One of Ameren Missouri’s largest coal plants will shut down Monday after more than 13 years of litigation over its failure to comply with federal clean air regulations.
The St. Louis-based electric utility will retire the Rush Island Energy Center, a two-unit 1,178-megawatt coal plant on the banks of the Mississippi River in Jefferson County, which operated for years in violation of the Clean Air Act.
Ameren, which serves 1.2 million customers in Missouri, announced in 2021 it would retire…
The firm's new partner parlayed his experience as an aircraft research and development engineer at McDonnell Douglas into a long career as an intellectual property attorney.
Canton, Michigan-based Victory Automotive Group is marking its entrance into the Missouri and St. Louis markets with the acquisition of a local dealership.
St. Louis Community College officials and contractors working on the $61.2 million Advanced Manufacturing Center and the $62.4 million Nursing and Health Sciences Center offered a sneak peek Thursday, about two to three months before they are completed.
Washington University’s proposed expansion to build athletic fields on the campus of Concordia Seminary in Clayton has drawn opposition from neighbors, many of whom are current or retired university employees.
Firefighters will be battling a fire for days after it started burning at a Blues Hog BBQ Sauce storage facility in New Haven in Franklin County, officials told KSDK on Thursday.
The New Haven-Berger Fire Protection District deputy chief said the facility in the 500 block of Orchard Street caught fire at around 5 a.m. Thursday. Crews reportedly got the call and were there within five minutes. The district was soon joined by four other fire departments to extinguish the blaze.
No injuries were…
Two new lawsuits have been filed against the former grocery chain. One suit, filed Monday by the Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council, claims Fields Food hasn’t made payments on a $500,000 letter of credit. The other, filed Sept. 16 by Leaf Capital Funding LLC, says Fields Food has defaulted on an agreement for the purchase of software and scanning systems.
Regardless of the number of businesses, all Metro East county businesses were in similar industries, with retail leading the way in the largest counties.
The head of a major east development organization says if businesses and momentum continue to head west, away from downtown St. Louis, "it hurts Illinois."
Good Ice, a premium ice company that supplies to local bars and restaurants, is opening a new production facility and Mexican restaurant in the Central West End.
A $23 billion global insurance brokerage and financial services firm has expanded its St. Louis-area holdings with the acquisition of a locally based insurance agency.
A measure that would guarantee paid sick leave for over 700,000 Missouri workers who currently lack it, as well as gradually raise the minimum wage to $15, will appear on voters’ ballots next month.
The ballot initiative, called Proposition A, has been backed by various unions and workers’ advocacy groups, social justice and civil rights organizations, over 500 state business owners and others.
Some business groups, including the state Chamber of Commerce, have opposed it, especially…
A settlement has been reached between the Gateway Pundit and two Georgia poll workers who accused the St. Louis-based far-right website of defamation in a civil suit in St. Louis Circuit Court.
Notice of the settlement was filed Monday afternoon. The parties to the dispute “provide notice to the court that the parties have reached agreement to settle all claims and counterclaims asserted in the … action, which settlement shall be satisfied on March 29, 2025,” the notice reads.
“The parties…
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