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The nation's largest off-price apparel and home decor chain will open a new St. Louis County store early next month.

The university's decision to pursue NCAA Division I athletics comes less than a decade after it became a full-fledged Division II athletics program in 2013-14.

Six St. Louis-area chefs and one restaurant have been named semifinalists for the 2022 James Beard Foundation Awards, the culinary world's top prize.

Speaking at a panel discussion on race Tuesday featuring executives from the footwear giant, the city's top prosecutor urged the company to put "as much money that consumers consume with Nike" back into the community to combat systemic racism.

A portfolio company of St. Louis-based private equity firm Thompson Street Capital Partners (TSCP) has acquired a pest control business with operations in Illinois and Virginia.

Updated with comments from Monday morning's press briefing. St. Louis County Executive Sam Page has announced the county's mask requirement will end next week. The county's department of public health will instead have an advisory that encourages masks. The change will be effective at 8 a.m. Monday, Feb. 28. Due to the mask mandate, vaccines and the virus weakening, Page said: "We're in a much better place today. A place where we are cautiously optimistic. A place where we can move from a mask…

St. Louis County lawmakers on Tuesday passed legislation that seeks to expand and clarify the government's non-discrimination ordinances. The sponsor of Bill 156, Councilwoman Lisa Clancy, said it extends protections for non-civil service employees who were not previously explicitly covered by the county's anti-discrimination ordinances. And her office said anti-discrimination clauses were extended to apply to all county contractors and service providers such as housing financial assistance, health…

The hedge fund pursuing a hostile takeover of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's owner has again sued the company, claiming it's planning to employ illegal rules at a board election next month.

Opponents of a downtown taxing district have filed more litigation, this time seeking to halt the group's 20-year extension.

A St. Louis-based agency that markets life insurance and annuity products to federal employees has been acquired by a Dallas-based independent distributor of life and health insurance products.

The proposal, from a family with deep ties to the Central West End, would further transform an area near the northeast corner of Forest Park — which already saw a 36-story building finished in 2020.

The University of Missouri-St. Louis has received a $1 million gift from the estate of the late philanthropist Helen Shopmaker. The gift will endow the Opportunity Scholars Program at the university.

The deal comes after several months of speculation about the broadcasting company’s M&A efforts.

St. Louis County has applied for two federal grants that, if approved, would bring in funds to revitalize Kinloch Park into a community centerpiece. Of that funding, $250,000 would come from the Recreation Trails Program. At last week's meeting, the St. Louis County Council passed a resolution in support of the County Parks Foundation's application for the grant. The county also applied for a $500,000 federal grant that would be matched by local funds if awarded, according to a Monday news release…

Are you an executive interested in starting a mentoring relationship in the midst of an ongoing pandemic? It can be done, and several St. Louis-area business leaders have some tips they'd like to share about how a mentee can best engage with their mentor.

Explore St. Louis, the region's convention and tourism agency, has hired a new vice president of communications.

In the Missouri Senate, it's been a contest of wills between the Conservative Caucus and so-called "Regular Republicans." As a result, there are two possible scenarios in the chamber's future.

St. Louis lawmakers on Friday finally approved a $22 million plan for a protected bicycle path downtown and bridge replacement, among other improvements.

The postponement impacts several Cardinals spring training games.

The CEOs of both of the combining firms said the merger isn't about saving costs, but creating a platform for nationwide growth. As a result, BKD — already one of the biggest accounting firms operating in St. Louis — will need more people.