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The search continues for a convicted child sex offender who escaped from Mercy South Hospital early Thursday morning.

"It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Quatro's owner Blake Morrison," said the Quatro's Facebook page.

As the saying goes, "One is random, two is a coincidence, three times is a trend," so welcome to the Phil Collins trend. Specifically, the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer's debut…

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Early childhood educators are bracing for September 30. That’s when the Child Care Stabilization Program — funding allocated as part of the American Rescue Plan Act — will end, leaving hundreds of St. Louis and Metro East facilities in a lurch. Providers Aimee Washington-Hart, Paula-Breonne Vickers and Shona Lamond share what it will take to get early childhood education and the support and funding necessary to keep facilities open.

From KSDK:  A village of tiny homes that provide temporary living space for the homeless in St. Louis has expanded. The City announced the expansion this week using $1.2 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds to double the number of Tiny Homes Transitional Housing at Jefferson Spaces near Downtown St. Louis. Brenda Coffman, a […]

A man linked to the shooting death of a Hermann officer earlier this year could potentially face a death penalty sentence.

From St. Louis Business Journal:  A big-box store in St. Louis County is being torn down after sitting vacant for nearly six years. Demolition of the former Kmart at 3901 Lemay Ferry Road in south St. Louis County began Wednesday. The store, which anchored the South County Plaza shopping center near the intersection of Lemay […]

From St. Louis Public Radio:  The first phase of a $20 million redevelopment of a long-vacant shopping plaza into a community economic hub opened Thursday. The new R&R Marketplace is meant to empower the north St. Louis County regional community and meet their economic development needs, said Beverly Jenkins, president and CEO of the nonprofit […]

Police are searching for Tommy Wayne Boyd, 45. He walked out of the hospital on Kennerly Road sometime around 4 a.m. Thursday.

From Business Facilities:  When thinking about corporate headquarters locations there are several factors that can make or break a location. A company’s corporate headquarters is its home. It is a place where employees congregate handle and create business strategies on a regional, national, or international basis. Since main day-to-day operations are typically handled in corporate […]

From St. Louis Public Radio:  The fate of two buildings along the Mill Creek Valley footprint — the historic, predominantly Black neighborhood that was razed in 1959 to make way for “urban renewal” in downtown St. Louis — has sparked calls for protest this week after St. Louis University submitted a proposal for demolition to […]

From St. Louis Business Journal:  by Chris Schmidt, partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner and board member of Great Rivers Greenway Foundation The simple genius of the Brickline Greenway is that it will connect St. Louis’ crown jewels – Forest Park, Tower Grove Park, the Gateway Arch National Park and Fairground Park – with more […]

Almost everyone I’ve seen talking about this new Insider article about how Elon had a special layoff just of trust and safety employees has shared it with the line “wait, there are still trust & safety employees?” Elon Musk recently laid off more Twitter employees working on the platform’s trust and safety efforts, roles typically […]

From Rejournals:  These are challenging times in the commercial real estate industry, with high interest rates slowing both the sales of existing commercial properties and the development of new ones. That doesn’t mean, though, that all asset classes are struggling equally. One of the more successful commercial asset types today? Mixed-use developments that combine multifamily, […]

Spire announced Thursday that it would elevate Steve Lindsey to become its new CEO and president, effective Oct. 1.

From Call Newspapers:  After listening to a presentation detailing the design concept for the proposed Whitecliff Park Quarry restroom at its Aug. 22 meeting, the Crestwood Board of Aldermen approved a resolution authorizing staff to apply for a grant with the Municipal Parks Grant Commission. If awarded, this grant could fund up to $465,000 of […]

The group, Neighborhoods Are For Neighbors, wants only city residents to be allowed to operate such lodging and says that bills pending at the Board of Aldermen aren't strict enough.

From St. Louis Business Journal:  One of Weekends Only’s former St. Louis retail properties has sold for nearly $10 million and will be converted into a mixed-use redevelopment with multiple tenants. The 9.47-acre site and building that housed the former South County location of Weekends Only, the St. Louis-based furniture retailer that closed all its […]