With its $5 million expansion and renovation of its headquarters in the Fountain Park neighborhood, LaunchCode says it will be able to serve more students through its training programs.
1,972: That’s the latest number of Hyundais and Kias that have been reported stolen in the city of St. Louis so far this year as of Thursday.
It was 1,783 eight days ago. That means that on average, at least 23 Hyundais and Kias were stolen in the city every day for the past eight days.
Cities across the country are reporting similar unprecedented surges in thefts involving some makes and models of Hyundais and Kias due to an ignition police say is easy for thieves to compromise using a USB cord.
The…
The parent company of the iconic St. Louis-based pizza business said a new leader is at the helm. He has experience in brand development, food manufacturing, supply-chain organization and retail-products marketing.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has greenlit updated Covid-19 boosters designed specifically to target the omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants of the coronavirus.
Moderna Inc. (Nasdaq: MRNA) and Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) have both been engineering such shots since late June, when the FDA asked them to develop vaccines with BA.4 and BA.5 — the subvariants of the virus' omicron variant, which have been responsible for around 400 deaths each day in the U.S. this summer — in mind. Pfizer again has…
It took 29 months, but the U.S. reached its pre-Covid-19 employment total in July. But not all states have been so lucky. Here's what's happening in Missouri and Illinois.
St. Louis' planning organization on Wednesday approved $1.8 million over two years for the Delmar Loop Trolley, aimed at shoring up operations for the recently restarted streetcar line.
The St. Louis Personnel Department will have 35 applicants to pick from to become the city’s next chief of police and the interim personnel director’s term has been extended so he can oversee the process.
Interim Director John Moten said the Civil Service Commission extended his term through the end of November. Mayor Tishaura Jones appointed him earlier this year, and his term was set to expire in September.
He said his goal is to name a permanent police chief by the end of this year.
Moten…
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. will close approximately 150 lower-producing stores and reduce its corporate and supply chain workforce by 20% as it brings in new financing to improve its balance sheet and adjusts its inventory strategy and leadership team to drive engagement.
"We are embracing a straightforward, back-to-basics philosophy that focuses on better serving our customers, driving growth, and delivering business returns,” said Sue Gove, Bed, Bath & Beyond (Nasdaq: BBBY) director and interim…
Greg Gleicher went from Washington University baseball player to New York City real estate executive. Now he’s returning to St. Louis with a $1.2B plan to transform a long-desolate stretch on the edge of downtown. Some local leaders believe that his role as an outsider with a big idea is the key to making it work.
St. Louis Community College’s annual State of the St. Louis Workforce Report, published Wednesday, showed a growing amount of roles locally that are taking employers on average 40 days to hire a new employee. Here are the toughest ones to fill.
When the new dean of the University of Missouri-St. Louis' School of College of Optometry reports for work Thursday, she'll be crossing a barrier.
Dr. Keshia Elder will be the nation's first Black female dean of optometry, university officials said.
She comes to UMSL from her previous roles as director of diversity, equity and inclusion and director of externships at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry. Elder's new post marks a return to UMSL; she had held the post of associate…
Longtime St. Louis news anchor Dick Ford died Tuesday at the age of 88.
Ford’s journalism career began in 1951 in his hometown of Pittsburgh. He worked for KMOX-TV in 1965 and then started working at KSD-TV in 1969. He left KSDK in 1992 and spent the rest of his career anchoring the news at KTVI.
He was a part of the very successful “Newsbeat” program with John Auble and told KSDK's Kay Quinn last December:
"I'm 88 years old now. I've been retired for 16 years and people still when I run…
St. Louis Lambert International Airport has released a multi-year plan for how it could maintain operations while a new terminal is built, with one suggestion that airlines could move into a Terminal 1 concourse that is currently closed.
Over the past three years, sales of homes costing at least $1 million more than doubled, but buyers in that price range – with exceptions in a couple of major cities – are getting less square footage for their investment. Here's how St. Louis shakes out.
A new St. Louis-based startup focused on using data to speed up medical discoveries said Tuesday it has raised $6 million from investors to launch operations. It is teaming up with BJC HealthCare and Washington School of Medicine, which have both invested in the startup.
Every car Luke Reynolds is aware of that’s been stolen this year in Soulard has been a Hyundai or a Kia.
In all, more than 1,800 of them have been stolen citywide so far this year, a 1,000% increase compared with the same time frame last year.
Mayor Tishaura Jones’ administration has sent a demand letter to the automakers insisting they do something to stop the epidemic of thefts involving some makes and models of their cars or face a lawsuit, but Reynolds says that’s not enough.
“I’d…
In an apparent about-face, Katherine Pinner plans to remain in the race to challenge incumbent St. Louis County Executive Sam Page this November.
Last week, St. Louis County Republican party officials claimed Pinner would be dropping out of the race. The political newcomer was unknown to party officials and had published conspiracy theories on her personal website.
In an updated blog post published Tuesday morning, Pinner wrote, "I am affirming my candidacy for the office of Saint Louis County…
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