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Saint Louis Fashion Fund CEO Monique Levy exited in March after leading the nonprofit for less than a year, the organization confirmed.

The acquisition expands Stifel’s presence in the Mid-Atlantic region to include eight public finance bankers serving local communities, municipal agencies, and not-for-profit borrowers.

Prior to joining Lindenwood University this week as its new athletics director, Jason Coomer led corporate sponsorships at another local university. He spoke to the Business Journal about how Lindenwood plans to engage with local businesses as it begins its transition this year to the NCAA's highest tier of competition.

A St. Louis County jail employee has been indicted by the feds over an alleged scheme to fraudulently obtain Covid-19 relief funds for a local businessman in exchange for a share of the proceeds.

Missouri state Sen. Bob Onder announced Tuesday that he's exiting the race for county executive in St. Charles County. The Republican physician from Lake St. Louis said in a Facebook post and email to the public Tuesday that continuing in the race "is not in the best interests of our family." He would have been pitted in the party's Aug. 2 primary against incumbent St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann, who took office in 2007. Onder, who was first sworn into the Senate in 2015, is completing…

Old Vienna LLC, the Fenton-based snack food company, has formed a partnership with a cannabis company for one of its best-known brands.

The St. Louis Public Safety Department laid new plans Monday to help prevent crime downtown. The decisions and the department’s weekly engagement and safety meeting came after two teenage girls were shot and wounded Saturday night. There have been problems all spring and summer with teens gathering in the streets. KSDK pressed public safety officials during a weekly meeting on Zoom Monday about their plans to help stop the crimes involving youth. Public Safety Director Dan Isom said that until…

The deal shows that while the Hoffmann Family of Cos. may be finished acquiring properties for its $150 million Augusta project, it's still adding pieces that expand the remainder of its business holdings.

The five occupations projected to have the highest annual openings are led by fast food and counter works, with 5,994 openings at an average annual wage of $25,107.

Lindenwood University has hired a new athletics director, who joins the St. Charles college just weeks before it starts competing at the NCAA’s highest level. He's experienced in bringing a local university from the NCAA's Division II level to its Division I tier.

The longtime director of the city's land bank was terminated without explanation in April. But she appears to have reemerged in the federal indictment of three aldermen, which was unsealed last week.

St. Louis Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed is resisting calls to resign four days after federal prosecutors charged him with accepting cash bribes in exchange for rewarding business owners with tax breaks.  So far, at least six members of the Board of Aldermen – Bill Stephens, Tina Pihl, Christine Ingrassia, Anne Schweitzer, Cara Spencer and Megan Green – have publicly called for Reed to resign. Others have called on him privately to step down. On his way out of the federal…

The owners of Bayer's Garden Shop, a family-operated nursery opened in 1941, said Monday they would close its two locations.

A St. Louis-based packaging manufacturer has laid off hundreds of workers, including some in Missouri this spring, as it shuttered five plants following an acquisition. But it also will be hiring at other plants to which it transfers that work.

The first two warehouses in a new Maryland Heights industrial park are fully leased even before construction is finished, and developers are moving ahead of schedule for construction of a third building.

As a new upstart professional golf league begins play this week, World Wide Technology said the PGA Tour rival has impacted its decision to sponsor a professional golfer.

The 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 5.09% for the week ended June 2 — down from 5.10% the prior week.

The trust industry has been growing for the last decade and is set to continue as baby boomers pass assets down to the next generation. Here's one expert's thoughts on whether St. Louis is on track.

Sunday marked a monumental day for WWT Raceway as it played host to its first NASCAR Cup Series race, with a sellout crowd of more than 60,000 fans. Fans descended upon the race track several hours before the afternoon's race, enjoying the festivities.

Bob's Seafood is closing amid an eminent domain action from University City, as that municipality eyes a massive project anchored by a Costco.