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It sounds ominous because it is. A major national publication has announced that they believe St. Louis, Missouri is spiraling down a 'doom loop' and there's no escape in sight. It may mean the St. Louis many of us has grown up with will soon be no more.

It's not easy keeping a brick-and-mortar business afloat. Just ask Best Buy who just announced they will be shuttering up to 15 more stores and I can confirm that one location in Missouri has already shut its doors forever.

Well, this was unexpected by many. What began as a purchase of one big bargain retailer by another has resulted in 1,000 Family Dollar stores closing. The question now is if and/or how many Missouri and Illinois locations will be affected.

If an Illinois grocery store chain has its way, Walmart will no longer be the biggest provider of groceries in America. They've announced an enormous expansion which will include over 800 new stores including reportedly many in Missouri and Illinois.

There is a report from a national finance site that a major craft chain with 35 stores in Illinois may have filed bankruptcy.

A massive merger of grocery store chains that included many locations in Illinois is now on immediate hold thanks to concern from government regulators.

Many companies are going through a bit of upheaval and Walgreens is definitely among them. They just announced a rash of layoffs including many store locations being closed and there's already one confirmed to shut their doors in Illinois.

A popular drug store chain had announced that many locations would close beginning in late 2022 and early into 2023. One of those locations on the list was a historic corner drug store in Missouri, but then something happened.

The Show Me State of Missouri is home to many large companies, but of all the companies that call Missouri home, which one makes the most in profit?

We had some fun recently trying to remember former stores that were once in the Quincy Mall. Since I'm from Hannibal, I started trying to do the same thing with former businesses in America's Hometown. Remember any of these?