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