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A commercial real estate firm has acquired an industrial park in Metro East for more than $20 million.

Royal Banks of Missouri’s story started in 1964 in University City, where a group of local businessmen developed a community bank dedicated to exceptional client service. Fast forward to the present day: Royal Banks is 17 locations strong and has grown from its roots in St. Louis and expanded to St. Charles, Granite City, Jerseyville, Edwardsville and then Hannibal, Center and New London in Northeast Missouri. But even as Royal Banks has expanded into new communities, the heart of its mission…

The Kummer College of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development at Missouri University of Science and Technology is itself an innovation in higher education. Designed with innovation at its core, the Kummer College prepares students for leadership roles in rapidly changing fields with new degrees and emphasis areas as well as graduate certificates in entrepreneurship and technological innovation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, automation in business and other subjects. The…

Mercy Health and Pitt Development Group LLC remain locked in a legal battle over allegations the health system halted construction projects because it perceived the Springfield, Missouri-based construction firm as a “whistleblower.”

As we start the new year, Missouri drivers can get a ticket for using their phones behind the wheel. Law enforcement officials will begin enforcing the new hands-free law on Wednesday. The law went into effect in August 2023. Missouri state troopers gave out more than 1,500 warnings to prepare drivers for the change, and now, it's officially time to make it. Enforcement begins on Jan. 1, The Missouri Highway Patrol will conduct a hands-free enforcement project on Jan. 2 along Interstate 55 in Jefferson…

The Chesterfield-based nonprofit, which is one of the nation's 20 largest health systems, has named the first physician to take the COO role.

A rapidly expanding national Mexican restaurant chain that converts pre-existing fast-food buildings for its stores is adding two more St. Louis-area locations.

World Wide Technology, the St. Louis region's second-largest private company, has agreed to buy a publicly held Canadian software business.

The deal was announced in Dec. 18, 2023, following a four-month strategic alternatives review process.

As Party City prepares to close all of its stores in February after again filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the company is listing 695 leases for sale nationwide.

Republican legislators are set to push for further expansion of charter schools around Missouri when the General Assembly reconvenes next month. Meanwhile, Democrats are pushing for more local control in counties where charters already operate, along with rolling back an expansion into Boone County that passed earlier this year. Identical bills filed by Sen. Ben Brown, a Washington Republican, and Rep. Michael O’Donnell, a Republican from St. Louis, seek to authorize charter schools in the…

Minimum wage increases in Missouri and Illinois are set to take effect Wednesday with the new year.

A fast-food chicken restaurant has permanently shuttered one of its St. Louis-area locations, one of two to recently close in Missouri.

The banker's new business is a digital platform designed for solo practitioners and small law firms that need help balancing their legal work with the day-to-day administration of their practices.

A Chesterfield-based infrastructure repair company has added to its utility contractor holdings in the Southeast.

The St. Louis Blues for the third time since 2017 are playing in the NHL Winter Classic, an opportunity the franchise says provides a boost for its business operations.

Missouri Gov.-elect Mike Kehoe on Monday named several top staff members for his forthcoming administration, including his pick for chief of staff.

The firm's longtime CEO is retiring, making way for a leadership change at one of the region's fastest-growing companies.

The Maplewood pizzeria will shutter after its last day of service Tuesday, Dec. 31, but a local brewery plans to bring a "reimagined pizza concept" to the space in early 2025.

Big Lots, which is in the middle of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, said in a press release that the deal sets up the transfer of its assets – stores, distribution centers and intellectually property – to other retailers and companies.