2023-235-AM
It’s hot in heeere.
Time for a mid-week news dump.
I hope everyone is staying cool.
STL: Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Events 📆
- Dogs Can Ride the St. Louis Wheel for Free This Thursday - RFT
- All things Polish Festival in Florissant Saturday, August 26 - flovalleynews.com
- Everything you need to know about this weekend’s Festival of Nations - St. Louis Magazine
- Evolution Festival debuts in Forest Park this weekend - St. Louis Magazine
- Stumble Down Morgan Ford Saturday on the Ultimate South City Bar Crawl - RFT
- MOONLIGHT RAMBLE back this Friday night - flovalleynews.com
- A guide to the 2023 Moonlight Ramble - St. Louis Magazine
- 28th Annual Soap Box “Race Of Fun” Coming Up From East Alton Parks & Rec - RiverBender
- Alton Marina to Host Pirate-Themed 27th Anniversary Party - RiverBender
- Skyview Drive-In Hosts Icon-a-Thon Film Festival This Weekend - RFT
- Litchfield Skyview Drive-In Will Throw “Barbie Party” Next Weekend - RiverBender
BuySTL 👜
- High-profile startup Wugen, with more than $200M in VC funding, begins clinical trial on cancer-fighting drug - St. Louis Business Journal
- St. Louis to consider allowing cannabis lounges - KSDK
- Developer says it’s still pursuing $300M AT&T tower project in downtown St. Louis - KSDK
- “We’re Outside” Owner Literally Built Restaurant from Ground Up - RiverBender
Restaurants 🍲
- Gregg’s Bar and Grill Has Closed After 48 Years in North St. Louis - RFT
- Cheeburger Cheeburger to Close in Des Peres - RFT
- Ari’s Ice Cream Parlor & Café ‘unique and special’ - stlamerican.com
- McArthur’s Bakery adds Pioneer Café, The Scoop to Mehlville location - KSDK
- Kimchi Guys and Drunken Fish make their debuts in Edwardsville, Illinois - feastmagazine.com
- Sugaree Baking Company to reopen under owners of Dogtown’s Sweet Em’s - feastmagazine.com
Neighborhoods 🏡
- Nonprofit pays $860K to boost police patrols in downtown St. Louis - stltoday.com
- St. Louis police officers get boost in overtime pay for patrolling downtown - KSDK
- Nonprofit spends $860K to increase police patrols in downtown St. Louis - FOX 2
- Former Downtown St. Louis YMCA transformed into an exquisite art hotel - FOX 2
DIY 🪓
Recipes 📇
- Hedge apples: Can we eat them? - FOX 2
Sustainability ♻️
- State climatologist: Heat causing high evaporation rates, no rainfall to place it - FOX 2
- Amtrak adding new stop in De Soto, Missouri - FOX 2
- Illinois launches $20M grocery initiative to help underserved communities - FOX 2
- How 2 communities, separated by an ocean, are working together to manage trash better - Grist
Nature 🦝
- Drunk raccoons ransacking German homes - Boing Boing
- Octopus’ Complex Cells Are Key to Their High Intelligence - ACM
STL99 😱
- St. Louis-area school districts work on moving away from traditional standardized tests - KSDK
- ‘Gun violence is a plague’: St. Louis mayor says 7-year-old killed in accidental shooting was her cousin - KSDK
- Loop Trolley service temporarily suspended Aug. 20 due to expected extreme heat, humidity - KSDK
- You Paid For It: City-owned tree sparks fear and action in south St. Louis - FOX 2
STL100 💯
- Becky ‘Queen of Carpet’ estate sale this weekend benefits Dress For Success - KSDK
99MO 😱
- Innovation or risk? Missouri’s top education leader questions value of four-day school weeks - FOX 2
100MO 💯
Crime 🗯
- SLMPD Daily Crime Report SLMPD
- How St. Louis City Justice Center Hostage Situation Began — and Ended - RFT
- St. Louis police won’t respond in person to car break-ins - FOX 2
DotGov 🏛
- ‘You’re an ***hole, police chief’: Kansas newspaper owner defiant in video of home invasion - Missouri Independent
- As ranked choice voting gains momentum, parties in power push back - Missouri Independent
CityGov 🏛
- Board of Aldermen Announces First Steps in the Public Engagement Process for Use of Rams Settlement - City of St. Louis - News
- St. Louis aims to ban AR-15s, AK-47s, mayor says - stltoday.com
- $2M for marketing? St. Louis agency must do more than draw investment, chief says - stltoday.com
- Hearings regarding the approval of a Liquor/Beer Application, including outside seating - Events and meetings from the City of St. Louis, MO
- Board of Aldermen Special Committee on Reducing Red Tape - City of St. Louis, MO
LocalGov 🏛
- Back to school 2023: What’s new at St. Louis Public Schools? - KSDK
- Officials shove, police intervene. Jennings council moves to bring back departed employees. - stltoday.com
- Jennings city attorney says he resigned because of mayor - stltoday.com
- Timeline: The political turmoil that led to mass resignation of Jennings’ officials - KSDK
- Residents, city leaders take part in chaotic emergency meeting in Jennings City Hall - KSDK
- ‘I will not tolerate such discrepancies’: Jennings mayor addresses employee terminations - KSDK
- Pine Lawn residents cry foul, call code enforcement actions a ‘money grab’ - FOX 2
MoGov 🏛
- Missouri Is Getting Another Area Code - RFT
- Enforcement unclear as Missouri approaches transgender athlete restrictions - Missouri Independent
- ‘It’s a dynamic shift’ | Missouri auditor says St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office now complying with review that began 2 years ago - KSDK
FedGov 🏛
Covid19 Info 🦠
- City of St. Louis offers COVID-19 vaccines at annual food truck festival - FOX 2
STLhelp ☎️
- Operation Food Search providing after school meals at St. Louis County libraries - FOX 2
Jobs 📄
- SLATE Announces a Hiring Fair for Job Seekers Looking for Transportation and Logistics Career Opportunities - City of St. Louis - News
- SLATE’s Find a Job Friday Series - City of St. Louis, MO
- Computer Operator II - Jobs
- Intake Specialist - APA Adoption Center
History 🦕
- How 7-Up was born: A St. Louis story of innovation and persistence - stltoday.com
- A look back at the rides that made Six Flags St. Louis - FOX 2
Captain’s Blog 🏴☠️
- Space junk targeted for cleanup mission was hit by different space junk, making more space junk - The Register
- Chaos and Camping - Hackaday
- “Tesla of campers” officially cuts the cord on the American RV trip - New Atlas
- New hybrid rooftop tent blows up into multi-story camping complex - New Atlas
- Little Ionic Thruster Blows Out Candles With Ease - Hackaday
- Computer graphics pioneer John Warnock dies at 82 - The Register
- Moscow makes a mess on the Moon as Luna 25 probe misses orbit, lands with a thud - The Register
- Internet Archive will remove publishers’ commercially-available titles from online lending program - Waxy.org
- Bow Down, Bitches: It’s Officially ‘Queen Bey Day’ in St. Louis - RFT
- Photos: Son Volt delights fans at Delmar Hall - St. Louis Magazine
- Son Volt Can Still Rock St. Louis — 28 Years Later - RFT