⏳ STLduJour(nal) - 2021-244-PM Edition

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

Captain’s Blog: I just fixed a lightbulb. Ring-tossed the filament into the right spot and kung fu torqued it with a mantis strike. The oven remains lit. AMA

Events 📆

• St. Louis Sound - Explore St. Louis
• Kurdish DRIVE THRU SUPPER CLUB - City of St. Louis, MO
• Hearings on Liquor License Applications - City of St. Louis, MO
• Jamo Presents continues its unique activation of sites as concert venues with The Lot on the Landing - St. Louis Magazine

BuySTL 👜

• RFB Graphic Arts/Pressroom Supplies - City of St. Louis Procurement Opportunities
• Volpi Foods Announces St. Louis Mural Contest Winner - Riverfront Times

STLfood ⚜️

• STL’s gooey butter cake makes an appearance on America’s Test Kitchen! - r/StLouis

Restaurants 🍲

• St. Louis restaurant openings and closings: August 2021 - feastmagazine.com
• Crown Candy Corner on a Warm Afernoon - Good Food St. Louis
• Nadine’s Gin Joint in Soulard Has Closed - Riverfront Times
• Lion’s Choice and Crown Candy Kitchen Unveil Bacon Concrete - Riverfront Times

DIY 🪓

• Got an eye for design? Contest for new ‘I Voted’ sticker starts in September - FOX 2
• Your design could be St. Louis County’s new ‘I Voted’ sticker - KSDK

Sustainability ♻️

• Hurricane Ida traps Louisianans, leaves the grid a shambles - The Big 550 KTRS
• Ameren sending 300 crew members to help restore power after Hurricane Ida - FOX 2
• If you think we need to “harden” our existing fossil-fuel based grid, you are wrong. - Global Energy and the American Dream
• Carbon capture and storage, once again is (A) a bad idea and (B) an effort by the fossil fuel industry - Global Energy and the American Dream
• We will be arguing that hydrogen - especially that backed by the fossil fuel industry - is a non-solution. - Global Energy and the American Dream

Wildlife 🦝

• MDC warns deer hunters of a deadly disease - FOX 2

STL99 😱

• Missouri ranks among Top 5 on auto theft list - FOX 2
• Here’s why the Missouri Technology Corp. is seeking input from entrepreneurs for its new strategic plan - St. Louis Business News St. Louis News | The St. Louis Business Journal
• Jake Paul beats McCluer High School grad Tyron Woodley in boxing match - FOX 2
• Square temporarily closes downtown offices after fatal shooting in homeless encampment - stltoday.com
• Man injured in shooting on Washington Avenue in downtown St. Louis - r/StLouis
• Is St. Louis city gonna let St Charles beat them by almost 10%? Come on man… - r/StLouis
• EARLY MORNING TEEN LOFT PARTY DOWNTOWN TURNS VIOLENT WITH GUNPLAY - Real STL News

STL100 💯

• Little Caesars plans major expansion in St. Louis - FOX 2
• Local Hell’s Kitchen contestant earns ‘black jacket’; one of 5 finalists - FOX 2
• Volunteers spend day at historic cemetery, cleaning the grounds and locating missing graves - FOX 2
• St. Louis 12-year-old is youngest to receive Missouri award for citizen heroism - stltoday.com
• ‘This was my home. I lived and died to be in St. Louis’: Ric Flair fires up the crowd at NWA event at Chase Park Plaza - KSDK

History 🦕

• The opening of Union Station turned St. Louis into a national crossroads - stltoday.com
• Touring the HISTORIC Keyhole House in Soulard! - r/StLouis

DotGov 🏛

• St. Louis Population Change 2010-2020 - r/StLouis

CityGov 🏛

• St. Louis City votes unanimously to extend mask mandate - FOX 2
• St. Louis aldermen OK extension of mask mandate - stltoday.com
• City of St. Louis extends mask order - KSDK

LocalGov 🏛

• Illinois town gets its own ‘Gateway to the West’ - FOX 2
• St. Louis, Jackson County extend mask mandates - The Big 550 KTRS
• St. Louis County hits milestone with 1M vaccines administered - FOX 2
• St. Louis County, city look to local eviction moratoriums after Supreme Court ruling - stltoday.com
• Mask mandate starts in Illinois, teachers to be required to get COVID-19 vaccine - KSDK
• Millions for rental assistance have yet to be spent in St. Louis area - KSDK

MoGov 🏛

• Jaco: St. Louis’s newest COVID treatment is an expensive right-wing favorite - MetroSTL.com
• Missouri awards no-bid contract to boost staffing, antibody treatments, field hospitals - Missouri Independent
• Lawsuit filed over $1.4 billion contract for Missouri prison healthcare - Missouri Independent
• Missouri judge rejects attempt to reinstate pandemic-related jobless benefits - stltoday.com
• Missouri prison medical provider sues state after it loses major contract to Centene subsidiary - stltoday.com

FedGov 🏛

• Biden calls Afghanistan withdrawal ‘extraordinary success’ - FOX 2
• Biden administration opens civil rights investigation into states banning school mask mandates - Missouri Independent

Covid19 Info 🦠

• Missouri’s seven-day COVID case average drops by 900 since August 5 - FOX 2
• Local doctor explains how monoclonal antibody treatment works - FOX 2
• Missouri records 1,915 new COVID cases, no new virus deaths - FOX 2
• St. Louis area has 30 COVID deaths over three days; over 250 in August - FOX 2
• CVS puts limit on rapid COVID-19 test purchases due to surging demand - FOX 2
• Public health orders issued by St. Louis area authorities likely saved ‘thousands’ of lives in the region, Washington U. study finds - stltoday.com
• More than 400 Fort Zumwalt students are in quarantine due to COVID contact - KSDK