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The Edwardsville-based hardware and building materials retailer has expanded its footprint in several states, thanks to an acquisition and a new store location.

Spire customers will see an increase in natural gas prices starting next month after a price analysis found the rate charges to customers for 2021 was below the market rate. The price change, which will take effect Nov. 30, will increase the cost of natural gas for Spire East residential customers from 37 cents per therm to 59 cents per therm, a press release from the Missouri Public Service Commission said. Spire East includes customers in the city of St. Louis and the Missouri counties of St.…

I allowed myself to get hopeful about what a multibillion-dollar settlement could mean for our region. I should have known better.

The leader of St. Louis' Board of Aldermen on how the Rams settlement came to pass — and what it could mean for the city.

A California State University administrator on Monday was named the 10th chancellor of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey closed for Thanksgiving break one day early last week due to a ransomware attack. Now, it will remain closed for another week. In a Facebook post Sunday night, the school said the campus needs to remain closed this week to "provide necessary recovery time for our IT systems." "All classes, campus events, program events and athletics events are canceled and all campus offices will be closed," the post said. "We ask that everyone please remain off campus…

E-commerce appliance and furniture retailer Goedeker’s on Monday said it has hired a new executive to lead its marketing and merchandising strategies. The publicly traded St. Charles-based company, which trades as 1847 Goedeker Inc. (NYSE: GOED), appointed Jody Rusnak as chief merchandising and brand innovation officer, effective Monday. He joins the company from Nebraska Furniture Mart Inc., based in Omaha, a subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. that's considered one of the…

A portfolio company of St. Louis-based private equity firm Thompson Street Capital Partners has acquired a Pennsylvania technology firm.

The Green Goose Resale & Consignment, a furniture and home decor consignment shop in Webster Groves, will shutter at year's end and is looking for someone to buy the business, according to a social media post Monday. Founder and owner Robin McNabb, who opened the business in 2011, said in a Facebook post Monday that the shop, at 1267 S. Laclede Station Road, would shutter at the end of its lease term on Dec. 31. After thanking "family and friends" for an "an amazing weekend" kicking off the holiday…

The hedge fund that last week made an unsolicited bid for the parent of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch now says it is nominating three members for the company's board.

Over the past 20 months, a lot has changed in our country, and for many people these changes include their address. America has been experiencing a shuffle as people explore options to relocate, driven by financial and social factors, as well as a shift to remote work. The ability to live anywhere and work remotely has provided the chance for people to seek residence based on quality of life, not just employment. The challenge is finding the right fit. How do you weigh the value of big-city amenities…

As Bronwyn Morgan prepared for her first takeoff, she recalls being frightened to death of losing her aircraft — even as she was watching from below, safely on the ground. “I did not want this thing to get away from me. You lose a drone, and you just pray it comes back to you,” Morgan said. “But I found it very liberating. It was my chance to fly, but I didn’t have to be in the sky to do it.” While Morgan considers herself first and foremost an innovator, she’s also a geospatial entrepreneur.…

Wells Fargo & Co. will require employees to report their Covid-19 vaccination status and, if unvaccinated, get tested regularly, according to an internal memo.

Investigators are looking into an early Sunday morning fire in East St. Louis that destroyed a pallet manufacturer and recycling company. The fire was reported about 4:30 a.m. in the 2000 block of East Broadway. The blaze significantly damaged a company known as Ongweoweh Supply Chain Solutions. Fire chief Jason Blackmon said investigators do not yet know the cause. “Not at this particular time," said Blackmon, at about 10:30 Sunday morning. "It’s a pallet yard and a lot of pallets and a lot…

Metro Transit is cutting or reducing service on some bus routes, effective Monday, as it deals with a worker shortage.

The 30-year fixed mortgage rate last week remained unchanged from the prior week's 3.10%.

MotoMart is once again trying to build a gas station on the Missouri side of the Missisippi River next to the Jefferson Barracks Bridge, after St. Louis County officials rejected its first attempt last year.

For many families, the Build Back Better plan's biggest change is the extension of the enhanced child tax credit through 2022. The House bill also has a dramatic change in the deduction for state and local taxes, raising the cap from $10,000 to $80,000 through 2030.

The local United Way’s Women Leadership Society, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary, was the first of its kind in the nation and since its inception has raised more than $115 million to help strengthen the entire community for generations to come, writes HOK's Margaret McDonald and Cigna's Susan Stith.

I was thinking about those blessings for which to be most grateful, but I have decided to write about just one.