Yesterday’s News 📰 - Today’s Events 📆 - Tomorrow’s Topics 🗣

Events 📆

• The St. Louis Zoo celebrates Raja’s 28th birthday virtually - FOX 2
• St. Louis Aquarium celebrates 1-year anniversary with splashy new exhibit - KSDK
• Preservation Board Meeting - stLouIST
• more 📆

All remaining Garden Glow evenings have sold out. Limited quantities of tickets may become available in the coming days as cancellations arise. Please use the ticketing links at https://t.co/JX02Vo0zE8 to check on current availability.

— MO Botanical Garden (@mobotgarden) December 27, 2020

BuySTL 👜

• Made in St. Louis: Snappy, encouraging cards bring artist’s card company to life - stltoday.com
• Armando Pasetti, longtime leader of Volpi Foods in The Hill, dies at 96 - stltoday.com
• Longtime Volpi Foods leader Armando Pasetti dies at 96 - The St. Louis Business Journal

2020 FLASHBACK: Best move of the year. https://t.co/PFh4baXMYy

— Riverfront Times (@RiverfrontTimes) December 28, 2020

Restaurants 🍲

• The 10 most anticipated restaurants in St. Louis for 2021 - St. Louis Magazine
• K-Bop now open on the Delmar Loop in University City - St. Louis Magazine

One hundred: that’s how many years the bakery known today as Gus' Pretzel Shop has been in business, as of 2020. 🥨💯 https://t.co/ht0XGkHGA6 #BentonPark

— Benton Park Neighborhood Association (@bpnastl) December 27, 2020

STLwx 🌦️

• Goodbye, mild temperatures; the chill is coming back - FOX 2
• New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States - ProPublica

A stronger cold front will pass through sometime late Tuesday through Wednesday, bringing rain and perhaps a bit of mixed wintry precipitation. Uncertainty is high regarding the potential for the frozen stuff, so stay tuned for updates! #MOwx #ILwx #STLwx pic.twitter.com/uMRFCDPcMX

— NWS St. Louis (@NWSStLouis) December 27, 2020

Covid19 Info 🦠

• Missouri COVID update: 7-day case average nearly cut in half since record high - FOX 2
• Missouri averaging more than 2,700 COVID hospitalizations for six straight days - FOX 2
• Missouri eclipsed 5,000 deaths from COVID-19 on Tuesday as vaccine rollouts continue - stlamerican.com
• Missouri, Illinois report uptick in COVID-19 cases - stltoday.com
• COVID-19 takes no holiday in Missouri, as hospitalizations set record - stltoday.com
• Missouri records 1,756 new COVID-19 cases and one death - stltoday.com

Just wear a mask https://t.co/iBEHFChQT6

— Andy Karandzieff (@kzieff) December 27, 2020

STLhelp ☎️

• Midwest BankCentre pledges more than $100 million in loans in St. Louis - stlamerican.com
• Early read on latest PPP: Watch for backtracking, St. Louis bankers warn - KSDK

Skip a stimulus check...make my phone bill $10 a month.

— Dante' Jones (@Dantej21) December 20, 2020

History 🦖

• A look back • Confederate spy goes to the gallows in St. Louis in 1864 - stltoday.com
• Then and now: Historian finds resonance in 1918 letters to Santa during pandemic Christmas - stltoday.com
• Hockey’s debut at The Arena. Hell (and the floor) had to freeze over first - stltoday.com
• 2002: The Fall of Malcolm Bliss - Lafayette Square

My main destination today was Lyon Park to see if the plaque is back on the statue commemorating the capture of confederate Camp Jackson by General Lyon and the Missouri Volunteers. Still missing (top right.) The park, on former Arsenal grounds, was gifted by Congress in 1869. pic.twitter.com/PUPPzzjy63

— STLrainboo🎃👻🐈‍⬛ (@stlrainbow) December 27, 2020

STL99 😱

• Taxpayer watchdog doesn’t see Delmar Loop Trolley making a comeback - FOX 2
• Year in review: What pandemic? St. Louis banks post higher profits, buy and expand in 2020 - KSDK
• Nicklaus: St. Louis’ jobs recovery is likely to take years - stltoday.com
• St. Louis Airport could see its busiest day this weekend - FOX 2
• Woman awakens on Christmas Eve to find second catalytic converter stolen in as many months - FOX 2
• Messenger: Centene CEO’s lamentations about crime in St. Louis seem dubious - stltoday.com
• After huge fire captivated St. Louis, the remaining mess tells a deeper story - stltoday.com
• Messenger: Dismas House board member acknowledges mistakes at nonprofit - stltoday.com
• One man, two juveniles in custody after fleeing, pointing a gun at police - FOX 2
• Two people shot at south St. Louis apartment complex - FOX 2
• Man shot in head is St. Louis’ 254th homicide of 2020 - KSDK
• 2 men killed in separate shootings Sunday in St. Louis - KSDK
• Carjacking foiled when victim pulls gun, 4 children arrested in Wentzville - KSDK
• Surging virus, deep cold challenge homeless shelters - MetroSTL.com
• Man killed in early morning shooting in St. Louis - stltoday.com
• Christmas Eve killings bring St. Louis homicide toll to at least 257 - stltoday.com
• 2 found dead in vehicle in Ville neighborhood of St. Louis - stltoday.com
• Feds accuse drug trafficking group of fatally shooting man - stltoday.com
• Suspects shoot at St. Louis police officers Christmas afternoon - stltoday.com
• Three teens and an 11-year-old attempt a carjacking in Wentzville — until the victim pulls out a gun - stltoday.com

I didn't think it was possible at the beginning of December 2020 but St. Louis could tie or break the 1993 record of 267 homicides in a year. One is too many, 200+ is an out of control crisis of gun violence in our community. https://t.co/IFcewHpxUG pic.twitter.com/lFE1OyzLMv

— David Carson (@PDPJ) December 28, 2020

Neighborhood News 🏘

• 2020 Holiday Lighting Contest Winners - Lindenwood Park
• What happened to Carr Square? - St. Louis Magazine
• Virtual Gateway Cup - The Hill Saint Louis
• $81 million revitalization project to target O’Fallon Park Neighborhood - stlamerican.com

Fun Fact. The Brewery Complex is not located in Soulard Historic District but DeMenil Mansion south of Brewery is. The District is not contiguous. pic.twitter.com/QRC5N0FGnG

— 7th Ward For 💉 + 😷 (@stl7thward) December 27, 2020

Surveillance 👁‍🗨

• Powerful Cellphone Surveillance Tool Operates in Obscurity - The Intercept
• Board Bill 200 Community Q and A - stLouIST

St. Louis Hills Neighborhood Association zoom meeting this Tues. 12/29: "#BB200 Community Q & A" with Ald. Tom Oldenburg.
Qs must be submitted via email in advance.#AerialSurveillance #SpyPlane #PSS
Details & more links from @stlouist https://t.co/Yhw4xFT3FN pic.twitter.com/t5oN0CQTIN

— Sounds the Alarm in Silver Bullet City of St Louis (@GConnolly314) December 28, 2020

LocalGov 🏛

• St. Louis will recycle Christmas trees into mulch, for free - stltoday.com
• Once things of beauty, Christmas trees quickly become trash - MetroSTL.com

This building at 1520 N 13th is threatened. It is not in a preservation review district. It may go on sale soon. A fine example of CITY. https://t.co/LxV1rGeQoG pic.twitter.com/ws5HMEHeIY

— NEXTSTL.com (@NEXTSTL) December 28, 2020

MoGov 🏛

. @politico takes a deep dive into allegations of corruption in states that legalized marijuana, including here in Missouri.

"How state marijuana legalization became a boon for corruption"https://t.co/H1SqNbfS0Q #moleg #mogov

— Jason Hancock (@J_Hancock) December 27, 2020

FedGov 🏛

• Stimulus check increase rejected by House Republicans; Democrats block foreign aid changes - FOX 2
• From dumplings to drumsticks, federal aid boosts Missouri’s meat processors - stltoday.com
• US officials: Suspect in Nashville explosion died in blast - stltoday.com
• Downtown Nashville explosion knocks communications offline - FOX 2

I mean come on, we all knew Trump was going to ruin the internet on his way out

— Jason Scott (@textfiles) December 28, 2020