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Tatyana Smiley was found shot to death about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday inside a building in the same block in the city's Hamilton Heights neighborhood.

Last week Post-Dispatch parent company Lee Enterprises rejected the offer from New York City-based hedge fund Alden Global Capital to buy Lee for $24 a share. Now, Alden is suing Lee and claiming that Lee ignored their own bylaws in rejecting Alden's offer.…

Here are business reporter Austin Huguelet's five most memorable stories from 2021.

The move will allow the employee-owned company to retain local ownership, as well as its name, while accessing services of the larger firm.

The industrial giant has expanded, buying a European-based company that provides control system technology and software designed to help wind turbine and wind farm operators improve operation and optimize energy usage.

"This is so bittersweet for me. After 18 beloved years in Webster Groves, my customers have truly become family," owner Beckie Jacobs said

The ride promises to be open year-round and for all ages. Riders will get to travel through seasonal foliage at speeds up to 25 miles per hour

photo by Lorie Shaull, CC BY-SA 3.0

More than 60 journalists have sued police after arrests or assaults at protests, according to new analysis from the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker. That total amounts to 82% of the lawsuits filed by journalist or media outlet plaintiffs against public officials. More than two-thirds of these suits — some 76% — were filed following aggression at Black Lives Matter protests in the past 18 months.

When a journalist sues to enforce their First Amendment rights, it can kick off a long and expensive legal process with no guarantee of accountability. In some cases, public agencies will settle early in the process — usually with a monetary agreement — and offer concrete changes to police policies or procedures as part of the settlement. Other lawsuits can languish for years or be dismissed altogether.

The new analysis goes into detail on those settlements, as well as the approximately 29 press freedom lawsuits that remain pending. That litigation is in courts all over the country, and represents journalist suits brought in Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York City, Portland and elsewhere.

Read the full report on journalist litigation at the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.

Fabolous, Trina and DJ Drama are also on the bill.

‘A large part of our population is still susceptible to the virus,’ the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force said in a statement.

The board voted to revise the COVID-19 mitigation plan to remove the mask mandate starting Jan. 18. However, another vote regarding masks will take place on Jan. 11.

The 250,000-square-foot facility is part of what the company says will be a $50 million-plus investment in the St. Louis region.

The report says St. Louis firms attracted around $250 million this year in early-stage capital, up from $35 million in 2011.

"To meet these shortages, employers are hiring from outside of the local area and offering increased wages,” said Veronica Gielazauskas, assistant commissioner in the Missouri Department of Higher Education & Workforce Development.

Spread of unregulated slot machines has flummoxed state lawmakers and drawn concern from officials who regulate the state lottery and 13 casinos.

When General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) cut the ribbon on its new headquarters in the Cortex Innovation Community on Dec. 13, it did much more than welcome its growing St. Louis workforce into a fresh space; it launched an innovative new lab designed to deliver best-in-class solutions to the intelligence and technology community. Known as GDIT DeepSky, the lab will allow GDIT to meet a variety of needs for its geospatial customers, including those involving artificial intelligence,…

Connecticut, Maryland, Missouri and the District of Columbia are all coming together through theatre: The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis announced today it will join a year-long artistic caucus. Four theatres, including the Rep, have hired a group of freelance artists who will participate as key parts of the artistic development teams in each of their institutions.

The artistic caucus is made up of theater artists outside the traditional dramaturgs or literary managers.…