frequent appearances on "The Morning After" radio show on 105.7 HD-2. Randolph Jr. was the son of Jay Randolph, the sports director of KSDK from 1967 to 1988, and the grandson of U.S. Sen. Jennings Randolph. "Jay Junior" is survived by his father. KSDK's…

The announcement this week that St. Louis-based furniture retailer Weekends Only Furniture & Mattress will soon go out of business frees up five prime retail sites. “They’re all what I consider very regional or super-regional retail locations, and they should be in fairly high demand,” a broker said.

Of the 23 companies, 10 are based in St. Louis. The other 13 are bringing their companies to St. Louis from a number of U.S. states, including California, Illinois and New York, among others. As part of the Arch Grants award, each of the companies will commit to operating their business from St. Louis for at least one year.

InvestMidwest, the annual venture capital conference that highlights Midwest startups, has named a new leader at it plans to return next year to an in-person format. It has started seeking applications from startups for 2023 event.

Lambert airport's $3 billion effort to remake itself into a single-terminal facility has gotten significant attention. But it and four other St. Louis-area airports are working on other significant projects

The eight-division Boeing Defense, Space and Security unit has been reorganized to four.

The bank said the municipal bond underwriting firm will become part of its institutional fixed-income business and retain its Chesterfield office and employees.

The Brentwood-based consumer packaged goods holding company has promoted from within to fill two C-suite posts.

Lawmakers on Friday passed bills creating tax subsidy districts for a $325 million entertainment, restaurant and retail complex proposed along the Mississippi River in north St. Louis.

Since January, the firm has added offices in Iowa, Maryland, Michigan and, now, Tennessee through five separate acquisitions.

St. Louis lawmakers on Friday allocated another $93 million the city has received from the federal American Rescue Plan Act. But the vote — with support, officials said, from the city's top fiscal board — came amid complaints from some aldermen that a small percentage of funds already allocated by the city has actually been spent. The city says $135 million has been appropriated of some $498 million in ARPA funds it's to receive. But one alderman, Marlene Davis, said an online spending portal…

Hundreds of people showed up to Blanchette Park in St. Charles for a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency meeting to discuss contamination in the Elm Point Wellfield. The city of St. Charles says it had to shut down four of its wells due to contamination. The EPA made clear that there is new contamination that they are currently investigating around well six in St. Charles. The EPA and the city of St. Charles both spoke at a public meeting reassuring residents their drinking water is safe despite…

Tax incentives for five large redevelopment projects, including future Cortex district development and a $240 million Downtown West project, were advanced by a committee. Here are the details of the bills that now go to the St. Louis Board of Aldermen.

In all of Bill Maritz’s qualities, the one that by far was the most meaningful was his fundamental understanding of friendship.

The mark of any successful construction company might be hanging around long enough to see some of its original construction reach the point where it's torn down for redevelopment, a milestone Keystone Construction reached about 18 months ago. The company, founded by President Bill Hardie in 1987, constructed its first office building during its first year in operation. The Shaw Building in Chesterfield, occupied by Tom Shaw Realtors and three other tenants, was so successful that it led to Keystone…

Target Corp. leaders noted a rise in merchandise theft and how it's impacting profits as the Minneapolis-based retailer announced third-quarter earnings Wednesday. CEO Brian Cornell said Target, like other retailers, has "seen a significant increase in theft and organized retail crime," and as a result, the company is "making significant investments in training and technology that can deter theft and keep our guests and store team members safe." Chief Financial Officer Michael Fiddelke, said inventory…

The 2022 FIFA men's World Cup, to begin next week in Qatar, is perhaps the trickiest, and maybe riskiest, edition in the nearly century-long history of the most popular single-sport event on the planet.

The announcement is the latest in a flurry of deals in which Centene, a Clayton-based provider of managed care for government-sponsored health plans, has sold chunks of its business this year.

Two fast-casual chicken restaurants are the latest tenants planning to build at the Costco-anchored development in University City.