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A breakfast, lunch and brunch restaurant chain with multiple locations in St. Louis plans to expand with two to three more sites in the region.

The campaign opposing a sports betting constitutional amendment on Missouri’s November ballot canceled more than $1 million in television ads Thursday just as the group pushing the proposal launched new ads featuring former St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Ozzie Smith. The Independent’s tracking of broadcaster reports to the Federal Communications Commission show that Missourians Against the Deceptive Online Gambling Amendment aired or reserved almost $4 million worth of television ads opposing…

The LongHorn Steakhouse in Fairview Heights is now approved to reopen, two weeks after it voluntarily closed over an investigation into food poisoning. As of Thursday, the business had not publicly stated a reopening date. The restaurant temporarily closed Oct. 2 after customers tested positive for shigella, a bacterial infection that can cause stomach pains, fever and diarrhea that can be bloody. The St. Clair County Health Department said its inspectors have been at the restaurant and gave…

A major financial firm is moving offices, taking one of the few big blocks of space that’s open in Clayton.

I have always been fascinated by folks who could “really” do things. This would be in contrast to myself, as faithful readers are aware that I am at the far wrong end of that scale. (Changing lightbulbs is my only capability.)

After an industry conference in Florida, Dustin Dobbs and his father, David Dobbs, decided to contact Morgan Stanley, which has a large presence in the St. Louis area and has been the personal investment adviser for both for several years.

A lawmaker is asking the Missouri Highway Patrol to return to the interstates in St. Louis, particularly I-70 between downtown and Lambert airport. "Sheer and total lawlessness is the only way to describe what transpires on Hwy 70 on a regular basis."

St. Louis had the nation's fourth-highest gain in jobs over the past year, and regional leaders say that's a great start. But for the narrative on St. Louis to change the region must sustain that trend.

A St. Louis reparations panel on Wednesday released a report recommending that some communities "with documented direct harm" be paid up to $25,000 per resident by the city.

The University of Missouri-St. Louis' Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center (EIC) will double to 10 winning participants the next cohort in its Anchor Accelerator program.

Telecommunications giant AT&T says it’s reassigning employees from Earth City to an office building it owns in downtown St. Louis.

A collegiate women's soccer tournament is coming to St. Louis City SC's CityPark stadium.

Dara Eskridge, executive director of Invest STL, writes she was caught off guard by the exodus from St. Louis of her mostly Black and "wildly talented" peers and urges "tend to those who are already here so they will want to stay."

Robert Nelson, the executive director at the National Blues Museum, was pulled toward music throughout his life, from education to working with record companies to his work at the museum.

Embattled St. Louis developer Green Street is no longer involved in a massive plan to remake Brentwood.

A longtime family-owned restaurant in St. Louis will close its doors later this year as its matriarch retires.

STL Startup Week is Nov. 11-15, with learning and networking opportunities planned for around 3,000 participants.

For nine years now the St. Louis Business Journal has celebrated local family-owned businesses that have made an impact on the St. Louis region. This year's 10 businesses being honored employ more than 3,400 people locally and had more than $1.5 billion in annual revenue.

Sportsman’s Park has been a neighborhood favorite in Ladue for burgers, wings, salads, sandwiches and turkey chili for over 50 years.

It’s cause for celebration anytime a business crosses the century mark, but that’s not the only milestone Kaemmerlen Electric has reached in recent months.