Anheuser‑Busch will open a technical skills training center at its St. Louis brewery as part of a $600M U.S. manufacturing push that adds 15 training hubs nationwide. The program aims to upskill thousands and expand career pathways for veterans and trade‑school students.

The incoming operator at Schnucks' Vinita Park distribution center says it will rehire 67 recently laid-off workers, offering a quick lifeline for local jobs.

An Illinois food company is spending $38.5M to expand a south St. Louis pasta plant this fall, adding jumbo-shell production and new packaging capacity.

FedEx will close three St. Louis‑area ship centers this September, affecting Maplewood, Earth City and south St. Louis. The company says staff were told months in advance and support will be offered.

TREKK Design Group will invest $1.89M and add 77 jobs across its Springfield and St. Louis offices. The hires are part of a regional growth push for the Kansas City–based engineering firm.

Audacy eliminated the St. Louis market manager role and folded the city into a regional oversight covering Kansas City and Wichita, the St. Louis Business Journal reports.

West Community and Gateway Metro have combined to form a roughly $670M St. Louis credit union serving about 43,000 members, with a full systems integration planned for October.

General Mills will close its St. Charles pizza‑crust plant in early June, eliminating 163 jobs and prompting local workforce outreach. The WARN sets a tight timeline for layoffs.

MilliporeSigma is reviewing plans that could move some St. Louis customer-service jobs to Costa Rica, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. The company says no final decision has been made.

Chicago attorneys filed a $2B bad‑faith suit against Travelers after a Madison County jury ordered $241M in a dry‑ice wrongful‑death case. Lawyers say the insurer refused to settle and left Prairie Farms exposed.

Spire closed a $2.48B deal to buy Piedmont's Tennessee gas unit, folding about 200,000 customers and nearly 3,800 miles of pipeline into Spire Tennessee.

The St. Louis Fed's March Beige Book finds manufacturing gains alongside weak auto sales and rising prices, creating mixed signals for the region.

Students say Piston Aviation abruptly stopped operating at St. Charles Regional Airport, leaving prepaid training funds tied up and refunds delayed. Local reporters reviewed emails and documents raising fresh questions about the shutdown.