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As the last golden hour ends for these storied properties on Kingshighway, let’s go down memory lane of Drury’s and Lux Living’s demolition by neglect. The buildings’ condition belied the massive investment in the neighborhood behind. Over $340M in building permits have been issued since 2007 when Drury started buying up properties. A proposal by […]

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Family, neighbors and public records say Bernadine Pruessner lived with her four children in the home, at 510 North Clay Ave., north of Hereford Avenue.

Kiss My Rack carries men's, women's and children's clothing in a variety of sizes and styles.

Take a closer look at CITY's roster ahead of the club's second season in Major League Soccer.

Briggs, mayor since 2015, died Wednesday at his home of a sudden health complication. Bridgeton voters will elect someone to fill three remaining years of his four-year term.

A single thread out of place can distort the illusion of perfect embroidery or reduce the perception of the quality of a smooth hand of fabric. Its free movement against […]

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The Missouri Botanical Garden’s ever-popular orchid show returns on Jan. 27. The Garden’s vast orchid collection includes more than 6,000 individual plants representing almost 700 unique species, and approximately one […]

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Thomas Moore is a Marine veteran who followed in the footsteps of many of his family members in St. Louis who have served as first responders.

LITCHFIELD – Illinois Lottery player Lisa Tyrrell is on cloud nine. The Illinois native has always been optimistic and considers herself a dreamer. Now her dreams can become a reality, because she just won $250,000 on a scratch-off lottery ticket. “I scratched off the ticket and it showed I won $250,000. I said ‘No way, this can’t be real,’” chuckled Tyrrell. “Sure enough, I scanned it not once, not twice, but three times, and it was real after all!” The top-prize-winning $250,000 Crossword scratch-off ticket was purchased at Jumpin’ Jimmy’s, located at 517 East Union Ave. in Litchfield, IL, a small town located 40 miles south of Springfield and 60 miles northwest of St. Louis. The owner of the store recalls selling the winning ticket. “I actually sold Lisa the ticket the other day,” explained Chandresh Patel, owner of Jumpin’ Jimmy’s in Litchfield. “When I found out she won the top prize,

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Green Door Art Gallery is pleased to partner with Bobby Lessentine, Financial Advisor, Edward Jones, in presenting Upon Further Reflection, a collection of oil and cold wax paintings by Mark […]

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The group exhibition is open through May 19 at the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art.

⏳ STLduJour(nal) - MMXXIV:51-AM JW Tue, 02/20/2024 - 07:43 Events 📆

• 314 Day Will Be Bigger Than Ever in St. Louis in 2024 - RFT
• Create a St. Louis superhero and win $250 for 314 Day - FOX 2

BuySTL 👜 Restaurants 🍲

• Carl’s Drive-In to open on Sundays for the first time in its 65-year history - St. Louis Magazine

Neighborhoods 🏡

• Locals and businesses reflect on memories of Chesterfield Mall - FOX 2
• Chesterfield Mall tenants told to vacate shopping center by August 31 - FOX 2

Police 🚓

• St. Louis Police Chief Receives a Third of His Pay From a Local Foundation, Raising Concerns of Divided Loyalties - ProPublica
• Charges filed against man for shooting at police in Dutchtown - FOX 2

DotGov 🏛

• OpenAI tries to trademark 'GPT'. US patent office says nope - The Register
• The EU opens a wide-ranging probe into TikTok - Engadget

CityGov 🏛

• Business owners weigh in on bill in St. Louis that would streamline liquor license application process - KSDK
• St. Louis mayor says she'll veto firefighter pension change passed by board - KSDK
• St. Louis homeowners take legal action against squatters - FOX 2

LocalGov 🏛

• Sale of Granite City treatment plant has residents paying double in bills - FOX 2
• Kansas City hospitals had plan for tragedies like the Chiefs parade mass shooting - Missouri Independent

MoGov 🏛

• Missouri bill would bar repairs on vehicles with expired temp tags - stltoday.com
• Temp tag crackdown: Missouri bill would prevent shops from repairing unregistered vehicles - KSDK
• This famous Missouri food may become the state's official dish if new bill passes - KSDK
• Missouri lawmakers push plans to reduce drivers with expired temp tags - FOX 2
• Democrats hope to put gun safety measure on ballot following Kansas City mass shooting - Missouri Independent
• Republicans in Missouri dump 2 bills to further relax gun laws after Kansas City shooting - Boing Boing

FedGov 🏛

• Feds deliver stark warnings to state election officials ahead of November - Missouri Independent
• Will the DEA finally abandon its ‘flat earth’ cannabis policy? - Missouri Independent

Jobs 📄

• Restaurants are looking to add staff, but some jobs are 'not easy' to fill - KSDK
• Wentzville School District hosting hiring fair today - FOX 2

History 🦕

• Built St. Louis: Sandstone - History Happens Here
• Black History Month: The history of Dred and Harriet Scott sits right in downtown St. Louis - FOX 2
• Historian Eric Robinson Brings Alton's Underground Railroad Legacy To Life Once Again - RiverBender

Sustainability ♻️

• Petrochemical companies have known for 40 years that plastics recycling wouldn’t work - Grist
• 'Green' fuel facility planned in St. Louis, aided by $7M in tax credits - KSDK
• Federal money could supercharge state efforts to preserve nuclear power - Missouri Independent

Infrastructure 🚽

• What you need to know about MoDOT's I-70 improvement project - KSDK

WWW99 🕸

• Russian Cyberspies Exploit Roundcube Flaws Against European Governments - SecurityWeek

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• ⏳ STLduJour(nal) - MMXXIV:50-AM - jeffwiegand.com
• My TODO list is a .txt file on the desktop - Jeff Geerling's Blog
• fixing the auto-twooter - genehack.blog
• More Things You Can Do on Your Website - Robb Knight • Posts • Atom Feed
• Pluralistic: Middlemen without enshittification; The Bezzle excerpt (Part II) (19 Feb 2024) - Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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Last month we noted how deteriorating quality over at Google search and Google news was resulting in both platforms being flooded by AI-generated gibberish and nonsense, with money that should be going to real journalists instead being funneled to a rotating crop of lazy automated engagement farmers. This collapse of online informational integrity is happening […]

One of St. Louis’ largest accounting firms has downsized and modernized its existing office.

Olin Corp., the Clayton-based manufacturer and distributor of chemicals and ammunition, has named a new top executive to succeed its departing CEO.

By midafternoon Monday, the crew had flattened one of the seven buildings at Kingshighway and Oakland Avenue. Mangled metal piled on the ground; bricks had been stacked nearby.