STL: Friday, August 16, 2024
Good Morning. It’s Friday.
Events 📆
- The best food and drink events in St. Louis: August 16-18 – feastmagazine.com
BuySTL 👜
- St. Louis autonomous railcar startup Intramotev raises $14M – St. Louis Business Journal
- World-Class Data Center coming to the City of St. Louis – St. Louis Economic Development Partnership
- Six Flags Great America to open new record-breaking dive coaster Wrath of Rakshasa in 2025 – FOX 2
Restaurants 🍲
- Meet the new owners of Spencer’s Grill in Kirkwood – St. Louis Magazine
- Porano opens in Des Peres with fast-casual Italian favorites – feastmagazine.com
- JARS by Fabio Viviani now open in Ladue – St. Louis Magazine
STLfood ⚜️
- The best sandwiches in St. Louis – St. Louis Magazine
- Recall for candy sold at Walmart, Target upgraded to highest risk level – FOX 2
Neighborhoods 🏡
- Stakeholders Share Plans for Alton, Introduce New Businesses at "What’s Up Downtown" – RiverBender
- Rock the Hops Prompts Conversation About Alton’s Music and Arts Scene – RiverBender
Pox Populi™ 🦠
- 88-year-old Missouri victim in Boar’s Head deli meat outbreak underscores risks for those most vulnerable – FOX 2
Police 🚓
- Ferguson community continues to come together for police officer injured during protest – KSDK
CityGov 🏛
- 3 St. Louis aldermen sign letter calling for Civilian Oversight Board member to resign after protest arrest – KSDK
- Everything St. Louis Public Schools families need to know before the 1st day of class – KSDK
- ‘We’re ready to go’: Metro Transit prepares to transport SLPS high school students on Metro buses – KSDK
LocalGov 🏛
- Arnold wants to seize homes, businesses for new road. Residents, owners angry. – stltoday.com
- Updated Clark Bridge Lighting Schedule Gets Final Approval – RiverBender
MoGov 🏛
- ‘Missourians deserve better’: Top utility regulator killed service shutoff bill, newly released emails show – KSDK
- Mike Kehoe, Crystal Quade agree to Missouri gubernatorial debate on policy – Missouri Independent
FedGov 🏛
- Vance agrees to Oct. 1 debate with Walz – FOX 2
- Walz agrees to Oct. 1 vice presidential debate on CBS – Missouri Independent
Jobs 📄
- St. Louis adds 27K jobs in a year, but sees month-to-month dip – St. Louis Business Journal
- Bass Pro implements more layoffs in Lebanon and Bolivar – FOX 2
History 🦕
- Historic St. Louis warehouse revived as modern apartment complex – FOX 2
Sustainability ♻️
- Nanoplastics are plaguing the world’s waterways. Mizzou research just found a way to eliminate 98% of them – KSDK
Infrastructure 🚽
- Gas leak in Kirkwood shuts down traffic on Big Bend Road – FOX 2
- Foul odor in Wood River, nearby Illinois communities under investigation – FOX 2
Ecology 🦤
- Conservation Officer Confirms Bobcat Sighting in Belleville Subdivision – RiverBender
