Chief Sam Dotson wants new officers to know neighborhood people up close.

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Union forces in Missouri, a state badly torn by divided loyalty during the Civil War, dealt with some pro-Southern citizens by banishing them to the Rebel lines. 

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Schools offer two different ways to earn college credits and save money; both options have positives and pitfalls. 

Three people were injured in two drive-by shootings within minutes of each other late Friday night in St. Louis.

Planning, driver cooperation credited near Blanchette Bridge rehab

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The Mission Continues is in the midst of building a five-year growth strategy, so the nonprofit’s partnership with the just-released movie “Star Trek Into Darkness” is welcome exposure, according to President Spencer Kympton. Director J.J. Abrams’ production company, Bad Robot, and Paramount Pictures have launched what Kympton called “a pretty groundbreaking alignment between a blockbuster movie and a cause.” That cause is the St. Louis-based nonprofit, which provides support services…

Bryan Cave LLP was paid $30,000 in April in legal fees from bankrupt Patriot Coal Corp., part of $98,000 the firm has received from the company since Patriot filed for bankruptcy in July, according to a regulatory filing today by the coal company. St. Louis-based Bryan Cave, the area’s second-largest law firm ranked by its 253 local licensed attorneys, is Patriot’s restructuring and corporate counsel. Bryan Cave reported 2012 revenue of $624 million, up 11.9 percent from 2011. Patriot paid…

As hospitals move into a new era of health care in which they are reimbursed for quality as opposed to the quantity, analysts like those at Moody’s Investors Service say demonstrating patient value — instead of patient volumes — will be more important for nonprofit hospitals moving forward. That’s a historic shift for hospitals, Moody’s reports, and it will likely influence credit ratings. And there is a lot at stake for hospitals in the St. Louis market, which is more than $20 billion…

Unlike the glitz and glam of events you might find in Hollywood that honor the latest and greatest in fashion or movies, last night’s St. Louis Business Journal event put the best financial stewards the area has to offer in the spotlight. More than 150 people came out to Windows on Washington to honor the Business Journal’s 2013 CFO Award winners. Henk Derksen of Belden Inc., David Levinson of CrowdSource, Kenneth Venuto of St. Anthony’s Medical Center and Cheryl Darr of The Magic House took…

The Board of Public Service accepted a $6.3 million bid from TRI-Co. Inc. Commercial this week for renovation work on the new St. Louis Metropolitan Police headquarters. The project includes interior renovations and rehabilitation of all four floors inside the 143,000-square-foot building at 1915 Olive St., Maggie Crane, press secretary to Mayor Francis Slay told the Business Journal in an email. The building formerly housed offices for A.G. Edwards. The brokerage was bought in 2007 by Wachovia,…