STL: Friday, August 30, 2024
Events 📆
- Q in the Lou barbecue festival canceled – KSDK
- The best food and drink events in St. Louis: Aug. 30-Sept.1 – feastmagazine.com
- List: 2024 St. Louis Labor Day events and festivals – FOX 2
- The Gateway Cup returns to St. Louis this weekend – St. Louis Magazine
- Twilight Thursdays Fall Concert Series Returns to Missouri History Museum – RiverBender
- 10 corn mazes to visit near St. Louis – St. Louis Magazine
- 10 Fall Moments You Won’t Want to Miss at MHS – History Happens Here
BuySTL 👜
- Market favorite Farm Spirit opens today inside Blue Jay Brewing Co. in Midtown – feastmagazine.com
- Tea room opening in south St. Louis – KSDK
- ‘Do I say I’m done?’: Vendors struggling to break even as attendance lags at Busch Stadium – KSDK
- Deli meat contamination becomes largest listeria outbreak since 2011, CDC says – FOX 2
- Inside the Chesterfield Mall: Days before it closes for good – FOX 2
Restaurants 🍲
- Carl’s Deli – feastmagazine.com
- Instagram-based pizza-slinger Nicky Slices will open a pizzeria on The Hill – feastmagazine.com
- Restaurant opens, one closes in Maplewood: in the news – 40 South News
- St. Louis restaurant openings and closings: August 2024 – feastmagazine.com
- Seafood chain shutters 2 St. Louis-area locations – KSDK
- P.F. Chang’s introduces lettuce wrap-themed blanket – FOX 2
STLfood ⚜️
- What’s fresh at St. Louis-area farmers markets this week – feastmagazine.com
- Missouri’s top 3 nuts begin fruiting soon. Here’s how to harvest them – KSDK
- Beloved frozen custard magnate Ted Drewes Jr. dies at 96 – FOX 2
- Ted Drewes Jr. Dies at 96, Leaves St. Louis Custard Legacy – RiverBender
- Ted Drewes Jr., custard stand icon, dies at 96 – KSDK
- How an antique store find brought Ted Drewes’ history to life – St. Louis Magazine
Neighborhoods 🏡
- Roll Cart Trash Collection Schedule Adjusted to Accommodate Labor Day 2024 – City of St. Louis – News
- New statue appears on Cherokee Street, replacing one taken down in 2021 – FOX 2
- Dutchtown CID Board of Directors Meeting – Events and meetings from the City of St. Louis, MO
- Grove CID Public Service Committee Meeting – Events and meetings from the City of St. Louis, MO
STL100 💯
- Seven years after escaping a slaughterhouse, the St. Louis Six are still giving thanks and hugs – KSDK
STL99 😱
- Community radio station KDHX, associate members settle lawsuit – St. Louis Business Journal
Pox Populi™ 🦠
- First Illinois West Nile Virus Death of 2024 is Reported by IDPH in Lake County – RiverBender
- How St. Louis County tracks disease-carrying mosquitos – KSDK
- Illinois Veterans’ Homes Manage Increase in COVID-19 Cases – RiverBender
Police 🚓
- Officer Travis Brown’s family says he’s still in a coma, sedation is slowly being lifted by doctors – KSDK
CityGov 🏛
- Saint Louis Public Schools board considers hiring a part-time consultant – KSDK
- SLPS addresses budget, student commute challenges at board meeting – FOX 2
- St. Louis schools need more funding as Black students’ reading levels tank, NAACP says – KSDK
LocalGov 🏛
- Arnold Parkway Project comes to an end after controversy – FOX 2
- Edwardsville Township Continues Green Push, Installing Chargepoint Electric Vehicle Charger & Approving Solar Panels For Township Hall – RiverBender
- Judge reinstates Dennis Hancock to St. Louis County Council hours after another judge expelled him over nepotism hire – KSDK
- Rep. Kevin Schmidt Holds Second Annual Free Jobs Fair for the SIUE East St. Louis Campus and Area Residents – RiverBender
- St. Louis County Councilman reinstated after order to suspend him over nepotism claim – FOX 2
- St. Peters approves the sale and use of fireworks – FOX 2
- Task force prepares for billions in aviation investments – FOX 2
MoGov 🏛
- These new laws take effect in Missouri on Aug. 28 – KSDK
- New MO Laws – The Big 550 KTRS
- New Missouri law expands state auditor’s powers to dig into local governments – Missouri Independent
- Missouri’s Planned Parenthood files suit against the state for termination from Medicaid program, continues to serve patients – KSDK
- Drugmakers sue to block Missouri law on federal prescription discounts – St. Louis Business Journal
- Five new Missouri laws to know that become official Wednesday – FOX 2
- NAACP St. Louis adds Special School District to literacy crisis complaint – FOX 2
- Planned Parenthood challenges new Missouri law blocking Medicaid payments to its clinics – St. Louis Business Journal
FedGov 🏛
- EPA says they’re ‘one step closer’ to nuclear cleanup, resident frustration remains – FOX 2
- Where Kamala Harris stands on Big Ag is anybody’s guess – Missouri Independent
- U.S. Education Department outlines testing period for phased rollout of new FAFSA form – Missouri Independent
History 🦕
- ‘Big Boy,’ the 1.2 million-pound train, to stop in Missouri this fall – FOX 2
Sustainability ♻️
- Southern Illinois power plant may have violated federal law for over a decade, judge says – KSDK
Infrastructure 🚽
- Manhole covers blown off in north St. Louis, likely from underground explosions – FOX 2
- At least five explosions blow manhole covers in St. Louis industrial area, prompting facility evacuation – KSDK
- Chicago-St. Louis Passenger Rail Improvements Win America’s Transportation Award For Illinois – RiverBender
- Illinois 156 Lane Closures In St. Clair County – RiverBender
- Illinois 4 Lane closures in Madison County – RiverBender
Ecology 🦤
- Dead fish washing up at Creve Coeur Lake are an omen of things to come, conservationists say – KSDK
- Yes, deer collisions can cause car fires. Here’s how – KSDK
- ‘Injured’ bald eagle rescued, deemed to be ‘too fat to fly’ – FOX 2
Space 🚀
- St. Louis Regional Freightway and Aerospace and Aviation Leaders Launch New Task Force – [St. Louis Regional Freightway](https://w
Captain’s Blog 🏴☠️
- Giannoulias Opens Illinois State Flag Redesign Contest – RiverBender
