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The Edwardsville-based hardware and building materials retailer's latest acquisition will bring its 84th location overall and its fifth in Iowa.

St. Louis won a $25 million federal grant because "the entire bi-state region came together and competed as one metro," writes Greater St. Louis CEO Jason Hall. He argues using that blueprint is how the region will "win this next decade."

A new franchisee of Happy Joe's Pizza & Ice Cream plans to bring the brand "back to St. Louis."

Turnout for a special primary election held Tuesday to determine who would move on to the November general election for aldermanic president fell short of the 10%-20% officials had hoped for. Out of the 191,587 registered voters in St. Louis, about 6% cast an absentee ballot or visited one of 15 locations throughout the city to vote for Alderwoman Megan Green or Alderman Jack Coatar — or both candidates. Green received just under 54% (6,497) of votes cast, while about 46% (5,607) went to Coatar. In…

One of the region’s largest construction material and equipment suppliers is building a new Metro East facility to produce rebar after seeing higher demand for the product in road and warehouse projects.

A Green Bay, Wisconsin-based beef processor has begun work on a new facility in Warren County, on the far western edge of the St. Louis metro area.

The privately held company is adding a new dimension to its holdings west of St. Louis, where it has invested more than $150 million in a wine- and golf-focused venture to turn the Augusta area into a tourism destination.

Centene will suffer an estimated $4 billion drop in premium revenue due to losing the Medicaid managed care contract in Los Angeles County and other California counties, but the Clayton health care giant's CEO said the result "doesn't point to some structural issue in our business development team."

Frequent flyers at St. Louis Lambert International Airport have noticed post-Covid gaps in its domestic coverage, fueled by pilot and other personnel shortages. The airport's leader, though, says one important nonstop route is coming back in January.

The XFL, the professional spring football league plotting its return in 2023, has made a slew of hires to fill out the coaching staff for its St. Louis team. Its staff includes several individuals who have previously played or coached for St. Louis-area football teams.

To date, the railroads have reached tentative agreements with eight of the 12 unions based on the recommendations of the presidential emergency board. An agreement with all of the unions is necessary to avoid a work stoppage.

Bill Eigel, a Republican who has served as Missouri state senator representing St. Charles County since 2017, is exploring a run for governor in 2024, according to the Missouri Independent. Eigel, part of the Missouri Senate's Conservative Caucus, announced at a fundraiser Saturday that he plans to form an exploratory committee for a gubernatorial bid in 2024, according to the publication. He also posted a Facebook ad Sunday about the move. Due to term limits, Eigel can't run for reelection. Missouri's…

Marketing executive Mark Mantovani, a Democrat, is rebranding himself as a Republican for a rematch with St. Louis County Executive Sam Page. In a closed session, the St. Louis County Republican Party Central Committee hand-picked Mantovani on Monday night to carry their party banners against Page in the general election, which is eight weeks from Tuesday night. Page defeated Mantovani in the 2020 Democratic primary, but after Republican nominee Katherine Pinner abruptly quit, party officials…

St. Louis will hold a special election Tuesday. But before you cast your ballot, you’ll need to show identification, according to a new law in Missouri. Voters in St. Louis are choosing a new president of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen. Alderwoman Megan Green and Alderman Jack Coatar are vying for the job left vacant after former board President Lewis Reed's resignation. This will be the first election under Missouri's new voter identification law, which went into effect last week. As Republican…

The CEO, who has been in his role since 2003, will be succeeded by the head of one of the publicly traded company's major business units at the beginning of 2023.

The 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 5.89% for the week ended Sept. 8 — up from 5.66% the prior week.

The city of St. Louis has an $11 million project in the works designed to “bridge the gap” between north St. Louis and downtown by revamping one of the major roads linking the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency campus to the Major League soccer stadium.

One St. Louis-area school again made the top 20 on the annual best colleges ranking of national universities by U.S. News & World Report for 2022-2023.

As former CEO of Rothman Furniture, Jay Steinback likely isn't an obvious candidate to lead a tech startup. However, he's founder and CEO of yWhales Enterprises, a new local startup seeking to usher in technology focused on the future of internet. Earlier this month, the company said it has raised $5 million in a seed funding round that values the business at $80 million.

Ahead of the team staging its first game at Centene Stadium, fans will be able to begin shopping for team merchandise at the Downtown West stadium. City SC has announced its in-stadium team store, CITY Goods, will open Tuesday, with plans to currently operate the story seven days a week.