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The Mid-America Carpenters Union's Apprenticeship Program is holding its first graduation in over 20 years Friday.

Missouri’s public universities told state lawmakers Thursday that a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling ending affirmative action won’t affect their undergraduate admissions. The June 29 ruling decreed that colleges can’t consider race when deciding if to admit a student. Missouri’s Joint Committee on Education, led by last year’s chair Rep. Doug Richey, R-Excelsior Springs, held a discussion of this change and invited the state’s public universities to comment. Richey, who is running…

The 4th annual 'Tunnel to Towers Holes Fore Heroes' Golf Classic tees off Friday in Waterloo, Illinois.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he’s interested in expanding a federal program to compensate people who have gotten sick because of the country’s nuclear weapons development and testing programs. The Associated Press reported Biden told a crowd in New Mexico he was ”prepared to help in terms of making sure that those folks are taken care of.” The comment came a day after the president’s energy secretary stopped short of voicing support for the measure during a trip to St. Louis. An…

You can chow down while listening to music Saturday.

Those who staff the call centers say the work can be challenging and rewarding. The largest Illinois center is in Bloomington.

You can listen to the sounds of the blues at the Gateway Arch this weekend. The 'Blues at The Arch' Festival starts Friday night.

St. Louis County Parks and Recreation's 3rd annual 'Touch-A-Truck' event is Friday.

Get ready, Big 12 sports fans, for Kansas State vs. Utah and the University of Kansas vs. Arizona. The new Big 12 is coming in next year. In the aftermath of the PAC-12 crumbling — and losing four of its teams to the Big 12 — you might wonder why the schools migrated toward our […]

The post Big 12 conference realignment driven by same brutal economics as youth sports appeared first on Missouri Independent.

A wise mom whose children were all fully launched told me that the empty nest era doesn’t begin until your children are financially independent and living on their own.

The lawsuit says the government cannot compel financial professionals to make policy statements on political issues.

Weekly WTF?!: Sign Watch When: 9:30 a.m. on August 3 Where: The northwest corner of 13th and Pestalozzi, across from the Anheuser-Busch clydesdales

⏳ STLduJour(nal) - 2023-223-AM Edition JW Fri, 08/11/2023 - 11:55

STL: Friday, August 11, 2023

Captain D’s in the news again.

Events 📆

• 121st Missouri State Fair starting today in Sedalia - FOX 2
• Illinois State Fair Guide: Everything you need to know for the annual event - KSDK

BuySTL 👜

• The RFT Has a New Owner, and He’s Based in St. Louis - Riverfront Times
• KTVI celebrates 70th birthday as a TV station - FOX 2
• Bar K, dog-friendly bar-restaurant, makes acquisition deal that could lead to 100 new locations - The St. Louis Business Journal
• Save A Lot sells 18 St. Louis locations to independent partner - www.stltoday.com
• Boeing to pay $2.63M a year for 17-year lease at Lambert Airport for expansion project - FOX 2
• St. Louis public company hires chief transformation officer as it explores ‘strategic alternatives’ - The St. Louis Business Journal
• The Muny plans construction project - KSDK

Restaurants 🍲

• Lulu’s Local Eatery Closes Just Months After Reopening to Diners - Riverfront Times
• Catch King & I’s last days of service at its South Grand location and more this weekend - www.feastmagazine.com
• Vin de Set building for sale, following fire that closed 3 restaurants housed there - KSDK
• Top 5 Frozen Drinks in St. Louis, Chosen by Our Critic - Riverfront Times

Neighborhoods 🏡

• Holly Hills Special Business District (SBD) Board Meeting - City of St. Louis, MO

DIY 🪓

Recipes 📇

Sustainability ♻️

• ICL breaks ground on $400M battery materials plant in St. Louis - FOX 2
• Consumers seeing relief in some food prices as inflation continues to slow - Missouri Independent

Nature 🦝 STL99 😱

• 12-year-old accused in armed carjacking near St. Louis City Justice Center - FOX 2
• 12-year-old arrested after employee carjacked in front of St. Louis City Justice Center - KSDK

STL100 💯

• McTwist taco sales to help St. Louis skate park church rebuild after fire - FOX 2

99MO 😱

• Driver Mows Down Man in Downtown St. Louis in Road Rage Incident [VIDEO] - Riverfront Times

100MO 💯

• Sightings continue around ‘UFO Capital of Missouri’ - KSDK

Crime 🗯

• SLMPD Daily Crime Report SLMPD

DotGov 🏛

CityGov 🏛

• 16 St. Louis Sheriff’s Deputies Must Stand Down, Judge Orders - Riverfront Times
• St. Louis alderwoman calls for end to city-sponsored downtown youth events - KSDK

LocalGov 🏛

• Nine more Missouri school districts will have 4-day weeks this year. Here’s where - www.stltoday.com
• Bi-State board OKs new contracts with Metro Transit union - www.stltoday.com
• Wildwood, Missouri officials celebrating broadband expansion project today - FOX 2

MoGov 🏛

• Governor’s veto shows we can’t settle for piecemeal changes to Missouri expungement process - Missouri Independent

FedGov 🏛

Covid19 Info 🦠 STLhelp ☎️ Jobs 📄 History 🦕 Captain’s Blog 🏴‍☠️

• South St. Louis Captain D’s damaged in overnight fire - KSDK
• Overnight fire damages Captain D’s restaurant - FOX 2

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Artisans in The Loop is reopening Friday.

KidSmart is hosting its 'Big Backpack Build' giveaway Friday at Ballpark Village.

A leading trade organization is suing Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft over new rules targeting "woke investing."

St. Louis firefighters were busy overnight battling two vacant house fires.

WASHINGTON — One of the “most significant laws ever signed to help veterans” has already assisted over 340,000 former service members and their survivors seeking care for illnesses and cancers now presumed to be connected to open burn pits and other toxins, President Joe Biden said in Utah on Thursday as he marked one year since the […]

The post PACT Act in one year aided 340,000 ailing veterans and survivors, Biden says appeared first on Missouri Independent.

Police are investigating a break-in at a gas station early Friday morning in the Central West End.