STL: Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Events 📆
- Where can you go apple picking in the St. Louis area this fall? – FOX 2
- SUE: The T. rex Experience – Events from July 5 – September 10 – Explore St. Louis
- Excitement and Community Spirit Shine at East Alton Soap Box Derby – RiverBender
- Mississippi Earthtones Festival to Highlight Interactive Art and Environmentalism – RiverBender
BuySTL 👜
- Urban Chestnut Brewing Company filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy – FOX 2
- Big Lots bankruptcy: The roughly 300 stores already set to close in the US – FOX 2
- Blues acquire full ownership of Stifel Theatre – St. Louis Business Journal
- Blues ownership group acquires full control of Stifel Theatre – FOX 2
- St. Louis Blues hockey buys full ownership of Stifel Theatre – KSDK
- Mission Taco to rebrand its name to Session Taco – FOX 2
- ‘Social darts’ concept to open in early 2025 in Clayton – KSDK
Restaurants 🍲
- New to Delmar Loop: Brasas, a Peruvian rotisserie restaurant – The Delmar Loop
- Local taco chain to change name after trademark dispute – KSDK
- New food vendors coming to Enterprise Center – KSDK
- Nick Wegman settles in as sous chef at the newly launched Expat – feastmagazine.com
- La Pizza expanding to St. Charles – St. Louis Magazine
STLfood ⚜️
- The flavor of the Philippines takes root in St. Louis – feastmagazine.com
Neighborhoods 🏡
- New businesses and new life coming to CWE block ravaged by fire – St. Louis Magazine
- Quarterly Neighborhood Meeting – September 9, 2024 – Lindenwood Park
- St Louis Hills SBD Safety & Security Committee Meeting via ZOOM – Events and meetings from the City of St. Louis, MO
- This mural on St. Louis’ near North Side is a sign of what’s coming – St. Louis Magazine
- Upcoming Events in Florissant – flovalleynews.com
- WPLNA MEETING ON TUES. 9/10/24 at 7:00 – West Pine Laclede Neighborhood Association
99MO 😱
- Three Missouri hunters charged with poaching elk, left to rot – FOX 2
- Cantaloupe sold in Missouri, four other states recalled: FDA – FOX 2
Police 🚓
- Backstoppers 9-Pin Bowling Fundraiser to Benefit Local First Responders – RiverBender
- Officer at center of Bar:PM case leaves St. Louis police department – St. Louis Magazine
- Fifth Circuit Rejects Dog-Killing Cop’s Pleas For Qualified Immunity – Techdirt
CityGov 🏛
- Growing pension liabilities threaten St. Louis Public Schools’ financial future – KSDK
- Mayor Jones Administration Releases ARPA Annual Evaluation Report – City of St. Louis – News
LocalGov 🏛
- Maryland Heights gets new management for Centene Community Ice Center – FOX 2
- MetroLink introduces new security procedures in Metro East – KSDK
- MetroLink to implement new security gates across systems – FOX 2
- New security measures at MetroLink to deter fare evasion – FOX 2
MoGov 🏛
- Missouri auditor declines charter school audit request – FOX 2
- Missouri secretary of state ‘decertifies’ Amendment 3 petition, one day before supreme court ruling – FOX 2
- Appeal to keep Missouri abortion amendment on ballot will be heard by state’s Supreme Court – KSDK
- Fate of Missouri abortion-rights amendment in hands of state Supreme Court – Missouri Independent
- Missouri abortion-rights amendment could be axed from the ballot after ruling – KSDK
- Jay Ashcroft seeks to pull abortion amendment off Missouri ballot weeks after approving it – Missouri Independent
- 25 fundraisers in three days: Veto session offers Missouri lawmakers a chance to raise money – Missouri Independent
History 🦕
- Where did Missouri get its name from? – FOX 2
Sustainability ♻️
- These Household Brands Want to Redefine What Counts as “Recyclable” – ProPublica
- The Great Pacific Garbage Patch could be gone in ten years – for chump change – The Register
Infrastructure 🚽
- Gov. Pritzker Announces $25.3 Million Investment In Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure – RiverBender
- Over 180 electric vehicle charging ports to be built along Illinois interstates – FOX 2
- St. Louis Region’s Pipeline of Rail-Accessible Industrial Sites Continues to Expand – RiverBender
- Every Type of Bridge Explained in 15 Minutes – Laughing Squid
Ecology 🦤
- TIL that bananas emit antimatter (because they are slightly radioactive)…. – kottke.org
DIY 🪓
- Take Your First Steps with Git – The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
Captain’s Blog 🏴☠️
- Wild one-star Google reviews of the Gateway Arch – FOX 2