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A nonprofit governing body for chess players and supporters in the U.S. plans to move its headquarters to St. Louis from Tennessee sometime this year. Here's why the organization says St. Louis fit the bill.

A Maryland Heights-based provider of behavioral and mental health services has made its second acquisition in recent months.

UMSL officials said the chancellor's new chief of staff brings experience working with elected officials at the state and local level, as well as with business and nonprofit partners.

Dan Isom, the city’s interim public safety director, credited the progress to several factors, including efforts to hold more events downtown.

Work on the project was set to begin at the outset of the pandemic. Now developers are seeking to extend its building permits to resume work.

Centene Corp., the Clayton-based managed health care provider, has agreed to pay New Hampshire $21.1 million to settle claims by the state that it inaccurately reported pharmacy benefit services costs.

Downtown St. Louis property owners are heading to court seeking the return of $5 million from the neighborhood's taxing district, which spends on beautification and secondary security.

The lawmaker said she would become director of the Midwest Climate Collaborative, which aims "to develop a coordinated Midwestern response to the climate crisis."

The addition to the MVC, which comes as several Division 1 athletic conferences nationwide experience changes in membership, may not be its last expansion move.

The deals expand the Creve Coeur-based packaging company's position in the beverage packaging market, deepens its position in the aluminum can sector and grows its Canadian footprint, officials said.

More Covid-19 testing will be available in St. Louis and St. Louis County beginning Monday. On Sunday, the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, in coalition with the city of St. Louis' Department of Health and other public health entities, announced they would start appointment-based testing from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday at 1408 N. Kingshighway Blvd. The drive-thru originally was scheduled to start Monday but officials told KSDK they needed more time for “planning purposes.” “Covid-19…

The first phase of the hotel is opening this year.

Another local Walmart has closed temporarily to allow time to clean, in response to the Covid-19 surge. This comes as the Walmart in Bridgeton also announced the closure of its store for the same reason. This location in St. Louis County reopened Sunday after being thoroughly sanitized. The Arnold location, at 2201 Michigan Ave, sent a release Sunday morning saying it was closing on Sunday at 2 p.m. The store goes on to say it will remain closed through Monday to give associates time to restock…

Optimism about their companies and the St. Louis economy has returned to the region’s business owners and top executives. They are confident even as they face concerns about rising business costs, supply chain disruption and employee acquisition and retention. In 2022, more business leaders expect to see an increase in their company’s revenue and profitability compared to their expectations a year ago. These are among the main takeaways from the 2022 Economic Outlook Report created by the…

It’s only a week into 2022 and Major League expansion franchise St. Louis City SC has already notched a milestone, hiring its first head coach. It won’t be the last time it does so this year. Here's five other key milestones the upstart franchise could reach this year.

“Unfortunately for our local companies, the fourth quarter showed an even more clear preference for low risk, leaving our index behind,” wrote Ithiel Turrado, small cap portfolio analyst at Clayton-based Argent Capital Management.

The temporary closure includes two museums and the organization's research center.

An executive with the Kansas City-based developer told a Wildwood committee that the company hopes to build 2.5 million square feet over nine warehouses at the site.

Scottrade Financial Services founder and longtime CEO Rodger Riney and his wife, Paula, gave a $40 million grant to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston to support multiple myeloma research.

The utility's Missouri division on Friday warned that its coal plant near Festus cannot be "hastily disconnected" from the grid without potentially negative effects on the reliability of electricity.