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A customer leaves a Panera Bread restaurant with a coffee in hand in Ballwin, Missouri on Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (Liz Rymarev/St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Can Panera come back? The remake is on after higher prices and sinking sales

March 31, 2026 at 1:21 p.m.

It's been a tough few years for Panera Corporate decisions to shrink portions, change ingredients and raise prices turned off customers. Last fall, CEO Paul Carbone promised a makeover.

A combine harvests soybeans from the fields around Saale Farm & Grain in West Alton, Missouri, on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Bailout? Missouri farmers say protecting China market is more important

October 14, 2025 at 1:34 p.m.

Senior administration officials have said Trump is poised to announce a bailout of at least $10 billion for crop farmers facing tariff-related financial strain.

The Gateway Arch casts a shadow on July 3, 2018, in St. Louis. (Jeff Roberson/AP)

St. Louis region’s slowing population growth spurs call for action

June 30, 2025 at 3:43 p.m.

A growing number of civic and business groups are highlighting the St. Louis metropolitan area’s stagnant population as an urgent problem, and they’re pushing the region’s planning organization to do...

Demond O'Neal cleans and stacks bricks from a tornado-damaged four-family apartment building on Thursday, June 5, 2025, on North Newstead Avenue in St. Louis. The owner of the building, who declined to give his name, said he intends to put every one of them back onto his building when he rebuilds it. (Christian Gooden/The St. Louis Post-Dispatch/TNS)

St. Louis was a brick ‘epicenter.’ Can it keep its bricks after the tornado?

June 16, 2025 at 11:24 a.m.

St. Louis’ strong brick heritage stretches back well over a century

Catherine Consolino leaves Keller Apothecary with her prescription on Oct. 25, 2024, in the Southampton neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. The pharmacy closed in late October after 91 years in business. (Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Small pharmacies say they’re being forced out as prescription reimbursements drop

December 24, 2024 at 2:47 p.m.

A recent study published in the journal Health Affairs found that about 30% of the U.S. retail pharmacies that were operating in the previous decade had shuttered by 2021.

Passengers look out over the Missouri River as the Miss Augusta cruise ship departs on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2022, for a cruise in Augusta, Missouri.

New businesses nudge Missouri town toward becoming the Napa Valley of the Midwest

November 10, 2022 at 12:52 p.m.

Years ago, the town of Augusta had three bakeries. But for a long time until recently, it had none. Now this quiet town of fewer than 300 people has a...

Shoppers are finally allowed to leave the Mall of America after a lockdown of several hours in Bloomington, Minn., on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Police in Minnesota confirm that gunshots were fired at the Mall of America in suburban Minneapolis, but say no victim has been found. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP)

Los compradores regresan. ¿Detuvieron los centros comerciales la ola de fracasos?

October 5, 2022 at 9:12 p.m.

Ya conoces el cliché: los centros comerciales son lugares desolados y desérticos, habitados sólo por ancianos que caminan y algunas tiendas tristes que se aferran desesperadamente a la vida entre...

Beef Goulash, a dish made in one pot, on Sept. 22, 2021.

One-pot wonders: These dishes offer all the flavor but without all the cleanup

October 5, 2021 at 2:05 p.m.

I was about halfway through making a one-pot meal of shepherd's pie when I suddenly realized that my one-pot meal required the use of three pots. This was a problem,...

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Vintage candy is the real Halloween horror

September 10, 2021 at 5:20 p.m.

Somewhere, children are crying. They are crying because they know that they will do everything right. Those who brave the virus will dress up as their favorite spooky entity or...

A tray of grilled delights; clockwise from top right, Cheeseburgers, Mustard-Lime Steak, Tandoori Chicken, and Grilled Asparagus With Olive Oil and Parmesan, on Wednesday, August 11, 2021.

One last chance for summertime grilling

September 7, 2021 at 6:18 p.m.

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