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⏳ STLduJour(nal) - 2023-235-AM Edition JW Wed, 08/23/2023 - 06:05

2023-235-AM

It’s hot in heeere.

Time for a mid-week news dump.

I hope everyone is staying cool.

STL: Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Events 📆

• Dogs Can Ride the St. Louis Wheel for Free This Thursday - RFT
• All things Polish Festival in Florissant Saturday, August 26 - flovalleynews.com
• Everything you need to know about this weekend’s Festival of Nations - St. Louis Magazine
• Evolution Festival debuts in Forest Park this weekend - St. Louis Magazine
• Stumble Down Morgan Ford Saturday on the Ultimate South City Bar Crawl - RFT
• MOONLIGHT RAMBLE back this Friday night - flovalleynews.com
• A guide to the 2023 Moonlight Ramble - St. Louis Magazine
• 28th Annual Soap Box “Race Of Fun” Coming Up From East Alton Parks & Rec - RiverBender
• Alton Marina to Host Pirate-Themed 27th Anniversary Party - RiverBender
• Skyview Drive-In Hosts Icon-a-Thon Film Festival This Weekend - RFT
• Litchfield Skyview Drive-In Will Throw “Barbie Party” Next Weekend - RiverBender

BuySTL 👜

• High-profile startup Wugen, with more than $200M in VC funding, begins clinical trial on cancer-fighting drug - St. Louis Business Journal
• St. Louis to consider allowing cannabis lounges - KSDK
• Developer says it’s still pursuing $300M AT&T tower project in downtown St. Louis - KSDK
• “We’re Outside” Owner Literally Built Restaurant from Ground Up - RiverBender

Restaurants 🍲

• Gregg’s Bar and Grill Has Closed After 48 Years in North St. Louis - RFT
• Cheeburger Cheeburger to Close in Des Peres - RFT
• Ari’s Ice Cream Parlor & Café ‘unique and special’ - stlamerican.com
• McArthur’s Bakery adds Pioneer Café, The Scoop to Mehlville location - KSDK
• Kimchi Guys and Drunken Fish make their debuts in Edwardsville, Illinois - feastmagazine.com
• Sugaree Baking Company to reopen under owners of Dogtown’s Sweet Em’s - feastmagazine.com

Neighborhoods 🏡

• Nonprofit pays $860K to boost police patrols in downtown St. Louis - stltoday.com
• St. Louis police officers get boost in overtime pay for patrolling downtown - KSDK
• Nonprofit spends $860K to increase police patrols in downtown St. Louis - FOX 2
• Former Downtown St. Louis YMCA transformed into an exquisite art hotel - FOX 2

DIY 🪓

Recipes 📇

• Hedge apples: Can we eat them? - FOX 2

Sustainability ♻️

• State climatologist: Heat causing high evaporation rates, no rainfall to place it - FOX 2
• Amtrak adding new stop in De Soto, Missouri - FOX 2
• Illinois launches $20M grocery initiative to help underserved communities - FOX 2
• How 2 communities, separated by an ocean, are working together to manage trash better - Grist

Nature 🦝

• Drunk raccoons ransacking German homes - Boing Boing
• Octopus’ Complex Cells Are Key to Their High Intelligence - ACM

STL99 😱

• St. Louis-area school districts work on moving away from traditional standardized tests - KSDK
• ‘Gun violence is a plague’: St. Louis mayor says 7-year-old killed in accidental shooting was her cousin - KSDK
• Loop Trolley service temporarily suspended Aug. 20 due to expected extreme heat, humidity - KSDK
• You Paid For It: City-owned tree sparks fear and action in south St. Louis - FOX 2

STL100 💯

• Becky ‘Queen of Carpet’ estate sale this weekend benefits Dress For Success - KSDK

99MO 😱

• Innovation or risk? Missouri’s top education leader questions value of four-day school weeks - FOX 2

100MO 💯 Crime 🗯

• SLMPD Daily Crime Report SLMPD
• How St. Louis City Justice Center Hostage Situation Began — and Ended - RFT
• St. Louis police won’t respond in person to car break-ins - FOX 2

DotGov 🏛

• ‘You’re an ***hole, police chief’: Kansas newspaper owner defiant in video of home invasion - Missouri Independent
• As ranked choice voting gains momentum, parties in power push back - Missouri Independent

CityGov 🏛

• Board of Aldermen Announces First Steps in the Public Engagement Process for Use of Rams Settlement - City of St. Louis - News
• St. Louis aims to ban AR-15s, AK-47s, mayor says - stltoday.com
• $2M for marketing? St. Louis agency must do more than draw investment, chief says - stltoday.com
• Hearings regarding the approval of a Liquor/Beer Application, including outside seating - Events and meetings from the City of St. Louis, MO
• Board of Aldermen Special Committee on Reducing Red Tape - City of St. Louis, MO

LocalGov 🏛

• Back to school 2023: What’s new at St. Louis Public Schools? - KSDK
• Officials shove, police intervene. Jennings council moves to bring back departed employees. - stltoday.com
• Jennings city attorney says he resigned because of mayor - stltoday.com
• Timeline: The political turmoil that led to mass resignation of Jennings’ officials - KSDK
• Residents, city leaders take part in chaotic emergency meeting in Jennings City Hall - KSDK
• ‘I will not tolerate such discrepancies’: Jennings mayor addresses employee terminations - KSDK
• Pine Lawn residents cry foul, call code enforcement actions a ‘money grab’ - FOX 2

MoGov 🏛

• Missouri Is Getting Another Area Code - RFT
• Enforcement unclear as Missouri approaches transgender athlete restrictions - Missouri Independent
• ‘It’s a dynamic shift’ | Missouri auditor says St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office now complying with review that began 2 years ago - KSDK

FedGov 🏛

Covid19 Info 🦠

• City of St. Louis offers COVID-19 vaccines at annual food truck festival - FOX 2

STLhelp ☎️

• Operation Food Search providing after school meals at St. Louis County libraries - FOX 2

Jobs 📄

• SLATE Announces a Hiring Fair for Job Seekers Looking for Transportation and Logistics Career Opportunities - City of St. Louis - News
• SLATE’s Find a Job Friday Series - City of St. Louis, MO
• Computer Operator II - Jobs
• Intake Specialist - APA Adoption Center

History 🦕

• How 7-Up was born: A St. Louis story of innovation and persistence - stltoday.com
• A look back at the rides that made Six Flags St. Louis - FOX 2

Captain’s Blog 🏴‍☠️

• Space junk targeted for cleanup mission was hit by different space junk, making more space junk - The Register
• Chaos and Camping - Hackaday
• “Tesla of campers” officially cuts the cord on the American RV trip - New Atlas
• New hybrid rooftop tent blows up into multi-story camping complex - New Atlas
• Little Ionic Thruster Blows Out Candles With Ease - Hackaday
• Computer graphics pioneer John Warnock dies at 82 - The Register
• Moscow makes a mess on the Moon as Luna 25 probe misses orbit, lands with a thud - The Register
• Internet Archive will remove publishers’ commercially-available titles from online lending program - Waxy.org
• Bow Down, Bitches: It’s Officially ‘Queen Bey Day’ in St. Louis - RFT
• Photos: Son Volt delights fans at Delmar Hall - St. Louis Magazine
• Son Volt Can Still Rock St. Louis — 28 Years Later - RFT

• Excessive heat warning from today through Thursday - FOX 2
• Brace yourself for highs of 100°F and beyond - FOX 2

Bruce Carrington of Florissant, MO joined the Real Rock Army today

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The Wall Street Journal reports that we have 97 fewer nursing homes than we did last year. What struck me about this number was how small it was. Not 97 thousand or 97 million. Just 97. That's not very much, is it? Naturally I was curious about this, but it turns out there's not much ...continue reading "Long-term care is falling way behind the growth of the elderly population"

This week’s heat wave brings new concerns about a man and woman we’ve told you about. They’ve been living on the same sidewalk in a St. Louis neighborhood for the last two years. It now appears the City of St. Louis may finally take action.

The family of the late Becky Rothman, "The Queen of Carpet," said clothes and shoes from Rothman's closets will be up for grabs at the estate sale.

"I'm okay with it. It's all about keeping our kids safe," one concerned parent said.

“All of us need that money now to keep us afloat. We all have mortgages and car payments and children to take care of. We could use that money to float on.”

The start of the school year is heating up in the wrong way at several high schools across the Metro East. The problems come amid this week’s triple-digit temperatures.

According to the MSHSAA, a heat index between 95° and 105° means practices should be altered.

The city of Collinsville recognized four city employees during Tuesday’s city council meeting. The workers earned apprenticeship certificates from the U.S. Department of Labor for their efforts.

Adam Wainwright remained stuck on 198 career wins a day after accruing his 18th year of major league service time. He is 0-8 with a 12.56 ERA in nine starts since his last victory on June 17 against the New York Mets.

Writing as much as I do about trademark disputes and, more specifically, lawsuits, these are always the most frustrating ways for these disputes to end. I will spend some time examining a dispute, analyzing the merits on both sides, only to find that the suit is settled without any of the pertinent details of the […]

St. Louis County police are investigating an alleged assault at Jennings City Hall that occurred before an emergency city council meeting last week.

An organization representing 24 north St. Louis County municipalities has announced a new initiative to take on crime on several fronts.

This idea seeks not to uproot every shred of living carpet - "just" the (humongous, sterile, resource-intensive) areas we don't use.

         Owen Wormser is an ecological landscape designer who sees restorative potential in our acres of compulsive turf. His Nautilus Award-winning book's practical and visionary approach to ecological restoration can bring your place to life! Converting areas of lawn to meadows gives us back precious time and money while super-charging food webs and vital pollinator supports. 

      

Here in the KDHX listening area, the very tidy suburb of Webster Groves made it through No Mow April with reputation intact. Look for other local communities to adapt Webster's process in the early growing season of 2024. In May you can mow some paths through those plantings, and sow more life in the areas spared from tortuous trims. 

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Twenty districts across Missouri received an 'innovation waiver' from the Missouri State Board of Education to develop new ways to measure student success.