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St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann has named a new director of finance for the county.

A discount store competitor has purchased the lease of a soon-to-close Big Lots location in the St. Louis area.

The denial of a south St. Louis apartment project will get another look.

Enterprise Mobility's Andrew Taylor and his wife, Barbara Taylor, have gifted $50 million to Washington University's neurosurgery department.

Pat McBride, an Olympian and National Soccer Hall of Fame inductee known as "Missouri's Father of Soccer," died Wednesday at the age of 81, friends of the family confirmed. He was born Nov. 13, 1943, in St. Louis. McBride, a midfielder, was a two-time first-team All-American for the St. Louis Billikens, and played on the team when it won NCAA soccer titles in 1963 and 1965. McBride was the first American-born player to sign with the North American Soccer League. He spent his entire NASL soccer…

Cahokia Heights, Illinois, will be required to make dozens of improvements to its sewage system if a proposed consent decree with the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency is approved by a judge. According to a press release from the DOJ, the DOJ and EPA reached a settlement with the city to make the improvements after years of flooding and sewage issues. The complaint against the city alleges it of discharging sanitary sewage into nearby waterways more than 300 times since…

The economic benefits of a north-south MetroLink expansion are overstated, its projected ridership is low and it threatens the city's budget. Now, with Trump's election, it's unlikely to get significant federal funding. City leaders should drop the project, an ex-planning chief writes.

These deals are expected to close in the next few weeks.

A Cole County judge on Wednesday dismissed a whistleblower lawsuit against the Missouri House and its Republican leader alleging harassment and intimidation of a top staffer.  The lawsuit was filed in May by House Chief Clerk Dana Miller accusing outgoing House Speaker Dean Plocher and his former chief of staff, Rod Jetton, of retaliating against her and trying to get her removed from her job. At the heart of the lawsuit were swirling allegations about misconduct by Plocher and a House Ethics…

A spokesperson for the TV station's parent firm said it is streamlining broadcasting and sales divisions.

A national coffee chain plans to build a new location at a former pizza restaurant in St. Louis County.

A prominent attorney has acquired a historic local theater, with plans to redevelop it.

In a region struggling with crime and population loss, St. Louis has become home to several programs designed to transform inmates into valuable members of the workforce. At least one of them, Unlocked Labs, is taking its story nationwide.

The ex-alderman was indicted in 2022, along with two others.

The money will be used to fund scholarships for students in the university's new school of engineering.

Aldermanic President Megan Green said Wednesday that a new plan on how to spend the city’s remaining $277 million share from the Rams settlement is designed to reverse its “great challenge”: the city’s ongoing population loss.

The local firm dates to 1985 and has revenue of more than $300 million, with more than 1,000 employees.

"What are we doing sitting around talking about problems we've had longer than I've been alive?" the Democrat said.

Six Republicans in the Missouri Senate want to start the debate over whether to eliminate the state income tax with a move to a 4% flat tax. Among the bills filed in advance of the 2025 legislative session are identical proposals to move to a flat tax that also include provisions that would slowly reduce the rate to zero. Part of that plan is a proposed constitutional amendment that would put a strict cap on spending and allow sales taxes to be applied to services such as auto repair labor and accountant…

A state-court judge in St. Louis on Wednesday denied the Los Angeles Rams' push to force a case over the future of its former practice facility in Earth City into arbitration.