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The St. Louis native joins the podcast to discuss the latest trends in customer experience and customer service.

Masters champion Scottie Scheffler was detained by police Friday morning for not following police instructions during a traffic jam that followed a traffic fatality involving a pedestrian, ESPN reported.

Gathering employees for charitable causes, exercising together, taking field trips – those are the sorts of things that make companies in our Best Places to Work Awards section great places to work. Our staff here at the St. Louis Business Journal offered an example of how those things can make a difference through, of all things, running.

Almost 10 years after the police shooting of Michael Brown Jr., questions remain around police reform at the federal and local levels. Civil rights attorney Bakari Sellers says national police reform is dead, and people must vote to start over. St. Louis Public Radio's Andrea Henderson recently spoke with Sellers while he was in town promoting his new book on national politics about ways to implement police reform.

WOOD RIVER, Ill. -- Police are investigating a death at the Thompson St. Apartments in Wood River, Illinois. On May 16, 2024, just before midnight, several people called 911 about a gunshot and a person down in the parking lot at 133 Thompson St. Police from multiple nearby departments came to help. When they got [...]

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will start a new system Friday to hasten asylum claims for single adults, administration officials said Thursday. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Department of Justice will launch a new expedited docket for migrants who arrive alone at ports of entry and turn themselves in to border authorities, […]

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The St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office has agreed to review the 1988 rape conviction of a man whose attorneys say was targeted by police. Fredrico Lowe-Bey has been in prison for more than 30 years after being found guilty of raping a woman who was abducted in the early morning hours of May 21, 1988, in the city’s Tiffany neighborhood. The victim had gotten into a fight with her boyfriend and began walking home, but a man pulled up in a car, jumped out and dragged her into an alley, where he sexually assaulted her.

The former flagship store of Fields Foods near Lafayette Square has sold to a local university.

As cannabis becomes increasingly commonplace in Missouri, and the companies peddling it work hard to set themselves apart from the pack, a growing number of more obscure cannabinoids are popping up in their products. When I saw Good Day Farm's High Dose Daydream THCV-infused gummies at Codes Dispensary marketed as a sativa-like product — my personal preference when it comes to weed — my interest was piqued. Spoiler: I didn't find them to be too reminiscent of sativa-forward products; however, the THCV gave the gummies something unique.

WASHINGTON — Dentists from throughout the country urged Congress to include dental coverage in Medicare during a hearing Thursday, saying that fewer than half of beneficiaries visit a dentist each year. The panel of four dentists told the U.S. Senate Help, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee that other changes are needed as well to reduce […]

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The property spans more than 11,000 square feet.

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ST. LOUIS -- Rain and thunder are impacting the southern half of the St. Louis region overnight, but metro St. Louis and other communities north of I-44 in MO and I-70 in IL are dry. Be watchful for some spots of fog. As the morning rain moves off, we’ll watch for spottier showers and storms [...]

ST. LOUIS -- Friends and family gather to remember Kisha Jackson at the Harlem Tap Room. Jackson was struck and killed outside of the bar in the Vandeventer neighborhood on May 3. According to St. Louis police, a vehicle traveling east struck Jackson as he crossed Page against the flow of traffic. The vehicle left [...]

Cicadas are coming out. Get ready for the noise.

Two pages of handwritten lyrics by Bob Dylan are set to go up for auction in June.The recently discovered and previously unknown lyrics, written on telephone message pads from the Ritz…

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Everybody’s story of that battle, even struggle, with weight issues is different, but essentially has many shared characteristics.

Aside from revenue growth, the staffing firm also doubled its employees from 2023 to 2024. A firm executive tells the Business Journal about the growth, and about how the industry is changing.

April Lewis is the first in her family to go to college and now will achieve her ultimate goal of being an OB-GYN.