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The first phase of the newly redeveloped Butler Brothers building, which is being converted into a $130 million apartment complex called The Victor, will open to residents June 30, with the second phase set to open in November.

A 34-year-old man was charged Thursday with killing a 19-year-old earlier this month in south St. Louis.

The region's top in-house lawyers were celebrated at the St. Louis Business Journal's 2023 Corporate Counsel Awards event Thursday morning.

The bill, which needs one more vote, would raise costs for the average homeowner to $105 per quarter from $75.

Benjamin Akande, Stifel Financial Corporation Global Human Resource Enterprise senior vice president, will deliver the 86th Annual St. Louis County NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner keynote address at 7 p.m. Monday June 19, 2023, at the St. Louis Marriott Gran Hotel,…

No, this is not from Texas. It's a lovely yellow rose from our backyard. I suppose it has a formal name, but I don't know what it is.

Foo Fighters' show in Rogers, Arkansas, on Wednesday, June 14, featured the live debut of "The Teacher," according to Setlist.fm. A cut off the new Foos album But Here We Are,…

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St. Louis lawmakers on Thursday moved toward raising water rates 40% over two years, with subsequent increases tied to inflation after that.

New St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore announced five new additions to the office as he works to increase staffing in his first weeks on the job. A press release from Gore's office announced the hiring of five experienced attorneys. He said they will join the effort to clear a backlog of cases left by former Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner. "I am impressed by how many talented attorneys heard the call to public service and stepped forward so quickly," Gore said in a statement. “Hiring experienced…

GRANITE CITY – Senior three-sport student-athlete Peyton Hatfield was named the 2022-23 Granite City High School Scholar-Athlete of the Year and is also now recognized as a Stillwater Senior Living Granite City Female Of The Month. "I am very grateful to be recognized," she said to her wide variety of recognitions at the end of her senior year. "I have worked very hard since day one of my freshman year. "I'm grateful to have had my older sister Riley Hatfield to look up to and help me out during my high school years. She would tell me the 'to do's and not to do's' in order to "survive and thrive in high school. I listened, and now I have survived and thrived in high school." Peyton Hatfield is a three-sport standout in tennis, swimming and soccer at GCHS, and is headed on a soccer scholarship to Lindenwood University in the fall and will major in elementary education. She is the daughter of Mike and Susan Hatfield. " Peyton Hatfield is a shining star at GCHS. She is our studen

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There are some questions about whether or not Section 230 protects AI companies from being liable for the output from their generative AI tools. Matt Perrault published a thought-provoking piece arguing that 230 probably does not protect generative AI companies. Jess Miers, writing here at Techdirt, argued the opposite point of view (which I found […]

Busey Bank is spending about $585,000 to renovate a south St. Louis branch.

GLEN CARBON – The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that bridge painting will require intermittent nighttime lane closures in both directions of Interstate 270 between Illinois 159 and Illinois 157, weather permitting, starting at 6 p.m., Tuesday, June 20. One lane in each direction will remain open at all times. All westbound lanes will be opened each morning at 6 a.m. and eastbound at 1 p.m. Drivers are urged to reduce speed, be alert for changing conditions, obey all construction signage, and refrain from using mobile devices while approaching and traveling through the work zone. The work is expected to be completed by the end of August. For IDOT District 8 updates, follow us on Twitter at @IDOTDistrict8 or view area construction details on IDOT’s traveler information map on GettingAroundIllinois.com.

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Today on TAP: Farmers Insurance Group and AIG are halting home policy sales in Florida. They weren’t the first and they won’t be the last.

Carlos Santana revealed back in 2000 that he had been sexually abused as a young child, and in a new interview with People he describes how he learned to forgive his abuser.  Sharing that…

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In 1901, a man submitted a 13-chapter account of his life to a medical fraternity in St. Louis. The submission, about 100 pages long and titled The Story of a Life, covered the writer's “strange” life.

Seventeen pre-apprentices recently graduated from the Building Union Diversity (BUD) program, opening doors to good-paying union construction careers in the St. Louis area. Taking part in the May 26 ceremony at the IBEW Local 1 union hall in St. Louis were (front row from left) Missouri AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Merri Berry, graduates Tamike Meredith, Breyonna Breeland, […]

Seven firefighters were injured as firefighters from dozens of units battled a fire that consumed a Kansas City wood pallet-building business.