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The acquisitions were part of a $180 million deal for eight shopping centers — two each in Missouri and Wisconsin, as well as four in Florida.

Christian King watched her sister lie sick in a hospital bed for days after suffering a placental abruption while giving birth. Finally, after their mother pleaded with hospital staff to run more tests, they learned her blood count was dangerously low. Two blood transfusions later, she was back on her feet.  The power of having […]

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The city and Downtown Kirkwood Special Business District will ask voters Nov. 5 for a half-cent sales tax to be collected citywide for 15 years to fund street and sidewalk construction and repairs.

On March 20, 1970, the St. Louis Board of Aldermen passed an anti-obscenity bill in an attempt 'to restore the American sense of decency'

Jason Barton didn’t want to attend the Super Bowl parade this year. He told a co-worker the night before that he worried about a mass shooting. But it was Valentine’s Day, his wife is a Kansas City Chiefs superfan, and he couldn’t afford to take her to games since ticket prices soared after the team […]

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Kansas City construction worker unions find many things to like about extending the 3/8-cent sales tax to build a new Royals stadium and maintain Arrowhead Stadium — such as new jobs. But service workers who would fill the jobs in and around a new ballpark in the Crossroads Arts District say they’re being left out. […]

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Sugarfire Smokehouse founder Charles “Charlie” Downs has been named Missouri’s Small Business Person of the Year by the Small Business Administration.

After just a few months of operating in Hazelwood, CC's 2 Seriously Good at 211 Village Square has closed. The restaurant had previously been known as CC’s Vegan Spot and CC’s Vegan Spot SoulVeganlicious in other locations, including the Princeton Heights neighborhood of St. Louis and Alton, Illinois. The closure was announced on social media on Wednesday, March 13.

Milque Toast Bar has officially moved into a new spot just six blocks from its old location and is now operating at 2924 South Jefferson Avenue in the former home of California Do-Nut Co. It has also dropped the “Bar” in its name, now going simply by Milque Toast. Owner Colleen Clawson says they quickly outgrew their original location, which opened in 2015, and had long been eyeing the California Do-Nut Co. space, which had been a doughnut shop for more 50 years. “I always loved this building; the facade is really striking,” Clawson says.

Old Bakery Beer Co.'s ninth annual Buzz’d Beer Festival returns this month — and if you like beer, this one's for you. On Sunday, March 24 from 1  to 5 p.m, stop by Old Bakery Beer Co. (400 Landmarks Boulevard, Alton, Illinois) to enjoy an expansive lineup of more than 50 craft beers from renowned local breweries, including this year’s special cake-themed beer.

A St. Louis couple is suing a notorious local slumlord after the ceiling of the Dutchtown duplex they rented from him collapsed on them as they slept.  According to Faustin Nshimiyimana and Grace Umutoni's lawsuit, they began renting the duplex at the intersection of Gustine Avenue and Alberta Street from Cuong Quang Tran in March 2023. Their daughter was born a few months later.

It's six o'clock on a Thursday evening at the Heavy Anchor, the friendly south city dive bar and music venue on Gravois just down the road from Bevo Mill. A handful of tipplers are scattered around the place — one at the bar, one at a table, one at a booth — drinking out of the Heavy Anchor's signature Mason jars far below the room's pop-fly-high ceilings and surrounded by the nautically themed paintings that cover the walls. Those paintings — ocean waves, squids, narwhals, sailboats, lighthouses — were commissioned by the Heavy Anchor's co-owners, thirtysomething married couple Josh and Jodie Timbrook, who opened the bar in 2011.

ST. LOUIS -- Rail workers are in downtown St. Louis to picket for what they describe as a fundamental right: paid sick leave. The demonstration is taking place outside the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis corporate headquarters. Participants in the picket argue that paid sick leave has become an industry standard, especially in the [...]

A severe hailstorm, with hailstones reaching the size of baseballs, wreaked havoc across parts of St. Charles County, causing significant damage to vehicles and homes. The storm struck the O'Fallon area on Thursday afternoon.

St. Louis has roughly 20-thousand vacant properties spread across the city. And responding to this challenge will require a fair amount of cash and investment.

ST. LOUIS -- Today will be quiet and cooler behind the strong system that brought us two rounds of severe weather on Thursday. Cloudy skies this morning, with temperatures ranging from the mid-40s north to mid-50s south. Afternoon highs will be relatively cool compared to the past few days but still technically above normal, in [...]

Our dining editor is more of a traditionalist than other local writers and chefs, who've also chimed in.