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SCI Engineering, one of St. Charles County's largest businesses, has named a new president as part of a strategic plan.

Paul Anthony "Tony" Novelly, who built a fortune while growing St. Louis-based Apex Oil, died Feb. 6 at age 81.

Several big names in St. Louis broadcasting are launching an all-digital sports network that aims to “redefine how fans connect with their favorite team.”

County officials believe creation of an entity that will allow them to repurpose vacant or derelict buildings will improve the plague of problem properties. But the fact that such an entity is needed is likely a symptom of the county's challenges with population decline.

The bid is backed by Musk's rival AI company, xAI, along with Valor Equity Partners, Baron Capital, Atreides Management, Vy Capital, 8VC and Ari Emmanuel's investment fund.

The debate over how much to spend on public schools could turn into the first big disagreement between Gov. Mike Kehoe and the GOP-dominated Missouri General Assembly. Kehoe, a Republican who took office in January, refused to recommend a $300 million boost to public school funding in his first budget proposal. But education advocates in the legislature, and the State Board of Education, are defending the request and pushing for it to be funded as lawmakers rewrite Kehoe’s $54 billion spending…

A business owner from Farmington, Missouri, was sentenced Tuesday to a prison term for bank fraud, Clean Air Act violations and witness tampering, according to the U.S.Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri.

Dan Schaefer’s babysitter quickly noticed the amount of products from Native Pet — a line of limited-ingredient, all-natural supplements for dogs — around his family’s home. When she asked Schaefer about the company, she was surprised to learn that he isn’t just a customer — he’s the co-founder. “She was like, ‘Oh my God, no way. I love Native Pet. I had no idea it was in St. Louis,’” Schaefer recalls. “It’s fun to get the word out.” Considering that Native Pet products…

Jack Cooper Transport Co. LLC, an automobile hauling company, has shuttered its Wentzville facility after it failed to reach a new contract with General Motors.

Fontbonne University, which will shutter this year, says 80 staff members remain to be let go.

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to stop its plan to make drastic cuts to research grants from the National Institutes of Health.

The St. Louis Business Journal on Thursday celebrated the St. Louis region's entrepreneurship and innovation community with its Beers with the Beat event at Spark Coworking St. Louis.

St. Louis real estate firm Oliver Properties has expanded its downtown holdings by acquiring another apartment building along Washington Avenue.

The legislator pushing for a city manager-style government in St. Louis tabled her proposal Tuesday, signaling it's not likely to be taken up again until at least April. At the same time, legislators approved raises for city workers.

Business bankruptcies are up in St. Louis post-Covid. Experts give reasons why.

The grant will go towards the administration of field tests for polio designed to help detect the disease in impoverished countries where it has yet to be eradicated.

A major soybean research project, which collaborates with the University of Missouri, will shut down April 15 due to President Donald Trump’s dismantling of funding to the U.S. Agency for International Development. The Soybean Innovation Lab, based at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, formed in 2011 to provide researchers and organizations with the resources needed to advance soybean development. The lab is comprised of over 100 technical soybean experts from 24 countries, each representing…

An appeals court late Tuesday put a St. Louis County Council measure enabling it to remove government department heads back on the April ballot.

Missouri universities and research organizations will need to cut about $100 million from administrative costs for research funded last year by the National Institutes of Health or replace the money from other sources if President Donald Trump’s attempt to reduce indirect costs is successful. There were 1,553 grants worth $901 million issued by the NIH to Missouri institutions during the most recent federal fiscal year. The recipients reported spending as much as 30% of their grant on indirect…

In a 12-page court order, Judge Richard Scheibe accuses now former Interim Prosecutor Hannah Dunakey of violating the law by continuing to prosecute cases involving a sheriff’s deputy she had a relationship with. He said she rode along with the deputy on duty, witnessed crime scenes and then prosecuted cases directly tied to those incidents. Webster University legal professor Peter Dunne weighed in. “Situations of this kind are distressing and regrettable because they create a cloud of impropriety,"…