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A longtime St. Louis-area caterer and prepared food retailer is shutting down operations after 42 years in business, while its owner continues to operate a wholesale bakery.

The 60 honorees featured on the St. Louis Business Journal’s Biggest Corporate Philanthropists Lists invested nearly $125 million in St. Louis communities in 2024.

In 2024, The Charity CFO had the highest cash giving as a percent of total revenue, with nearly 9% of the firm's $7 million revenue given to various area organizations.

The company’s philanthropic efforts focused on bringing and keeping pets and people together, funding academic and educational programs to advance the future of pet health, and supporting the communities where Purina employees live and work.

Schnuck Markets' philanthropic efforts are aimed at reducing food insecurity and developing a strong workforce.

At the core of Edward Jones' giving are specific purpose-impact areas that guide the mission to address unmet needs in the St. Louis community.

First Bank Corp. invests in the next generation by supporting young people from historically disadvantaged backgrounds.

Brinkmann Constructors amplifies its employees’ voices to drive its philanthropic endeavors and support causes and organizations valued by the entire workforce.

Thompson Coburn LLP leverages its national presence to adapt its philanthropic efforts to meet the needs of communities where its offices are located.

The Charity CFO goes beyond financial support when it comes to philanthropic efforts it engages with in the region.

Dowd Bennett has topped the Business Journal's Largest Corporate Philanthropists - Small Companies List since 2018, and with $1.3 million in cash and in-kind giving in 2024, the firm is once again No. 1.

Numerous St. Louis public firms were down massively Thursday on President Trump's sweeping tariff plan.

The Community Campus is a partnership between Peter & Paul Community Services, the St. Louis City Department of Human Services, the Missouri Department of Economic Development and over a dozen nonprofit service providers to provide comprehensive services for the homeless community.

Lynn Ann Vogel is co-founding partner of the Vogel Law Office and former president of the Missouri Bar, but she said the business side of the law also has played a key role in her life and career.

A Republican state senator spent hours Wednesday trying to block the appointment of his former colleague to a county office over a grudge that goes back more than seven years. Shortly after 1 a.m., the filibuster sputtered and the appointment was confirmed by the Missouri Senate. State Sen. Mike Moon, an Ash Grove Republican, sought to prevent former Senate President Pro Tem Dave Schatz from being confirmed to a spot on the Franklin County Commission. Schatz was appointed to the job earlier this…

The lawyer has joined the firm’s Clayton office as a partner in its Intellectual Property Practice Group.

A Missouri House member violated a state disclosure law by voting on an appropriation that helped his employer, according to a report approved unanimously on Wednesday by the House Ethics Committee. The committee, made up of five Republicans and five Democrats, was investigating a complaint against state Rep. Justin Sparks, a Republican from Wildwood, related to his employment with the National Law Enforcement Foundation. The committee found “no support for the claims made in the complaint,”…

Storms swept through the St. Louis region Wednesday afternoon, leaving damage in their wake. A tornado touched down in Washington County near Potosi in Missouri, as well as in Bond County near Greenville, Illinois. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said no fatalities had been reported as of Wednesday evening. Here's what we know so far about Wednesday evening's storm damage. Washington County, Missouri Multiple residents throughout Potosi and other nearby areas shared video and pictures of the…

The Israeli company flew executives from Tel Aviv to show clients its new plant, which it says is the first-of-its-kind in the U.S.

The 55,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility will function as a social impact hub, research lab, think tank and workspace, and is designed to advance innovation and economic growth in Alton, the Metro East and the St. Louis region, backers said.