Commerce Bank takes the role we play in people’s lives seriously. We believe our corporate purpose of helping people focus on what matters most includes our customers as well as our team members, communities and shareholders. To us, being a good corporate citizen is not only the right thing to do, it is fundamental to achieving our mission and purpose, and aligns with our culture and values. Here are five ways we’re committed to generating positive impact in St. Louis and throughout all the markets…
St. Louis police are asking for the public's help to find a driver who caused a deadly hit-and-run.
17-year-old Matthew Nikolai was walking to Ted Drewes on Chippewa Street, when he was hit and killed. This happened on a busy Friday night around 8:15, as crowds flocked to Ted Drewes Frozen Custard.
Police say Nikolai was leaving the parking lot of Enterprise Bank and Trust and was heading to the ice cream shop when a truck struck him. That's when he fell into the eastbound lane and another car…
Former President Donald Trump announced Monday his pick to endorse a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Missouri. Trump endorsed "Eric."
Former Missouri Gov, Eric Greitens quickly thanked Trump on Twitter. The other Eric in the race, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, later posted a "thank you" message on Twitter.
"There is a BIG Election in the Great State of Missouri, and we must send a MAGA Champion and True Warrior to the U.S. Senate, someone who will fight for Border Security, Election…
One candidate will not appear on the September special election ballot for president of the St. Louis Board of Alderman.
Mark Kummer lost a lawsuit challenging his residency Monday.
"Mark Kummer does not meet the qualifications for the office of President of the Board of Alderman," a judge ruled.
The lawsuit was filed by Alderman Jack Coatar, who is running to hold the seat vacated by Lewis Reed. Reed resigned in June under a federal indictment issued in May.
Reed, former Alderman John Collins…
There has been no previous public reporting on what the parties are seeking from the Rams settlement, an unprecedented infusion of private capital that's been the subject of significant debate.
The executive will oversee the global real estate firm's asset services, valuation and advisory and project and development services in North and South America.
Among the leadership discussions in the various civic and business organizations in which I am involved, I have noticed a steady increase of discourse around one topic in particular: health equity. I am encouraged by these discussions because health inequities in our community impact all of us. It is crucial that we collaborate across industries, organizations and communities to eliminate health disparities and improve health outcomes for all.
Health equity defined
If asked, most of us would agree…
Following historic rainfall and flooding in the St. Louis area last week, United Way of Greater St. Louis has launched a Flood Relief Fund.
The fund is set up to help residents across the St. Louis area who were impacted by the flash flooding for immediate and long-term recovery.
The Regional Business Council contributed $100,000 to the fund to support the recovery efforts and local agencies helping, according to a news release from United Way.
One hundred percent of the money raised will be…
As the XFL plots its return in 2023 under new ownership, changes are afoot in the upstart professional spring football league. The league’s return, which comes after its short-lived 2020 season, includes new branding, teams and coaches. But as the XFL plans to return to St. Louis, one component won’t change: The league’s rent fee at The Dome at America Center
The firm, which describes itself as a “domestic litigation firm that focuses on men and divorce,” has about 305 lawyers and a total head count of 500 employees.
“The lawyers have acted for clients across a wide range of technical disciplines, and their varied backgrounds enable them to quickly and efficiently serve clients from startups to multinational companies,” Armstrong Teasdale Managing Partner Patrick Rasche said of the new hires.
The St. Louis Business Journal on Monday unveiled 13 individual honorees, as well as nonprofit and corporate winners, as the 2022 class of Champions for Diversity & Inclusion Awards. which celebrates those championing the cause of making St. Louis a more inclusive and equitable place to live and work.
Kenneth Steinback, founder and chairman emeritus of Creve Coeur-based CSI Leasing Inc., one of the world’s largest independent technology leasing companies, died Saturday after multiple battles with cancer, the company said.
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced Sunday the Federal Emergency Management Agency will help aid Missouri in its preliminary damage assessments (PDAs) post-flooding.
Parson announced the agency's assistance in a Sunday morning news release and said FEMA members should land in Missouri on Monday.
Missouri's State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) had been working to assist local agencies in the city of St. Louis and St. Louis, St. Charles and Montgomery counties that were impacted by the flooding…
With the deal, Bayer will become majority owner of the St. Louis agtech startup, which has developed a new cover crop that can be used to create biofuels. Bayer will be hold its ownership stake beside two other industry giants.
The Jewish Federation of St. Louis plans to spin off the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum, slated to open this fall, as a separate nonprofit organization.
In a recent article I wrote for the St. Louis Business Journal called How St. Louis Became America’s Comeback City, I started with the premise of, what if this became a reality? And if so, what would a solution or effort to help create such a reality look like?
Without going into details of this solution, I wrote how, to be that effective, it would have to look and feel very different than anything we’ve done before. It would have to be bold, ambitious and innovative. It would have to be newsworthy.…
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