If confirmed, the decision would represent a blow to Boeing operations in St. Louis, where the F/A-18 is assembled.

Typical residential customers in eastern Missouri are set to see their average monthly bills increase by about $14.52, according to Spire. 

The plan could flood the market with additional shares and dilute the stock, making it more expensive for a buyer to acquire a controlling stake. 

In St. Louis and across the nation, the Black Friday crowds thinned by the pandemic last year appeared set to stay that way this year.

"There's a lot of talk about the importance of a company being 'founder-led,'" Dorsey wrote. "Ultimately I believe that's severely limiting and a single point of failure."

'I could have sold twice as many as I had orders for,' said Jolene Benne, 69, who owns Benne's Best Meat, a farm in St. Charles.

Independent retailers told the Post-Dispatch they can make a third or more of their annual revenue between now and Christmas.

Homeowners say Precision Vehicle Holding's plan would disturb their neighborhood and sense of community owners have built over the past five decades. 

District collects more than $3 million per year from downtown property owners and is supposed to use that money to maintain a vibrant downtown.

Developer Mia Rose Holdings and Benton Homebuilders broke ground last month on the multi-phase project, near Highway N and Bryan Road.