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A five-story apartment complex soon to be built in Kirkwood is the first large-scale apartment project approved in the city's downtown historic district in two decades.

The acquisition expands the St. Louis-based company's holdings in the manufacture of machine controls and other industrial control products.

In the sampling of political ads that I’ve seen lately, Republicans all seems to be trying to one-up each other in their demonstrations of how tough they are. It’s hard to tell if this is a trend or just momentary explosion of desperation. I think it’s a bit of both.

The Clayton-based accounting and business consulting firm has acquired a Chicago business that has specialized in working with clients to improve business processes, manage reorganization, and implement customer relationship management and automation technology.

Prominent St. Louis law firm Brown & Crouppen will move its headquarters from downtown to The Hill, converting a historic factory that’s been largely vacant for 50 years to a $15.5 million custom office.

The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, a voluntary professional group with over 6,500 members, said it will move its headquarters offices at the start of 2023.

Coffee lovers who work in or visit downtown St. Louis will soon have another place to grab a cup and a pastry. After being closed since March 2020, at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, Kaldi's Coffee is reopening its location in downtown St. Louis at Citygarden. Kaldi's made the announcement on its Instagram page Tuesday, saying the location at 808 Chestnut St. will reopen Monday, July 18. It currently has eight other St. Louis-area locations, with plans to open its first drive-thru location…

Mitsubishi Power will use Emerson’s Ovation integrated control and safety platform, which was developed by Emerson’s Pittsburgh-based power and water solutions business.

Centene’s subsidiary Delaware First Health will be among three managed care organizations to provide services for physical health, behavioral health and long-term services and supports, according to the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services.

The family-owned grocery chain is expanding its prepared food delivery through San Francisco-based DoorDash to 25 stores in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.

Twitter has a number of legal options to force the Tesla CEO to buy the company.

A St. Louis judge on Monday ordered the shuttered downtown restaurant and club Reign to pay its landlord nearly $388,000.

The appliance retailer, with St. Louis ties dating to 1951, plans to rebrand this month.

A national collegiate organization may not consider St. Louis for its annual convention due to Missouri's law banning most abortions statewide, according to a new report.

While mourners held a moment of silence Monday morning at the site of last week's July Fourth mass shooting in Highland Park, President Joe Biden appeared before a large crowed gathered on the White House lawn to highlight a new $13 billion federal gun safety package he signed into law two weeks ago. "Will we match thoughts and prayers with action? I say yes," Biden said. "That's what today is about." The Monday morning press event also provided the White House a second chance to promote the president's…

Farmers are still reeling after a rainy spring and an already-dry summer makes it hard to keep up with the season. At Theodora Farms in Godfrey, Illinois, General Manager Kris Larson says they're just trying to stay ahead of the hot temperatures. "A lot of the crops we plant for the summer are very heat tolerant. But they also need water," Larson said. Larson said they've tried to plan ahead with the most efficient ways. "We installed irrigation access points throughout the farm to make sure…

A portfolio company of St. Louis-based private equity firm Thompson Street Capital Partners has acquired a pest control business based in St. Charles County.

The Chesterfield-based health system has hired a health care executive from Wisconsin as its new president and CEO.

An architecture firm, advocacy group and university are among the most recent 24 St. Louis employers named as top workplaces for women by the Women’s Foundation of Greater St. Louis.

Two men were injured in a chemical explosion Sunday night at Allnex USA, a resins factory in East St. Louis. East St. Louis Assistant Fire Chief George McClellan told KSDK the explosion happened at about 10 p.m. inside the plant, starting a fire and causing significant damage to parts of the factory. In a statement Monday afternoon, the company said one of the men was treated at the hospital and released and the other remained in the hospital for treatment. McClellan said the flames were through…