⏳ STLduJour(nal) - 2021-261-PM Edition
STL Daily News Snapshots
Contents
Noon Edition: going to the Balloon Race. Also, Marie ruined my lede.
Events 📆
- NWS posts wind forecast map for tomorrow’s Forest Park balloon race. Balloons will be moving west - r/StLouis
- 49th annual Great Forest Park Balloon Race set to take off Saturday afternoon - FOX 2
- Balloon Glow lights up in Forest Park - FOX 2
- Balloons in the Great Forest Park Balloon Race most likely will head west Saturday afternoon - FOX 2
- See the Great Forest Park Balloon Glow and Race in St. Louis this weekend - FOX 2
- Fright Fest is Gearing Up to Scare St. Louis Once Again This Year - Riverfront Times
- LIST: Taste of St. Louis menu for its 15th year - KSDK
- Corn sweats? Yep, and impacts our summer weather doing it - FOX 2
- Nelly heading to Ballpark Village for birthday party concert - stltoday.com
BuySTL 👜
- Big Muddy Adventures opening first retail store - FOX 2
- Made in St. Louis: His artwork is born of odd bits, scrap and junk - stltoday.com
Restaurants 🍲
- Chatawa and Grand Pied open in shared Tower Grove South space - stltoday.com
Neighborhoods 🏡
- Cherokee Street Native Statue Removed - NextSTL - r/StLouis
- Cherokee Street Statue Removed After Community Vote - News Blog, Riverfront Times
- ‘Cherokee’ statue removed from St. Louis business district intersection - stltoday.com
- Native American statue removed from Cherokee Street - FOX 2
- Removed Cherokee Street statue to serve as learning tool at arts center - FOX 2
- Statue of ‘Cherokee Native’ removed from south St. Louis intersection after vote - KSDK
Sustainability ♻️
- California’s Limited Grid Is Making Solar Access Inequitable - Gizmodo
- Rolls-Royce’s all-electric aircraft completes 15-minute maiden voyage - TechCrunch
Wildlife 🦝
- Missouri’s largest wind farm shut off at night to protect bats - FOX 2
- Gateway Arch Turning Off Exterior Lights For Bird Migration Season, Sept. 18-30 - RiverBender.com News
- This forecast of Missouri’s fall foliage includes top spots to visit - FOX 2
STL99 😱
- Fire crews contain hydrochloric acid spill at Hazelwood aerospace company - FOX 2
- ‘Devious lick’ TikTok challenge hits St. Louis area schools, bathrooms - stltoday.com
- 2 students arrested with weapons at McCluer North High school - KSDK
STL100 💯
- First truss of new Merchants Bridge hoisted into place - KSDK
- Boeing to build Navy aircraft at MidAmerica, invest $200M - KSDK
- Boeing to build first of its kind aircraft in Metro East, project to boost economy - FOX 2
- Spartech acquires Indiana-based manufacturer Crawford Industries - St. Louis Business News St. Louis News | The St. Louis Business Journal
- Plans For New Boeing Factory Contribute To Continuing Growth At MidAmerica St. Louis Airport - RiverBender.com News
- NAF launches high school academies in St. Louis - stlamerican.com - RSS Results
Crime 🗯
- Sex workers shot in St. Louis City; public safety alert issued - FOX 2
- Dating app robberies prompt public safety alert in St. Louis City - FOX 2
Police 🚓
- SLMPD Daily Crime Report SLMPD
- Extra police officers patrol downtown St. Louis in hopes of curbing crime - KSDK
- Byers’ Beat: The pool of internal candidates eligible for St. Louis Police Chief job - KSDK
- Losing badges: St. Louis area’s major police forces struggle to recruit, retain officers - stltoday.com
- Police: Sex workers are being targeted in St. Louis shootings, robberies - KSDK
- St. Louis professor has waged long crusade to end abuse from ‘wandering cops’ - Missouri Independent
History 🦕
- Vintage KSDK: Alligators and orangutans in the news in 1964 - KSDK
DotGov 🏛
- ‘We will be ready’: Capitol Police prepare for Saturday rally - FOX 2
- 2021 German General Election if it is held… - Maps on the Web
- Israel reportedly used a remote-controlled gun to assassinate an Iranian scientist - Engadget
CityGov 🏛
- St. Louis officials loosen approval process for speed humps - stltoday.com
- Tornado sirens in St. Louis will now sound for destructive thunderstorms - Reddit Home
- Circuit Attorney Gardner says St. Louis has no authority over her office - stltoday.com
- Fall 2021 NOFA and Applications - City of St. Louis Procurement Opportunities
- RFB Grounds & Engine Parts O.E.M. (Rebid) - City of St. Louis Procurement Opportunities
MoGov 🏛
- As politician and priest, John C. Danforth spent a lifetime trying to do good. He’s not sure he succeeded. - St. Louis Magazine
FedGov 🏛
- FRED Adds “Redlining” Data from Aaronson, Hartley, and Mazumder - St. Louis Fed Economic Research
- FRED Adds Industry Productivity Dataset from Bureau of Labor Statistics - St. Louis Fed Economic Research
- FREDcast Will Be Retired in August 2021 - St. Louis Fed Economic Research
- Home camera catches U.S. Marshal slugging unarmed, handcuffed black suspect - Boing Boing
- Pentagon reverses itself, calls deadly Kabul drone strike an error - FOX 2
Covid19 Info 🦠
- Missouri tops 11,000 reported COVID deaths, doubling total from 2020 - Missouri Independent
- US panel backs COVID-19 boosters only for elderly, high-risk - The Big 550 KTRS
- Some Missouri nursing homes are beating COVID. Credit may go to ultra-high staff vaccination rates - stltoday.com
- Blues will require fans to show proof of vaccination or negative test at Enterprise Center - St. Louis Magazine
- Blues: Fans need proof of vaccination or negative test results for home games - KSDK
- Enterprise Center requiring vaccination proof or negative test to Blues games, other events - FOX 2
- St. Louis Blues Games Now Require Proof of Vaccination or a Negative Test - Riverfront Times
- St. Louis Blues to require COVID-19 vaccinations or testing - The Big 550 KTRS
Jobs 📄
- Inflation Has Turned $15 an Hour Wages Into a Setback - Business
Captain’s Blog 🏴☠️
- Here’s why your food prices keep going up - Business
- How China’s Pollution Fight Is Roiling Commodities: QuickTake - Business
- What’s Behind Europe’s Skyrocketing Power Prices: QuickTake - Business
- Why an Electric Car Battery Is So Expensive, For Now - Business
- Marketers should plan for more DIY metrics as iOS 15 nears - TechCrunch
- Guerilla Grazing and Ingenious Off-Grid Living - kottke.org
- Great interview with Spencer Ackerman - Global Energy and the American Dream
- A Detroit community college professor is fighting Silicon Valley’s surveillance machine. People are listening. - Business
- Researchers Defeated Advanced Facial Recognition Tech Using Makeup - VICE US
- Google Is Reportedly Loading Chromecast Up With Free Channels - Gizmodo
- Snapchat will be home to the latest ‘Among Us’ clone - Engadget
- The Arctic is on its way to becoming a strategic geopolitical… - Maps on the Web
- Columbia’s Roots N Blues Festival returns, boasting a stellar – and all-female – lineup - stltoday.com
- Checking in with Bear, your concerns, and more - Reddit Home
r/StLouis reddit
- Apple Cider Donuts - r/StLouis
- Good low carb restaurant options in St Louis? (esp takout) - r/StLouis
- Where can I get a good Bison burger? - r/StLouis
- The Factory, has anyone been? I have a seating question if so. - r/StLouis
- TOURING Beer Baron Castle in Compton Heights! - r/StLouis