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The San Diego Padres on Tuesday became the first Major League Baseball club to announce a jersey sponsor, and its deal offers similarities to the type of agreement the St. Louis Cardinals said they hope to ink.

Major League Soccer doesn’t kick off in St. Louis until 2023, but some of the team’s biggest fans will have another reason to get pumped next month. St. Louis City SC is inviting those who were first in line to put down a deposit for general reserve season tickets to pick out their seats in person. The soccer club will offer some ticket deposit holders the chance to tour the under-construction and newly named Centene Stadium, on track to be completed late this summer. They’ll then get to…

Mayor Tishaura Jones delivered her first State of the City address two days before the first anniversary of her historic inauguration. She discussed investment plans to transform this city into the vision she once had growing up with roots in north St. Louis. She feels the city's best days are still yet to come. "Every child deserves to grow up in a safe, loving community like I did," Jones said. Jones delivered the address on Tuesday at Harris-Stowe State University, tackling the City's issues,…

A St. Louis-based real estate investment firm is expanding to Colorado, its first market outside the Midwest.

Two new lawsuits were filed Tuesday on behalf of the victims of the deadly Amazon warehouse collapse in Edwardsville last December.

The vote marked a long-sought win for regional tourism officials keen on the America's Center expansion, but also came as cost increases raised new questions about the $210 million project.

The startup's new CEO says he wants to help the company pursue a clinical trial for one of its vaccine targets. The leadership additions come as the startup has rebranded by switching its name.

Because of the donation, an entrepreneurship and women's business center will relocate from Pagedale to north city. An official said it will "be a place where people can come and access services, connect with a business coach, participate in all sorts of classes and seminars, and become an ecosystem of support."

PGAV Destinations, a St. Louis-based attraction and entertainment destination design firm, announced on Tuesday it will open a new studio in Orlando, Florida.

The presence of so many bidders all but ensures that the conference will see a healthy increase over the six-year, $2.64 billion deal it signed with ESPN and Fox in 2017.

Salary offers are soaring around the nation in this environment. Here's how much they are rising in the St. Louis area.

The local university has established a new "portal" that is designed to allow business to interact with its student-athletes about name, image and likeness deals.

David Backes and his wife, Kelly, are opening the first franchised locations of a new plant-based burger concept out of suburban Minneapolis later this month.

Renters and landlords in the city of St. Louis and St. Louis County will now have a common place to seek emergency rental assistance starting Tuesday. The city and county will launch a unified portal for renters and landlords applying for the millions of dollars available through the federal Emergency Rental Assistance Program at 10 a.m. Tuesday. You can access the portal by clicking here. Last year, St. Louis County received $29 million in federal funds for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program…

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied Spire Inc.'s appeal of a lower court's decision that the natural gas utility's Spire STL pipeline should have never been operating in the first place. The high court declined to hear the appeal without comment, according to the Associated Press. In 2018, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission granted approval for the pipeline, which went fully into operation in 2019. The 65-mile pipeline connects with the Rockies Express Pipeline in Scott County, Illinois,…

The federal revitalization would span across North Grand Boulevard, Dr. Martin Luther King Drive and other struggling north side areas.

Fans of Gioia's Deli, get ready. A Gioia's location will open April 25 in Maryland Heights. The deli, known for its famous hot salami, has been open since 1918 at its location on The Hill. Gioia's has one other location, in Creve Coeur. The deli closed a downtown location after the pandemic took hold in 2020. The Maryland Heights location will have a walk-up window, where you can place your order. Like the other two locations, DoorDash and online ordering options will be available. The new location…

The owners of a popular ice cream sandwich pop-up have purchased a brick-and-mortar location for production and later a storefront operation – a former bakery building in St. Louis' Patch neighborhood.

A federal judge in Florida on Monday ruled the nationwide mask mandate for airports, planes and other public transportation is unlawful. Hours after Monday's ruling was handed down, the Transportation Security Administration said it will no longer enforce the mandate. U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle ruled Monday that the mandate exceeded the statutory authority of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, which issued the order. Mizelle's ruling was in response to a lawsuit filed in July…

The nonprofit's new leader first joined a predecessor organization in 1997 and he's served in numerous roles since then.