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In a webpage dedicated to the incident, the human resources management tech firm wrote that "it may take up to several weeks to fully restore system availability."

While many churches look to fill a gap in economic development and social services, a north St. Louis ministry is doing it from the heart of the community it serves. Its ambition is nothing less than transforming the people there who are “dipped in trauma.” It’s a dramatic change for the urban evangelical free church, and it's a test of whether the new model can help to reduce concentrated poverty, which was identified by St. Louis' primary economic development group as holding back the region, including via racial wealth gaps.

The owner of The Green Goose Resale & Consignment, a furniture and home decor consignment shop in Webster Groves, has found a buyer for the business. Founder and owner Robin McNabb, who opened the business in 2011, had said last month that she would close the shop at the end of its lease term Dec. 31 and was looking for someone to buy the business. McNabb said last month that she and her husband, Bill McNabb, would be retiring. Ronnie Vinton, who owns home decorating resale shop Cool Stuff Period…

The federal government has approved Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s request for an emergency disaster declaration to help communities impacted by last week's tornadoes. The declaration will provide financial support to local communities for storm-related losses or costs incurred in response to the storms, the governor’s office said in a news release Tuesday. In total, six tornadoes were confirmed throughout Illinois. “Local, state, and federal officials are working in concert to make sure…

An innovation project launched by a Saint Louis University music professor has created a new local startup that sells a face mask for singers and that operates with a social impact focus.

The comments from Frank Naeve, vice president of sales for the Americas, came during a press event announcing the return of a nonstop flight to continental Europe from St. Louis Lambert International Airport for the first time in 20 years.

St. Louis lawmakers on Tuesday gave final approval to a new 14-ward map, with ward reduction set to kick in after the April 2023 election.

“It’s not a commodity. This is a long-term investment and I’ve always taken that approach," Michael Staenberg, president of The Staenberg Group, said of real estate. "I worry today that a lot of the brokers and investors are thinking that they can just trade it whenever they want."

Electric utility Ameren Missouri said Tuesday it plans to close its coal-fired power plant in Festus earlier than previously planned.

Centene Corp. (NYSE: CNC) would appear to have strong internal and external candidates to replace Chairman and CEO Michael Neidorff, who said Tuesday he's retiring from that role next year.

Pfizer, which has a research and development facility in Chesterfield, said it will acquire a San Diego company that's developing treatments for diseases in gastroenterology, dermatology and cardiology.

Schlafly Highland Square, at 907 Main St. in Highland, is the brewery's fourth location in the St. Louis region.

St. Louis had been the largest U.S. city without a nonstop flight to Europe. Lambert airport's leader said new "regional support" was key to changing that.

The St. Louis proposal, led by economic development group Greater St. Louis Inc., is one of 60 finalists in the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s $1 billion “Build Back Better Regional Challenge.”

Centene Corp. (NYSE: CNC) said Tuesday that its chairman and CEO, Michael Neidorff, plans to retire from his CEO role next year, as it also announced changes to its board and an agreement with an activist investor.

Amazon is planning to rebuild its Edwardsville warehouse that collapsed in a tornado Friday, killing six of the company’s workers.

Other than service to Iceland, the last nonstop flight to Europe from Lambert was American Airlines' October 2003 service to London's Gatwick Airport.

The St. Louis-based real estate company paid $36 million for a suburban mall as the company sought to further expand its retail portfolio in Minneapolis.

After a national search, the private Catholic college prep school chose a candidate already well-known to the school as its next leader.

The government technology integrator, which works with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, has opened a new office in the region.