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One of the St. Louis region's largest residential real estate brokerages – and one of the nation's fastest-growing companies – has expanded its North Texas operations.

An undisclosed buyer won an auction for the state-owned Wainwright building, with a winning bid of $8.25 million and total sale price of $8.4 million.

A United States District Court judge recently said that the Prairie State Generating Co.'s coal-fired power plant 30 miles outside Belleville may have violated federal law for over a decade. Magistrate Judge Reona Daly said the plant failed to secure a required permit under the Clean Air Act for more than 10 years. The Title V operating permit is required for any major source of air pollutant emissions. "The Court would be remiss to deny Defendant’s Motion without acknowledging a very fair point…

One of St. Louis’ fastest growing companies is rebranding with a new name, just after moving to a new office.

One of the St. Louis region's largest and most active commercial real estate companies has added a new executive post to oversee strategy and corporate development.

A proposal to allow a new casino to be licensed on the Osage River near the Lake of the Ozarks will be on the November ballot, a Cole County judge ruled Friday. The initiative, which was initially found to be 2,031 signatures short in the 2nd Congressional District, actually did have enough valid signatures, Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s office conceded when a planned trial over the petition opened before Judge Daniel Green. The proposed constitutional amendment initially failed to qualify…

The Missouri Hemp Trade Association filed a lawsuit Friday in Cole County Circuit Court to stop the governor’s ban on all intoxicating hemp food and drinks from taking effect Sunday. The action comes in response to a memo the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services sent to food retailers on Thursday detailing how the ban will play out.  “This memo really crystallizes the issue and really makes clear what they’re intending to do,” said Chuck Hatfield, the association’s attorney.…

Seven weeks after the hurricane, Olin's chlor-alkali product productions in suburban Houston are back up and running, but a force majeure for one segment will remain.

Arizona-based packaging company Altor Solutions, which this fall plans to move its headquarters to St. Louis, has agreed to acquire Lifoam Industries LLC, for $137 million in cash. Greer, South Carolina-based Lifoam is a manufacturer and distributor of temperature-controlled shipping products.

St. LouisCIO has announced the finalists for its 2024 St. Louis ORBIE Awards. The St. LouisORBIE Awards honors chief information officers who have demonstrated excellence in technology leadership. With support from St. Louis Business Journal, St. LouisCIO will honor the CIOs who are driving innovation and transforming St. Louis’s leading organizations. The 2024 St. Louis ORBIE Awards event is scheduled for Dec. 5, 2024, at the Chase Park Plaza Royal Sonesta Hotel. The finalists were named in…

Even with a challenging industry, St. Louis' brewery scene remains vibrant, thanks in part to local brewmasters who create many of the best-selling beers at local breweries. Here are the brewers behind some of St. Louis' favorite beers.

An explosion in the vicinity of East Grand Avenue and Hall Street caused employee evacuations at a nearby industrial plant and blew "several" manhole covers off throughout the area, police told KSDK. Officers at the scene said something in the sewer line caused the explosion under the Procter and Gamble (P&G) Operations Support Center. Crews at the facility were evacuated at the time of the explosion. The plant is now closed and the second shift of employees was told not to come in. A P&G spokesperson…

A neighborhood association claims in a lawsuit that the closed hospital's owners left the site a "wasteland" and want the court to award damages for the decrease in value and 'loss of comfort and enjoyment of their property.'

The Federal Highway Administration and Department of Energy on Tuesday announced $521 million in grants for electric vehicle (EV) charging buildout, of which University City is getting $500,000 for up to 32 charging stations around the Delmar Loop.

The leader of St. Louis County's legislative body said Thursday it would relaunch an ethics committee to investigate County Executive Sam Page's time spent at Saint Louis University Hospital.

The Meridian's 110,000 square feet will be spread across four three-story buildings and a one-story clubhouse.

Missourians seem poised to legalize abortion and increase the minimum wage in November but are unlikely to embrace the Democratic statewide candidates who are among the ballot measures’ most ardent supporters, a new poll shows. The proposal to enshrine the right to abortion up until the point of fetal viability in the Missouri Constitution drew support from 52% of people surveyed between Aug. 8 and 16 for the Saint Louis University/YouGov poll. The minimum wage increase, to $15 an hour by…

A St. Louis judge this week set a trial date of next March 10 for the defamation lawsuit against the owners of the far-right conspiracy site Gateway Pundit over false allegations of election fraud against two Georgia poll workers. Although trial schedules can always be amended, the Aug. 26 order by Judge Elizabeth Hogan appears to finally bring clarity to the question of when St. Louis will be the scene of what will be a high-profile First Amendment trial. It’s also a setback for Jim Hoft, owner…

The bank's St Louis-Metro East president said he envisions the Community Advocacy Center as a space with capacity for 30 people that can handle a wide range of issues, including assisting seniors with concerns about elder abuse and fraud, hosting seminars for first-time homebuyers and helping young people with how to use credit.

A St. Louis jury on Wednesday awarded $3 million to a man who claimed he was shot by a security guard at the downtown Tucker Shell.