President's Day (J.0.B. working day)
Events 📆
- Alton-Godfrey Rotary Club Chili Chowdown Set for March 4 - RiverBender
- New ball, new rules as Battlehawks prepare for 2024 UFL season - FOX 2
- St. Louis Battlehawks, citing demand, open 10 more sections to ticket sales - KSDK
BuySTL 👜
- Hundreds of new businesses create economic boom in Florissant - KSDK
- Missouri rolls up huge cannabis sales in 2023 - KSDK
- Mueller Furniture Receives "2024 Retailer of the Year" Award by the Home Furnishings Association - RiverBender
Restaurants 🍲
- Amaizing Arepa Bar opens in downtown St. Louis - St. Louis Magazine
- Chilanguita Mexican Kitchen Brings a Zesty Fiesta to South City - RFT
- Gourmet grilled cheese concept Steve's Meltdown coming to Midtown - stltoday.com
- Luna Maki Coffee brings clean coffee to St. Louis farmers markets - FEAST
- Motor Town Pizza now open in Richmond Heights - St. Louis Magazine
- Olde City Café & Bar brings the Breese community together in a historic space - FEAST
- My Just Desserts Upcoming Closure Marks End Of An Era In Alton - RiverBender
- Jerseyville Imo's Permanently Shutting Down - RiverBender
STLfood ⚜️
- End of an era: The remaining Culpepper's closes in metro St. Louis - St. Louis Magazine
- Best restaurants for business lunches in St. Louis - St. Louis Magazine
Neighborhoods 🏡
- Tower Grove South Neighborhood Association Meeting Wednesday 2/21 - Tower Grove South Neighborhood Association
STL99 😱
- Schnucks' New Self-Checkout Policy Notches Its First Arrest - RFT
- Man accused of flashing gun at Schnucks employee over too many items for self-checkout - FOX 2
- Driver in custody after hit-and-run topples SLPS school bus on I-44, police say - KSDK
99MO 😱
- Half of Missouri's population at risk of no longer having clean drinking water if new bill passes, expert says - KSDK
- Shooting after Chiefs Super Bowl parade seemed to stem from dispute among several people, police say - FOX 2
Police 🚓
- Former Potosi police officer sentenced for child sex trafficking - FOX 2
- Perv Potosi Cop Matthew Skaggs Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison - RFT
- Off-duty officer shot, manhunt continues - FOX 2
DotGov 🏛
- Amazon Joins SpaceX in Fight to Declare U.S. Labor Board 'Unconstitutional' - Gizmodo
- As Predicted, Judge Dismisses Nearly All Of Sarah Silverman, Michael Chabon, And Other Authors’ Lawsuits Against OpenAI - Techdirt
- Governments can erase your medical debt for pennies on the dollar — and some are - Missouri Independent
CityGov 🏛
- Change to St. Louis firefighter pension system gets veto-proof majority - stltoday.com
- BB 217 - Repealing Ordinance Number 69955 realted to Complete Streets - Board Bills
- 30% of St. Louis city jobs are vacant. Aldermen wonder about a new approach. - stltoday.com
- Aldermen pass bill that could condemn Paul McKee’s north St. Louis land - stltoday.com
- St. Louis gets D grade in 2024 'Financial State of Cities' report - FOX 2
LocalGov 🏛
- 'What Is Your Solution?': Resident Raises Concerns About Alton Public Camping Ban - RiverBender
- Bills to require St. Louis City and County to reimburse St. Charles County - FOX 2
- Bridgeton mayor unexpectedly passes away - FOX 2
- City council meeting: food tax removal warning; legal costs; board members code of ethics; Revel Kitchen coming - 40 South News
- St. Louis-area cities say they’ll cut services like police, roads if food tax is repealed - stltoday.com
- Wood River Recreation Center Opens - RiverBender
MoGov 🏛
- First contract for widening I-70 approved by Missouri highways commission - Missouri Independent
- Union Apprentices Complete Volunteer Projects at Two Missouri State Parks - Terrain Magazine
FedGov 🏛
- State Dept. Expands NSO Group-Targeting Ban To Include Anyone Who Misuses Commercial Malware - Techdirt
- What happens next in the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas? - Missouri Independent
Jobs 📄
Space 🚀
- SpaceX to Deorbit 100 Starlink Satellites Due to Detected Flaw - Gizmodo
DIY 🪓
- Photographing the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse - Jeff Geerling's Blog
Captain's Blog 🏴☠️
- 10 Actually Useful Things the Flipper Zero Can Do - Gizmodo
- Can Mozilla's Layoff Help Revive Firefox's Popularity? - It's FOSS News
- Developer's Move to Bridge Mastodon and Bluesky Sparks Debate! - It's FOSS News
- Nginx web server forked as Freenginx to escape corporate overlords - The Register
- Popular git config options - Julia Evans