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The lobbyist for the group representing convenience stores opposes a plan to limit all cannabis sales to state-licensed dispensaries.

What makes a soft, plush toy a Squishmallow or a Skoosherz? Is it the shape, fabric and facial features?

“Today we celebrate a life saved and I can think of nothing greater,” said Rep. Jim Murphy, R-south St. Louis County.

ALTON - Alton Main Street’s quarterly information exchange, called “What’s Up Downtown”, will be held on Tuesday, February 13th at 5:30 p.m. at the iMerge Community Center, located in the Riverbender building at 200 W. 3rd Street in Alton, Illinois. The public is invited to learn the latest news regarding developments in Alton’s historic downtown district, including updates from new & existing businesses, news on real estate transactions and details of upcoming events and projects. You’ll be in the know on topics from the evening’s featured speakers, including: - Fred Pollard, who is announcing the move of his two retail shops Mom Said No and Mississippi Hippie from Mineral Springs into one consolidated space across the street at 300 E. Broadway - Mike McReynolds will speak about renovations currently taking place at 204 State Street in preparation for the forthcoming Bentley’s Bar & Grill - The Sierra Club’s Christine Favill

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Ahmad Haynes and a handful of employees at BeLeaf Medical’s Sinse Cannabis site in St. Louis anxiously waited for the clock to hit 5 p.m. He and his co-workers had gathered outside the St. Louis Public Library’s Barr branch, where they had cast their votes to unionize earlier that afternoon on Feb. 6. The election […]

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HuSTL Hospitality's 'elevated grilled cheese' brand that began as a ghost kitchen is expanding to its own dedicated space.

Researchers hope this groundbreaking tool will help drive policy changes.

The annual music festival will return to Grand Center Arts District September 14-15.

Those who have followed Music at the Intersection's evolution since the fest's first iteration in 2021 know what to expect by this point: a diverse lineup of forward-thinking national blues, jazz, funk, soul, rock, hip-hop and R&B acts commingling in Grand Center with some of St. Louis' best artists of similar genres, presented on equal footing and in celebration of our city's many contributions to the history of American music. And with today's announcement of the lineup of this year's event, we're pleased as punch to confirm that the tradition continues. This year's fest sees such heavy hitters as Black Pumas, Big Boi, Lettuce, Chingy, Chaka Khan, Trombone Shorty, Esperanza Spalding and Samara Joy filling out the top lines of the roster, with the likes of Cimafunk, Lady Wray, Thumpasaurus, the Stanley Clarke Band and more a little further down the list.

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• How you can send some love to children in the hospital this Valentine's Day - KSDK
• Fish fry Fridays: Where to find a fish dinner in St. Louis - KSDK
• Cardinals catchers and pitchers report for spring training today - FOX 2

BuySTL 👜

• Foxes Boxes union bakery celebrates one-year anniversary - The Labor Tribune
• Where to shop for flowers in St. Louis - St. Louis Magazine
• The hustle to fill floral orders ahead of Valentine's Day - FOX 2
• Airline adds nonstop destination from St. Louis-area airport - KSDK
• Missouri Marijuana to Direct Nearly $20 Million to Veterans This Year - RFT
• Missouri sells $1.3B in marijuana during first recreational year - FOX 2
• Push for restrictions on intoxicating hemp products spurs clash over who should regulate - Missouri Independent

Restaurants 🍲

• Niche Food Group to open Brass Burger at St. Louis brewery - KSDK
• Yellowbelly general manager Seth Wahlman shares his favorite St. Louis spots - FEAST

STLfood ⚜️

• Laughing Bear Bakery bakes sweets with a mission in Tower Grove South - FEAST

Neighborhoods 🏡

• New Haven residents express concern, frustration after city dissolves police department - KSDK
• Soulard Special Business District meeting today - FOX 2
• LPNA Block Captain Program - Lindenwood Park

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• Missouri's only baby box sees first surrender - KSDK

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• Flu cases spike late in season across St. Louis area - FOX 2

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• St. Louis County Assessor touts new personal property declaration system - FOX 2
• Lived Life Of Public Service: Retired East Alton Fire Chief Dies - RiverBender

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• Missouri lawmakers debate blocking University of Kansas deal with Liberty hospital - Missouri Independent
• Democrats block vote on initial petition process - FOX 2

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• Trump asks U.S. Supreme Court to pause federal trial over presidential immunity question - Missouri Independent

History 🦕

• Black History Moment: Griot Museum tells stories of historical African Americans - FOX 2

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• Can potholes be prevented? Here's what an expert had to say - KSDK

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The city of Berkeley is about to look different, as the city's redevelopment plan gets into full swing. Monday morning, demolition began on the old Berkeley City Hall building at 6140 N. Hanley Road. City leaders claimed the demolition signifies a "pivotal moment" for Berkeley's urban landscape. The city has its new city hall up and running off Airport Road. "It's a very exciting day to me and, it's been a long coming," Mayor Babatunde Deinbo said. This is all a part of a "transformative journey,"…

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Emergency crews are responding to an early-morning house in Chesterfield.

When the Rev. Mark Miller discovered that the century-old welcome sign in front of his church had been destroyed last August, he initially assumed it was vandalism. It wouldn't have been the first time Westminster Presbyterian Church was targeted. Just a year before, in fact, more than a dozen windows and a door on the church building in St. Louis' Skinker-DeBaliviere neighborhood had been broken.