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Friends of St. Louis Cyclist Severely Injured in CWE Seek Help

2 years 8 months ago
Friends of a St. Louis bicyclist severely injured in the Central West End last month are reaching out to the community for help. Hazel Jenkins was riding home from work at a dialysis center when a driver hit her as she was making a left turn. Jenkins had to spend nearly a week in the hospital with a crushed ankle and broken pelvis.
Ryan Krull

Jersey County Early Voting Turnout Strong, Mail-In Voting Remains Popular

2 years 8 months ago
JERSEYVILLE - Jersey County Clerk Pam Warford said the early voting turnout in Jersey County has been “pretty good” so far this election cycle, citing more than 300 in-person early voters and 350 mail-in votes as of Monday afternoon. She also said the county’s new “permanent vote-by-mail” option which launched earlier this year has proven even more popular than expected. Warford said that based on the early voting turnout so far, there seems to be slightly more interest this election cycle compared to the primaries earlier this year. “We’ve definitely been busier overall, but the general election will have a higher overall turnout,” Warford said. “There’s about as much interest or more as there is in a typical general election.” Slightly more votes have been cast via mail-in ballots so far - Warford said 350 ballots have been sent back out of 900 that were mailed out by her office. Earlier this year, her office

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'This has been here since the 1940s': High levels of radioactive lead found at Jana Elementary School

2 years 8 months ago
After nearly a century of waiting, an independent study by Boston Chemical Data Corp. found Jana Elementary School is contaminated with high levels of radioactive lead. The study said, "The test results indicate high levels of radioactive lead, Pb 210 found in the following areas: Inside the Jana Elementary school building (specifically on the cafeteria fan, in the boiler room, and in the school library). Jana Elementary school playground areas’ soil (specifically the kindergarten play area and…
Elyse Schoenig, KSDK

STLduJour(nal) ⏳ – MMXXII:291-AM

2 years 8 months ago
STLduJour(nal) ⏳ – MMXXII:291-AM JW Tue, 10/18/2022 - 12:24 STL: Tuesday, October 18, 2022 Events 📆
  • Diwali: What to know about the 5-day festival – KSDK
  • Where to see fall foliage in the St. Louis area – KSDK
BuySTL 👜
  • Tesla to open massive warehouse in Metro East – stltoday.com
  • Luxury Sweets & Treats Makes the Confections of Your Dreams – RFT
Restaurants 🍲 STLfood ⚜️
  • Chili Drive-Thru Events Coming Up at Resurrection Lutheran Church – RiverBender
Neighborhoods 🏡
  • I’m Now More Optimistic (Less Pessimistic?) About The Next NGA West Campus – UrbanReview
STL100 💯
  • Low Mississippi River levels has many walking to the Tower Rock – FOX 2
STL99 😱
  • Radioactive waste found at Missouri elementary school – The Big 550 KTRS
  • Parents demand action after report of radioactive contamination at Florissant school – stltoday.com
  • An Elementary School Near a Nuclear Dump Site Is Teeming With Radioactivity – Gizmodo
  • St. Louis-area teacher shortage means more online classes in school – stltoday.com
  • St. Louis Catalytic Converter Thieves Charged with Conspiracy Against US – RFT
  • 9 Bronze River Des Peres Greenway trail markers stolen – FOX 2
  • Burglar on parole accused of more than a dozen new break-ins – FOX 2
  • Central West End restaurant broken into overnight – FOX 2
99MO 😱
  • Report: Missouri faces highest turnover, vacancy of nurses in history – FOX 2
  • Proposal to close 10 schools in Kansas City, improve academics hinges on community support – Missouri Independent
  • Drought Pattern Continues In Missouri Basin – The Waterways Journal
  • Severe drought triggers assistance in nearly all of Kansas, half of Missouri – Missouri Independent
WW99 😱
  • China’s economy must be worse than we thought – Kevin Drum
  • The Morning After: SpaceX will keep paying for Ukraine’s access to Starlink – Engadget
Police 🚓
  • Survey Says… More Than Half Of Households With LAPD Officers Support Dismantling The LAPD – Techdirt
DotGov 🏛
  • Data Governance Webinar Notes – JW
CityGov 🏛
  • St. Louis Mayor Vows to Create Reparations Commission – RFT
  • Mayor Jones proposes safety improvements on Grand Boulevard – FOX 2
  • City of St. Louis holds North Grand corridor meeting to talk traffic concerns – KSDK
  • St. Louis mayor’s plan to make city streets safer – KSDK
  • Notice of meeting for PSA committee for Mainframe Support Services – Events and meetings from the City of St. Louis, MO
LocalGov 🏛
  • Court fight over St. Charles Convention Center delays new projects – stltoday.com
  • Abandoned properties are piling up in St. Louis County. Lawmaker says it’s time for a land bank. – stltoday.com
  • University City threatens to take homeowner to court, saying she got weeds – FOX 2
  • 5 license plate reading cameras installed in Brentwood to make community safer – KSDK
MoGov 🏛
  • Jay Ashcroft, potential Missouri governor candidate, floats library book ban proposal – stltoday.com
  • Cost of Missouri’s recent special session on taxes tops $164,000 – stltoday.com
  • Pro-union ruling reversed by Missouri Supreme Court – The Labor Tribune
  • Overdoses Rise in Missouri Prisons Despite Strict New Mail Policy – RFT
FedGov 🏛
  • Flood aid deadline is almost here. FEMA has paid $100 million in St. Louis so far. – stltoday.com
  • You Can Now Apply For Federal Student Loan Relief — Here’s How – RFT
  • Student loan forgiveness application is now open: Here’s how to apply – FOX 2
  • Federal Judge Says FBI Misled Magistrate When Seeking Safe Deposit Warrants, OKs Searches Anyway – Techdirt
Jobs 📄
  • AmeriCorps St. Louis is looking for new team members – KSDK
  • Microsoft reportedly lays off hundreds of employees – Engadget
History 🦕 Sustainability ♻️
  • Low water disrupts industry along lower Mississippi River – FOX 2
  • The West’s biggest source of renewable energy depends on water. Will it survive the drought? – Grist
Infrastructure 🚽
  • ‘Water Batteries’ Could Power 135,000 Homes in San Diego – Gizmodo
  • Giant, megawatt-scale wave energy generator to be tested in Scotland – New Atlas
  • Germany extends lifetime of all 3 remaining nuclear plants – Hacker News
  • Engineered duckweed could be a more sustainable source of biofuel – New Atlas
Ecology 🦤
  • Cities want more trees. Drought is complicating their efforts. – Grist
  • All that plastic in the ocean is a climate change problem, too – Grist
  • Almost 25% of world’s seafloor now mapped – Hacker News
WWW99 🕸
  • TikTok is Introducing an Adults-Only Content Option – Gizmodo
  • Mark Zuckerberg: WhatsApp Is ‘Far More Private and Secure’ Than iMessage – MacRumors
  • Artist formerly known as Kanye reveals Parler trick: Buying the far-right haven – The Register
  • Starlink, shot by both sides in Ukrainian fracas, lives to fight on – The Register
  • Elon Musk Tweets Then Deletes Dragon Ball Z Meme With His Pal Kanye West – Gizmodo
  • ‘Elon Musk’s X App for “Everything” Might Be a Non-Starter in the U.S.’ – Daring Fireball
  • Kanye West is buying controversial ‘free speech’ app Parler – Engadget
  • Kanye West, Recently Suspended by Twitter and Instagram Over Unhinged Antisemitic Posts, to Acquire Parler – Daring Fireball
Space 🚀
  • Collapsed Arecibo telescope to be replaced by school – The Register
  • Our moon has been slowly drifting away from Earth over the past 2.5B yrs – Hacker News
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