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Bullets flew through windows, hit parked cars, and left neighbors shaken after gunfire erupted late Tuesday outside the Little Fox restaurant.

"So when the bricks get hot, it's like a pizza oven," he added.

“I’m hopeful a year from now there will be major progress,” Mayor David Goins said. “When it’s all said and done this will be the safest place in the park.”

From St. Louis Business Journal: When 1,350 motorcyclists converged in St. Charles last year for a Harley-Davidson rally, some had a long ride back to their hotel room. Since hotels in St. Charles were completely booked up during the event, some snagged rooms as far as Warrenton, nearly 40 miles away. It’s a story St. […]

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A coalition of immigrant service providers has issued a call for persons wanting to help with an immigration issues rapid response line. The service aims to connect individuals dealing with ICE with legal resources, provide real-time support, and document potential immigration enforcement actions. The coalition of immigrant service providers, attorneys and organizers have created the […]

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From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: When a deadly tornado hit St. Louis last month, it left an unprecedented amount of debris in its wake. The wreckage of destroyed homes spilled onto the streets. Uprooted trees blocked roads. Pieces of torn roofs blew off and landed blocks away. In the five weeks since, city crews and contractors […]

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The Missouri Athletic Club is expanding its reach in the St. Louis region with plans to open a new branch in Downtown Clayton later this year.

From St. Louis Magazine: If a tree falls outside a forest, does anyone care if it’s found? A longstanding North City business is proving that the answer is decidedly yes, as it turns trees felled by last month’s tornado into furniture-ready wood. For the past 21 years, Lumber Logs has carved out a niche by […]

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A new art attraction is nearing completion in Collinsville, Illinois, as artist Kenzie Wolk works to finish a Route 66 mural.

From ESG Dive: Companies canceled $1.4 billion in new clean energy factories and projects in May, as Congressional Republicans work through a reconciliation bill expected to dramatically pare back clean energy tax incentives, according to a report released Monday by clean energy nonprofits E2 and the Clean Economy Tracker. Nearly $15.5 billion in new factories […]

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From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: As President Donald Trump sends mixed messages about immigration enforcement, ordering new raids on farms and hotels just days after saying he wouldn’t target those industries, he has hardly mentioned the industry that employs the most immigrant laborers: construction. Nevertheless, the Trump administration is going after construction workers without legal status […]

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St. Louis city leaders are cautioning residents about fireworks.

From Mid Rivers Newsmagazine: Wentzville Rotary has partnered with St. Charles County’s Habitat for Humanity to help build the nonprofit’s 100th home in the Wentzville area. The house is a part of Habitat for Humanity’s Haven Pointe project, a 46-home community of townhouses that began construction last year. The site of the new community is […]

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A Maryland Heights man accused of child molestation missed another court date Thursday after being picked up by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

From St. Louis Business Journal: The nonprofit conservancy for the Gateway Arch National Park envisions the park grounds one day expanding to Illinois, its leader said this week. An expansion into Illinois would likely be years, if not decades, away, but creating a bi-state park is a pursuit of Gateway Arch Park Foundation, said Executive […]

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Technicolor Dreams, the newest immersive popup by Hidden Gems, runs Thursday through Saturday from May 22 through June 28. The disco dive bar’s back room has been transformed into a […]

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From St. Louis Business Journal: A $32.4 million renovation is planned for the former Liggett & Myers Tobacco building in St. Louis’ Botanical Heights neighborhood. The project would transform the 105,000-square-foot vacant warehouse building into 73 apartments and 14 artist studios, according to city documents. The city’s urban renewal board, the Land Clearance for Redevelopment […]

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More than a month after the May 16 tornado struck parts of the St. Louis region, two more FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers are opening in the city to help tornado victims for those affected.