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A national collegiate organization may not consider St. Louis for its annual convention due to Missouri's law banning most abortions statewide, according to a new report.

While mourners held a moment of silence Monday morning at the site of last week's July Fourth mass shooting in Highland Park, President Joe Biden appeared before a large crowed gathered on the White House lawn to highlight a new $13 billion federal gun safety package he signed into law two weeks ago. "Will we match thoughts and prayers with action? I say yes," Biden said. "That's what today is about." The Monday morning press event also provided the White House a second chance to promote the president's…

Farmers are still reeling after a rainy spring and an already-dry summer makes it hard to keep up with the season. At Theodora Farms in Godfrey, Illinois, General Manager Kris Larson says they're just trying to stay ahead of the hot temperatures. "A lot of the crops we plant for the summer are very heat tolerant. But they also need water," Larson said. Larson said they've tried to plan ahead with the most efficient ways. "We installed irrigation access points throughout the farm to make sure…

A portfolio company of St. Louis-based private equity firm Thompson Street Capital Partners has acquired a pest control business based in St. Charles County.

The Chesterfield-based health system has hired a health care executive from Wisconsin as its new president and CEO.

An architecture firm, advocacy group and university are among the most recent 24 St. Louis employers named as top workplaces for women by the Women’s Foundation of Greater St. Louis.

Two men were injured in a chemical explosion Sunday night at Allnex USA, a resins factory in East St. Louis. East St. Louis Assistant Fire Chief George McClellan told KSDK the explosion happened at about 10 p.m. inside the plant, starting a fire and causing significant damage to parts of the factory. In a statement Monday afternoon, the company said one of the men was treated at the hospital and released and the other remained in the hospital for treatment. McClellan said the flames were through…

The cost of nearly everything is on the rise, and rents are no exception. Here's how average rents are trending locally.

St. Louis energy tycoon Tony Novelly has reigned for decades. But a disclosure Monday said he's stepping down as head of a manufacturer of biofuels he founded. It also said he no longer leads the much larger, multibillion-dollar Apex Oil.

The bank plans to place a sign on top of the two-story building it is renting, making it a “billboard location” with high visibility that could attract more customers.

Two St. Louis-based lighting design firms, which separately have worked on many high-profile local projects, have merged.

The business's owner said the decision came "due to skyrocketing raw material costs, increased operating costs and the labor outlook in general..."

After months of only seeing the numbers go up at gas pumps, the prices continue to fall for another week. "The national average has declined for 27 days straight, or four weeks, the longest decline in average gas prices since the pandemic started in 2020," said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy in a news release. According to GasBuddy, St. Louis prices have fallen 34.5 cents from a month ago, and 16.8 cents in just one week, averaging $4.58 per gallon. Average national prices…

The 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 5.30% for the week ended July 7 — down from 5.70% the prior week.

SSM Health said it has completed its planned acquisition of SLUCare Physician Group from Saint Louis University.

“Housing is one of my passions because of how important it is for people to have stability in their housing,” said Jeff Buck, the new executive director of the nonprofit group, Sanctuary in the Ordinary.

Blockchain, competing with coastal tech giants for talent and IT cost optimization are among the trends we heard from information technology experts in St. Louis.

A cybersecurity startup that won funding in 2021 from Arch Grants has filed a lawsuit against the St. Louis-based nonprofit startup backer, a move that comes after Arch Grants cut off payment to the startup, alleging it didn’t meet certain requirements, including one to relocate to St. Louis.

LaunchCode executive director Jeff Mazur has decided to leave the tech training nonprofit, saying he believes he’s shepherded the organization to a point where it can benefit from bringing on a new executive director to lead its next stage of growth.

A Creve Coeur information technology consulting firm founded in 2000 began to search for an acquisition partner about six months ago to help expand its capacity to recruit IT staffing and provide services, a co-founder and principal said.