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Since its first startup competition in 2012, Arch Grants has funded 207 companies with $50,000 grants. Take at a look at our timeline to see when companies were funded, how many are still in business or acquired, and details from a few prominent Arch Grants recipients.

St. Louis needs to not only expand MetroLink, but also address last-mile concerns, safety, low-volume routes and areas that need nontraditional public transportation to get people where they need to go, writes Kathy Osborn of the Regional Business Council.

Well with all of the classes now in English and history and math and science and so on, I was thinking that there are, of course, more ways than one to contribute to learning.

This story is part of a series looking at the impact of St. Louis' Arch Grants startup investment program after 10 years. For more, go here. Arch Grants founder Jerry Schlichter says he’s noticed plenty of nonprofits that “wither on the vine” after they’ve launched. The reason: fundraising. Many nonprofits face a tension between trying to balance their annual budgets and pursuing their long-term ambitions, Schlichter said. He wanted Arch Grants to chart a different path. Since its founding…

The third draft version of an aldermanic panel’s redistricting map was released Thursday; public hearings are set for Saturday morning, Monday night.

Toni Jackson, a CPA from Florissant, succeeds Mark Tucker, a former health care lobbyist who was fired by the council in September.

Starting pay for teachers in Missouri is $25,000 annually.

Joseph Elledge was found guilty in the killing of Mengqi Ji, who moved to the U.S. from China to study at the University of Missouri.

For those of you who came in late, Woodside, ca. 1848, is Maplewood’s oldest home as far as we know.  For 17 years, from 1999 until 2016, myself and many others worked to preserve and protect Woodside.  I hoped that Woodside could become the home of the Maplewood Historical Society and a community museum to […]

Like several sons of successful business founders—think George Herbert Walker or Dwight Davis—Albert Bond Lambert packed a lot of different activities into his life, all at the same time. Lambert’s father, Jordan W. Lambert and fellow St. Louisan Dr. Joseph Lawrence co-created a surgical antiseptic in 1879 that was inspired by the work of English …

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Mark Clatto of Granite City, IL became a Real Rock Hero in the Real Rock Army today

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Missouri Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick says their office currently holds 251 military medals and insignia that are unclaimed.

A new documentary spotlights the unique journey of healing alongside a PTSD Service Dog.

A look at the impact of Missouri's medical marijuana program one year in

So far, more than 10-million pounds of steel have gone into the $461-million project since December of 2020

Don Heeb left a legacy of caring and high character in the Golden Griffins community and beyond.