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Barbecue joint Salt + Smoke on Friday opened its newest location in West County.

As part of a new five-year strategic plan, the St. Louis Community Foundation said it will now prioritize grant-making using its discretionary funds in two areas – what it terms economic mobility and youth connections.

There are two major reasons that the U.S. doesn’t pass an internet-era privacy law or regulate data brokers despite a parade of dangerous scandals. One, lobbied by a vast web of interconnected industries with unlimited budgets, Congress is too corrupt to do its job. Two, the U.S. government is disincentivized to do anything because it exploits this […]

Anthony Jefferson, 32, was shot as he left a club shortly after midnight on Feb. 2.

Public life has become theater. Quiet competence gets you nowhere.

Newly obtained financial records show Northview was paying its owners' companies at least $1.5 million a year even as resident counts dipped and revenue fell.

There's an update on the financial situation of 'Northview Village Nursing Home.' It abruptly closed in December and left almost two hundred people with nowhere to go.

A committee of St. Louis aldermen is reviewing a plan Monday to fund the St. Louis Convention Center.

⏳ STLduJour(nal) - MMXXIV:64-AM JW Mon, 03/04/2024 - 06:26 Events 📆

• Cardinals 'Ballpark Pass' returns for 2024 season - FOX 2
• Cub Scouts rev up for the 71st Pinewood Derby at Worldwide Technology Raceway - FOX 2
• Cub Scouts test pinewood derby cars in NASCAR infield - FOX 2
• Silver Dollar City announces opening date for new Fire in the Hole - FOX 2
• SLU Hosts 2024 Scripps Spelling Bee regional event - FOX 2
• St. Louis City SC to sit out national soccer tournament, but not by choice - KSDK

BuySTL 👜

• Growing cookie chain expanding to St. Louis area, plans to open 7 stores - KSDK
• McGee Masonry helps rebuild St. Louis brick-by-brick - stlamerican.com
• Switchgrass Spirits is crafting a legacy with its Bottled-in-Bond distinction - FEAST
• How Excel Bottling Co. is sticking to tradition while leaning in to the future - FEAST
• Boeing Leadership Center campus in north St. Louis County for sale - FOX 2

Restaurants 🍲

• Chuck's Hot Chicken Serves Spicy Bird Fare in Former Courtesy Diner Location - RFT
• Garden Variety Deli opening just south of Tower Grove Park - St. Louis Magazine
• Flower Child Will Bring 'Good for You' Fast-Casual Food to Frontenac - RFT
• Salt + Smoke's massive new location opens today in Ellisville - FEAST
• Twisted Rolls Chimney Cake in Ballwin is a sweet success - St. Louis Magazine

STLfood ⚜️

• Get to know some of our favorite delis in St. Louis - FEAST
• Tapas restaurants are serving up small plates with big flavors all over St. Louis - FEAST
• Trashed wings is a St. Louis famous food you might not know about - FOX 2

Neighborhoods 🏡

• Public Meeting on March 18th - Soulard Community Improvement District
• Quarterly Neighborhood Meeting – March 4, 2024 - Lindenwood Park
• Tower Grove CDC Releases 2023 Annual Report!!! - "The Block" News - Tower Grove CDC

STL100 💯

• Table for Lou is helping North St. Louis youth expand their cooking skills - FEAST

STL99 😱

• St. Louis-area firefighters stay busy with brush fires, caution against burning - KSDK
• Troy country club catches fire Sunday afternoon - KSDK

99MO 😱

• New rules for cannabis product packaging causing delays in Missouri - stltoday.com
• 5 companies own 8,000 Kansas City area homes, creating intense competition for residents - Missouri Independent

WW99 😱

• Hundreds march in St. Louis to support people of Gaza - FOX 2
• Leaders push Girl Scouts for stance on Gaza, apology to former St. Louis troop - FOX 2
• St. Louis supporters help former Girl Scouts make more bracelets to aid kids in Gaza - stltoday.com

Pox Populi™ 🦠

• RSV cases slowing in St. Louis as fish fry season in full swing - FOX 2

Police 🚓

• Man charged in shooting of Independence officer, process server - FOX 2

DotGov 🏛 CityGov 🏛

• Aldermanic Bill on Police Surveillance Goes Beyond Mayor’s Order - RFT
• Board of Aldermen pushing for red-light cameras - FOX 2
• St. Louis leaders indicate hope for first responder green light system - FOX 2
• BB 228 - On-Airport Passenger Vehicle Rental Concession Agreements - Board Bills

LocalGov 🏛

• Regional board votes to OK north-south MetroLink expansion route - KSDK
• Granite City Puts Out Call for Firefighters and Police Officers - RiverBender

MoGov 🏛

• Apologizing for Missouri’s legislature is routine in Kansas City - Missouri Independent
• Bill Eigel vows mass jailing, removal of undocumented immigrants from Missouri - Missouri Independent
• Ethics panel to meet Monday in probe of Missouri’s embattled House speaker - stltoday.com
• GOP contenders vie for attention at Boone County Lincoln Days - Missouri Independent
• Gov. Parson did not contact victim's family before commuting Britt Reid: prosecutor - FOX 2
• Line hundreds of people long in St. Louis County blocks entrance to Missouri GOP caucus - KSDK
• McClellan: Missouri’s politicians aren’t dumb. They just act that way. - stltoday.com
• Missouri Bill Makes Teachers Sex Offenders If They Accept Trans Kids' Pronouns - RFT
• Missouri congressional race tilts away from St. Louis-area candidates - stltoday.com
• Missouri recreational pot sales beat Colorado, Illinois in first year, break $1.1 billion - stltoday.com
• Missourians react with dismay to Parson’s commuting DWI sentence of former Chiefs coach - stltoday.com
• MOHELA points finger at federal government in response to criticism of loan program - stltoday.com
• Race for 1st Congressional seat is officially underway - stlamerican.com
• Results: Missouri Republican Party presidential caucus - FOX 2
• St. Louis-area Republicans help hand Trump an easy victory in Missouri’s caucuses - stltoday.com
• Trump wins caucuses in Missouri and Idaho and sweeps Michigan GOP convention - FOX 2
• Trump wins the Missouri caucuses and sweeps Michigan GOP convention as he moves closer to nomination - FOX 2

FedGov 🏛

• A million Missouri and Illinois low-income families at risk of no longer affording Internet as federal program expires in April - KSDK
• Supreme Court decision could come Monday in a case about barring Trump from 2024 ballot - FOX 2

Jobs 📄

• Vet Assistant - APA Adoption Center
• Liquor Control Officer - Jobs
• St. Louis job fair opportunities across the city - FOX 2
• St. Louis 2024 Summer Job Fair - West Pine Laclede Neighborhood Association

History 🦕

• The night the Plager brothers all played on the same line - stltoday.com

Sustainability ♻️

• Recycling 101… Spring Cleaning - The Healthy Planet

Infrastructure 🚽

• MetroLink riders can expect change starting Monday - KSDK
• Madison County: I-270 Lane Closures Begin March 1 - RiverBender

Ecology 🦤

• A Buzz-Worthy Plant - The Healthy Planet

WWwx 🌦 WWW99 🕸 Space 🚀

• Where can you stargaze in St. Louis County? - FOX 2

DIY 🪓

• Updates to ActivityPub in a single PHP file - Terence Eden’s Blog
• Privacy-Focused Google Photos Alternative 'Ente' is Now Open-Source - It's FOSS News
• Enhancing Drupal's Layout Builder: Introducing Layout Builder Plus - Tag1 Consulting Recent Blog Entries

Captain's Blog 🏴‍☠️

• Kottke.org redesigns with 2024 vibes - Waxy.org
• TinyLetter: looking back on the humblest newsletter platform - Werd I/O
• Blogging is the medium of incomplete stories - Werd I/O
• Keith Richards releases cover of “I’m Waiting for the Man” in honor of Lou Reed’s birthday - KSHE 95
• Foo Fighters’ Chris Shiflett shares cover of Thin Lizzy’s “Cowboy Song” - KSHE 95
• Classic Footage of The Who Recording ‘Who Are You’ - Laughing Squid

Tags STLduJournal

Parts of the Midwest including Missouri lack reliable data on Hispanic maternal mortality rates. A new investigation shows that while an accurate count is challenging, it may also cause underserved populations to miss out on health care resources.

Jury selection continues Monday in the trial of Daniel Riley.

On March 4, 1861, Gov. Claiborne Fox Jackson and fellow secessionists in the Legislature hoped the convention would push Missouri into the budding Confederate States of America.

Changes are coming to Swansea's Metro Transit Center.

A partly cloudy start to Monday with mild temperatures. We’ll start in the mid to upper-50s and warm into the upper 70s. The record high for March 4 is 79 and we could meet or beat that. Gusty winds that took a break overnight will pick back up through the day.

Monday morning, we're following the latest developments after an officer-involved shooting in south St. Louis.

A violent altercation overnight at a south St. Louis QuikTrip ends with a security guard shooting and killing a suspect after police say the suspect shot the guard. It all happened about midnight at Gravois and Chippewa in the Dutchtown neighborhood.

The proposal could affect drinking water laws for more than half of the state’s population

A trial is expected to begin this week for Daniel Riley, who is charged with causing a downtown crash that severed a young girl's legs and jump-started an effort to remove the city's top prosecutor.