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WASHINGTON, DC – September 21, 2026 (STL.News) Crown Medical Solutions LLC and its two owners have agreed to pay the federal government $825,000 to resolve allegations that the California medical equipment supplier submitted false Medicare claims for braces and other equipment that federal officials contend was medically unnecessary, improperly prescribed, or both. The civil settlement […]

ST. LOUIS, MO – September 21, 2026 (STL.News) St. Louis-based private equity firm Thompson Street Capital Partners is expanding its investment in the accessibility-services industry by acquiring Braille Works, a Florida company that has spent more than three decades producing accessible communications for people who are blind or have low vision. The transaction was completed […]

ST. LOUIS, MO – September 21, 2026 (StLouisRestaurantReview) Coffeestamp, the locally owned specialty coffee company founded by brothers Patrick and Spencer Clapp, is expanding its St. Louis footprint with a third café on Washington Avenue, bringing a business that began as a small roastery and farmers market operation into the heart of downtown. The company […]

WASHINGTON, DC – September 21, 2026 (STL.News) Reports and increasingly dramatic online headlines suggesting that thousands of American soldiers are being moved into Iran for an imminent ground war require an important distinction: the United States has deployed substantial ground-capable military forces to the broader Middle East and has prepared options for operations inside Iran, […]

WASHINGTON, DC – September 21, 2026 (STL.News) The Federal Reserve‘s first interest-rate increase in more than three years is rippling through U.S. financial markets, affecting Treasury bonds, mortgage rates, stocks and borrowing costs as policymakers confront inflation that remains above the central bank’s target. The Federal Reserve voted Wednesday unanimously to raise its benchmark federal-funds […]

ST. LOUIS, MO – September 21, 2026 (STL.News) Overseas Markets – Overseas stock markets moved broadly higher Monday as semiconductor shares rallied across Asia and crude oil prices retreated from last week’s elevated levels, providing some relief to investors concerned about inflation, interest rates and the continuing conflict in the Middle East. South Korea was […]

ST. LOUIS, MO – September 21, 2026 (STL.News) At least 11 people were shot, and three were killed across the greater St. Louis metropolitan area between noon Friday and midnight Sunday, according to police information and local news reports reviewed and reconciled by STL.News. The weekend count includes shootings in St. Louis County and the […]

ST. ANN, MO – September 20, 2026 (STL.News) Two people were wounded and an armed suspect was critically injured after being shot by a police officer during a large gathering Saturday night outside a dance studio in St. Ann, Missouri, according to authorities. The shooting occurred at approximately 10:20 to 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, […]

WASHINGTON, DC – September 20, 2026 (STL.News) U.S.-Iran War – The war between the United States and Iran has entered another potentially decisive period, with military operations continuing across the Middle East while Tehran simultaneously offers Washington conditions for negotiations to end the conflict. No ceasefire exists, and fighting has not stopped. The United States […]

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL – September 19, 2026 (STL.News) One person was killed, and three others were injured in a quadruple shooting Friday afternoon at an East St. Louis nightclub, according to Illinois State Police. The shooting occurred shortly before 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, at a nightclub in the 6800 block of State Street […]