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The 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 5.30% for the week ended May 12 — up from 5.27% the prior week.

A Maryland Heights-based plastics and packaging manufacturer, one of St. Louis' largest private companies, has hired a new CFO.

ST. LOUIS - Police have arrested two people who they say have stolen thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from area Home Depot stores. According to court documents, Shelly Hampton and Kenneth Coleman are charged with stealing $36,647.18 or more in merchandise. This is a class C felony with a punishment range of three to [...]

Republican infighting in the Missouri Senate often got in the way of passing bills, including many of the majority party’s priorities.

Republican infighting in the Missouri Senate often got in the way of passing bills, including many of the majority party’s priorities.

Ed Walter, 75, was hit by a car and killed Saturday while crossing the street near Ted Drewes, police and friends said.

Officers responded just before 5 a.m. to an intersection near the Missouri Botanical Garden to a call of a crash, police said.

A closed, historic hotel listed on the National Register of Historic Places has been renovated and opened as the Le Meridien St. Louis Downtown hotel.

Mizzou players are among college athletes teaming up with business collectives to capitalize on their name, image and likeness under new NCAA rules.

A golden water-like orb against a pink background on a short loop was St. Louis artist Zac Farmer’s first animation for the Angad Arts Hotel (3550 Samuel Shepard Drive, 314-561-0033). Farmer, who has a degree in art from Lindenwood University, was dabbling in 3-D art while working a corporate job when the hotel reached out and asked him to craft an animation for their first biannual exhibit. Farmer combined what he learned at Lindenwood with online video tutorials to start creating 3-D artwork on an old MacBook.

According to a newspaper article, Gen. Grant was a frequent visitor at the home.

Jeremiah and Kristy DeGuire have run the farm from their home since 2018.

These 75 companies donated a total of $127 million to the St. Louis area.

For companies across the region, all options are on the table — downsizing, expansion and maintaining status quo, executives and real estate experts say.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - St. Louis County Executive Dr. Sam Page addressed the area's recent COVID case spike Monday morning during a news conference. Page said the number of COVID cases in the community is steadily rising and that health experts are raising a caution flag. At the same time, Page said the increase, at least [...]

The 2022 legislative session ended last week the same way it began back in January: With the Missouri Senate bogged down and barely able to function thanks to bitter divisions within the Republican majority.  Over the course of five months, there were filibusters, procedural hijinks and ugly back-and-forths between members of the Senate’s conservative caucus […]

The post Winners and losers of Missouri’s raucous 2022 legislative session appeared first on Missouri Independent.

The 2022 regular session of the Missouri General Assembly was the most dysfunctional I can remember in more than 50 years covering the statehouse. Endless Senate filibusters stalled action for weeks on major issues for Missourians — contributing to the second lowest percentage of bills passed in an annual session in more than one-third of […]

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New research shows that dry weather is coming on more quickly than before, with little advance warning.

ST. LOUIS - Monday morning starts off cool. The afternoon will be mostly sunny and pleasant with highs in the 70s. Tuesday will start off dry. Clouds will increase in the afternoon with high temperatures in the 80s. Showers and storms move in Tuesday night. Showers and storms will stick around through the rest of [...]