Bankruptcy

KDHX 88.1 FM has officially ceased operations, ahead of the takeover of the broadcast signal by Gateway Community Broadcasting. Leaders said an online-only version of the former KDHX will launch by 2027, but former DJs said they’ll launch their own online station soon.

Gateway Creative Media, an Evangelical Christian nonprofit that operates JOY FM 99.1 and BOOST Radio in St. Louis, will make an HD radio frequency available to KDHX.

The company is seeking approval for $11 million in financing to help with liquidity as it moves through the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process.

KDHX filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in court Monday, after years of financial uncertainty and community pressure on its leaders.

Dana Howard, a state champion at East St. Louis High School and an All-American linebacker at the University of Illinois before being drafted by the Dallas Cowboys and playing for the St. Louis Rams, was named in the indictment along with two others.

The sports broadcast group that carried the Cardinals under the Bally brand made the announcement Wednesday during a bankruptcy court hearing.

Two Georgia poll workers are suing the owners of the St. Louis-based right-wing conspiracy website, saying they received death threats after the site levied false accusations of ballot fraud against them.

The conspiracy website faces defamation lawsuits in Missouri and Colorado that are on hold because it filed for bankruptcy.

St. Louis-based pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt on Monday filed for bankruptcy after years of lawsuits alleging the drug company shared blame for the opioid epidemic. State, local and tribal governments have sued Mallinckrodt and other opioid manufacturers, saying the companies pushed the painkillers to patients despite knowing how addictive and dangerous they were.

The distressed St. Alexius Hospital in south St. Louis could emerge from bankruptcy under new leadership. Last week, hospital owner Americore named…