⏳ STLduJour(nal) – MMXXIV:251-AM

STL: Saturday, September 7, 2024

Events 📆

• Alton Expo Kicks Off the Weekend at the Amphitheater – RiverBender
• Alton Expo, City Heat LIVE, FLOCK Movie Nights, and More: Your Weekend Go-Guide – RiverBender
• Mississippi Earthtones Festival Returns With New Attractions To Alton Amphitheater On 9/21 – RiverBender
• Missouri History Museum Kicks Off Free Concert Series in September – RiverBender
• Public memorial for Ted Drewes Jr. scheduled for Sept. 14 – KSDK
• Public memorial service planned Sept. 14 in memory of Ted Drewes Jr. – FOX 2
• Schlafly Art Outside Festival showcases local art and live music in Maplewood – St. Louis Magazine
• Saint Louis Art Fair returns, welcomes artists with wonderful weather – FOX 2
• The best food and drink events in St. Louis: Sept. 6-8 – feastmagazine.com
• Top 5 things to do in St. Louis this weekend: September 6–8 – St. Louis Magazine

BuySTL 👜

• 3rdSpace provides artists and creatives with a place of their own – St. Louis Magazine
• New music venue to open Friday – St. Louis Business Journal
• Coco+Oak Announces New Location, Major Moving Sale This Weekend – RiverBender
• Soulard game bar to move next year, new café coming – stltoday.com
• Old Bakery Beer Co. announces new fall menu and Oktoberfest plans – feastmagazine.com
• Waldbart for all your Fall Home & Garden needs – flovalleynews.com
• Dog bar, Bar K faces lawsuit for $298K in unpaid rent – FOX 2
• St. Louis developer Green Street seeks to evict dog bar – KSDK
• Urban Chestnut Brewing Company files for Chapter 11 – St. Louis Magazine
• St. Louis brewer Urban Chestnut says it will file for bankruptcy – stltoday.com
• St. Louis brewery to file for bankruptcy – KSDK
• St. Louis company says months-long USPS delays are bad for business – FOX 2
• Flooring retailer shutting down, closing all stores, including 4 in St. Louis area – KSDK

Restaurants 🍲

• Crusoe’s Legacy now open in the Bevo neighborhood – St. Louis Magazine
• Treasures Bar & Grill now open in the Central West End – St. Louis Magazine
• Italian restaurant to close after nearly 40 years in St. Louis – KSDK

STLfood ⚜️

• Pizza party: A deep dive into pizza styles around St. Louis – feastmagazine.com
• Top food and drink events this month in St. Louis – St. Louis Magazine
• What’s fresh at St. Louis-area farmers markets this week – feastmagazine.com

Neighborhoods 🏡

• Meeting Reminder: next WPLNA Neighborhood Meeting – West Pine Laclede Neighborhood Association
• Edwardsville Habitat for Humanity Celebrates 10th Home Milestone – RiverBender
• Heart Attacks During Pickleball Prompt Godfrey Board Discussion – RiverBender
• Historic Old Town Florissant was the new host venue for the final day of The Gateway Cup, Sept. 2 – flovalleynews.com
• The Container House hits the market – St. Louis Magazine

STL99 😱

• ‘Keep this crap in your neighborhood’: Still 630 Distillery’s mural tagged by vandals – KSDK
• Granite City Mail Carrier Admits to Stealing from USPS Collection Box – RiverBender
• Unpaid bills leave residents of Florissant apartment complex without water for days – FOX 2
• APA Adoption Center Urgently Seeks Public Help as  Cat Hoarding Rescue Continues – APA Adoption Center

Pox Populi™ 🦠

• CDC confirms Missouri’s first human case of bird flu – KSDK
• Health officials confirm first human case of H5 bird flu in Missouri – FOX 2

CityGov 🏛

• Automated Camera Enforcement System RFP Selection Committee Meeting – Events and meetings from the City of St. Louis, MO
• New Data Show St. Louis City Continues To See Decrease in Homicides and Other Crime – City of St. Louis – News
• St. Louis politician’s relatives are in line for big grants. City won’t release the records. – stltoday.com
• Montgomery defeats Betts in Democratic primary for sheriff, recount confirms – KSDK

LocalGov 🏛

• In win for Boeing, appeals court sides with city of St. Louis in Lambert fight – KSDK

MoGov 🏛

• Missouri House committee to investigate child care payment delays – KSDK
• Missouri regulators visit nearly 50 stores to inspect for intoxicating hemp edibles – Missouri Independent
• Sports betting on Missouri ballot awaits judge decision – FOX 2
• Voter records put under microscope in Missouri sports betting amendment trial – Missouri Independent

FedGov 🏛

• Biden may block U.S. Steel sale to Nippon Steel. Questions remain for Granite City plant. – stltoday.com
• Despite opt-outs by GOP states, debut of kids’ summer food program seen as a success – Missouri Independent
• Where’s the latest farm bill? Follow the proposed spending for clues – Missouri Independent

History 🦕

• Journeying into St. Louis’s African American Heritage – History Happens Here
• Making a Grand Entrance: The Missouri History Museum’s North Lawn – History Happens Here
• Maplewood History: A Couple of Surprising Discoveries About the Scheidt Hardware Building – 40 South News
• The true Missouri story behind HBO’s ‘Chimp Crazy’ documentary – KSDK
• This Day in History on September 6: The First Continental Congress Meets – RiverBender

Sustainability ♻️

• Growth in artificial intelligence puts pressure on Missouri energy generation – Missouri Independent
• Tyson Foods annual sales have doubled in the past two decades – Missouri Independent

Infrastructure 🚽

• Chicago-St. Louis Passenger Rail Improvements Compete For America’s Top Project – RiverBender

Ecology 🦤

• 650 dead fish washed up on a Kirkwood lake’s shores in a single weekend. Here’s why – KSDK
• Decades-long hunt ends with Missouri man securing new fishing state record – KSDK
• St. Louis County is reporting more bats in houses – KSDK

Captain’s Blog 🏴‍☠️

• Where to Do Everything in Mark Twain National Forest – Terrain Magazine