STL: Thursday, September 19, 2024
Events 📆
- Thursday Night Blues Jam – Events and meetings from the City of St. Louis, MO
- Grovefest – Events and meetings from the City of St. Louis, MO
- Mississippi Earthtones Festival Returns To Alton Amphitheater On Sept. 21 – RiverBender
- Taste of Black St. Louis gets first major sponsor in the events fifth year – KSDK
- Celebrate Monarchs & Milkweed at Riverlands: A National Public Lands Day Volunteering Event – RiverBender
- Mark your calendars for these fall fairs and festivals – St. Louis Magazine
- A guide to fall family fun in St. Louis – St. Louis Magazine
- Where can you walk through a corn maze in the St. Louis area this fall? – FOX 2
BuySTL 👜
- Beloved Alton Business Owner, Jimmie Johnson of Johnson’s Corner, Dies, Community Mourns – RiverBender
- Katie’s Pizza and Pasta Osteria poised for growth in St. Louis and beyond – St. Louis Magazine
- Downtown business expands, sets new age restriction – KSDK
- Edwardsville Amazon warehouse reopens 3 years after tornado tragedy – KSDK
- Unique underground bunker in St. Louis County listed for lease – FOX 2
- Boeing details cost-cutting measures tied to ongoing strike – KSDK
- Boeing to furlough workers this week amid strike, including in St. Louis area – stltoday.com
- Lambert Airport ranks among lowest ‘large airports’ in customer satisfaction – FOX 2
- St. Louis Lambert International Airport again logs low score in annual satisfaction survey – stltoday.com
Restaurants 🍲
- Owners of three Morgan Ford Road restaurants closing their doors – FOX 2
- St. Louis Irish pub, restaurant under new ownership – KSDK
- Three affiliated restaurants closing in Tower Grove South – St. Louis Magazine
- 3 south St. Louis restaurants will shutter this weekend – KSDK
- Dave & Buster’s set to reopen with new games, layout – FOX 2
- Dewey’s Pizza eyes eighth St. Louis location – stltoday.com
STLfood ⚜️
- Hampton Village Schnucks recalling ground sausage, bratwursts that may contain plastic – KSDK
- Schnucks Hampton Village recalls sausage, bratwurst for possible plastic – FOX 2
- What’s fresh at St. Louis-area farmers markets this week – feastmagazine.com
- 10 St. Louis pumpkin patches to visit this fall – St. Louis Magazine
Neighborhoods 🏡
- Benton Park neighbors target slumlord’s nuisance property – St. Louis Magazine
- Cherokee CID Public Meeting – Events and meetings from the City of St. Louis, MO
- CWE Business Community Improvement District Meeting – Events and meetings from the City of St. Louis, MO
- CWE Southeast SBD Board Meeting – Events and meetings from the City of St. Louis, MO
- Reminder – TGS Neighborhood Association Meeting Tomorrow! – Tower Grove South Neighborhood Association–Active Members Archive Feed
- South Grand’s new brand emphasizes that “eclectic is electric” – St. Louis Magazine
- St Louis Hills SBD Board Meeting – Events and meetings from the City of St. Louis, MO
- St. Louis alderwoman appalled by tire dumping emergency – FOX 2
- Historic 1904 Jefferson Arms hotel could dazzle again in Downtown West – St. Louis Magazine
STL99 😱
- Online threats prompt lockdowns at multiple school districts – FOX 2
Police 🚓
- Officer accused of pulling women over, taking their phones and copying nude photos – KSDK
- Police chief shares concern over traffic tickets regarding new Missouri law – FOX 2
- Police cut ties with 1st Phorm after founder’s rant against female cops – FOX 2
- ‘We do not agree’: 1st Phorm CEO says he’s ‘saddened’ by brother’s comments on female police officers – KSDK
CityGov 🏛
- BWorks pulls out of St. Louis city contracts over rec center frustrations – St. Louis Magazine
- Demolition of the Workhouse will begin by end of year; city seeking ideas for memorial project – KSDK
- Mayor Jones Announces Upcoming Demolition of The Workhouse, Asks for Community Involvement in Designing Memorial – City of St. Louis – News
- St. Louis Lambert International Airport Request for Proposals: West Carrollton Development Area – City of St. Louis
- St. Louis is sending pandemic cash to businesses. Some are in vacant, boarded-up buildings – stltoday.com
- St. Louis mayor announces demolition plans for old Workhouse jail – stltoday.com
- St. Louis plans to demolish abandoned Workhouse jail by year’s end – FOX 2
- BB 98 – St. Louis Integrated Health Network Award – Board Bills
- BB 99 – Sale of St. Louis Airport Property – Board Bills
- BB 100 – Air Service Incentive Program – Board Bills
- BB 101 – Air Service Incentive Program for Fiscal Year 2025 through Fiscal Year 2027 – Board Bills
- BB 102 – The Downtown North Stl Community Improvement District – Board Bills
- BB 103 – Eliminate Certain Regulations for Barbershops – Board Bills
- BB 104 – Utility Coordination Policy – Board Bills
LocalGov 🏛
- Fury over parkway halts project, citizens question continued tax – FOX 2
- Jefferson County Council awards $500,000 to De Soto for Amtrak station – KSDK
- Jefferson County to increase security at parks after recent vandalism – KSDK
- KIPP St. Louis leader to step down – St. Louis Business Journal
MoGov 🏛
- ‘Hemp sales are back on’: Missouri regulators pare down ban on intoxicating hemp products – Missouri Independent
- Catholic churches in Missouri named in federal civil lawsuit – FOX 2
- Hawley and Kunce speak on future debate with FOX 2 – FOX 2
- How Jay Ashcroft politicized the Missouri secretary of state’s office – Missouri Independent
- Josh Hawley, Lucas Kunce agree to Missouri Senate debate just days before election – Missouri Independent
- Lame-duck Missouri governor still raising campaign cash with the help of lobbyist – Missouri Independent
- Missouri initiative campaigns launch TV spending after surviving court challenges – Missouri Independent
- Missouri tax revenues declining in first months of fiscal year, raising concerns – Missouri Independent
- Republican candidates lead Missouri races on November ballot: Poll – FOX 2
FedGov 🏛
- Advocates call for expanding free school meals at U.S. Senate hearing – Missouri Independent
- Federal Reserve cuts key interest rate for first time in more than four years – FOX 2
- In an Unprecedented Move, Ohio Is Funding the Construction of Private Religious Schools – ProPublica
- Red and blue states have big climate plans. The election could upend them – Missouri Independent
- Voters’ ‘moral flexibility’ helps them defend politicians’ misinformation – Missouri Independent
- Trump safe after what FBI describes as apparent assassination attempt – FOX 2
Jobs 📄
- Flight attendants of airline serving Lambert vote to authorize strike – St. Louis Business Journal
- Silver Dollar City teases enormous expansion – FOX 2
History 🦕
- Connections between Mill Creek Valley and Hop Alley – History Happens Here
- Smithsonian team is helping Black families in St. Louis uncover their past, keep history alive – KSDK
- The world’s wine was almost decimated by a small pest. Missouri saved the day – KSDK
DIY 🪓
- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Foraging But Were Afraid to Ask – Terrain Magazine
Captain’s Blog 🏴☠️
- Small earthquake reported north of St. Louis Thursday – FOX 2
- Jack White announces new signature collection with Fender – 105.7 The Point