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A new nonprofit is doing big things in small spaces. Pocketparks’ founder explains how, and why, she’s taking vacant lots in St. Louis and transforming them into community spaces.

Regular visitors to Webster Arts’ events and exhibits are plenty familiar with the arts space’s current location in a basement on the campus of Eden Seminary in Webster Groves. But it’s not a place where passersby can wander in, or where a piece can catch someone’s eye from the street. 

Tyler Williams is founder and chief technical officer of Cannabis Safety & Quality (CSQ), a safety-driven firm that helps other companies minimize risk and protect their brands by helping reduce product recalls. CSQ is the first certification program for cannabis safety and quality that is accredited by the American National Standards Institute's National Accreditation Board, according to Williams.

"We just don't think it's the best time to be putting people out of their house," Betts said Thursday.

The new law also includes a ban on police chokeholds,

Perez Reed is already charged with killing 4 people in the St. Louis area.

The judge's order will affect 650 employees.

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Evan Waldman joined his family’s business — Essex Industries — in 2004 as a sales and marketing associate, learning the business from the ground up. He was named CEO of the aerospace and defense manufacturer in 2019.

A man who has been among the loudest demonstrators in Kenosha during Kyle Rittenhouse's trial is a fired former police officer from Ferguson, reports say.

James Flannel shot Boris Iouioukine and then stole his cab.

"Dean Martin: King of Cool, a 90-minute documentary will air at 7 p.m. Friday on TCM (Turner Classic Movies). Hamm reads from a poem about Martin.

The Brickline Greenway aims to connect the Gateway Arch to Forest Park and Fairground Park to Tower Grove Park with pedestrian and bike paths. Great Rivers Greenway discusses how two recent federal grants will fuel the ambitious plan to connect 17 city neighborhoods.

More than 30,000 property deeds in St. Louis include language that excludes Black people and those of certain religions from buying the homes. STLPR reporter Corinne Ruff and historian Colin Gordon talk about the two-part investigation on the topic.

Memphis-based developer Development Services Group plans to turn the vacant 10-story, 718,000-square-foot building at 1717 Olive St., near the ongoing Major League Soccer stadium development, into 385 apartments with 385 interior parking spaces and retail along 18th Street.

A day after U.S. Rep. Cori Bush accused the St. Louis-based utility of using "scare tactics," the chairman of the Federal Energy Regularly Commission said the company was "fear mongering." Nevertheless, some say extending the utility's permits is inevitable.

Congratulations to Paul McCartney, whose new book, The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, was chosen Barnes & Noble's 2021 Book of the Year by the franchise's booksellers. After Barnes &…

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