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09/07/2026

09/07/2026

The 32nd Annual Jefferson County Fire Engine Rally & Herculaneum Fall Festival is coming to Herculaneum on Saturday, September 26, 2026, and we're looking for vendors to be part of one of Jefferson County's biggest community celebrations!

Whether you're a:
Food Vendor
Crafter
Artist
Boutique Owner
Maker
Business or Community Organization

This is a great opportunity to showcase your products, connect with hundreds of attendees, and be part of a fun-filled day featuring fire trucks, live music, food, family activities, and more!

Event Date: September 26, 2026
Location: Herculaneum, Missouri

Vendor Booth Fees: •
Sales & Food Vendors: $50
Informational Booths: $20

Download the vendor application and event information here: https://cityofherculaneum.gov/the-32nd-annual-jefferson.../

Don't miss your chance to reserve your spot at this exciting community event!

Please share this post with anyone who may be interested in becoming a vendor.

09/07/2026

FYI city folks

St. Louis Public Schools could close 14 schools next year, reshape its magnet programs and cut transportation for thousands of students. The school board is scheduled to vote Oct. 13.

Here’s what we know about which schools would close, where students could go, how transportation would change and what could happen to the vacant buildings left behind.

📰 Blythe Bernhard, Post-Dispatch
📸 David Carson, Post-Dispatch

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09/07/2026

This is one town that should dissolve

ICYMI: Kinloch officials impeached an alderwoman in a sham hearing to retaliate against her for criticizing city spending and transparency, the former alderwoman alleged in a recently filed lawsuit.

🔗 Full story at the link in the comments and STLtoday.com.
📰 Nassim Benchaabane, Post-Dispatch

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09/07/2026

Meeting Tuesday

09/07/2026

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09/07/2026

Shortly after 1:20 a.m., officers began receiving calls for reckless driving near Gravois and Chippewa. Within minutes, callers reported multiple vehicles participating in a street takeover at Gravois and Morgan Ford.

These incidents require a significant, coordinated police response. Participants and spectators have previously surrounded police vehicles and intentionally blocked officers from safely entering or leaving the area. As additional officers were being brought into service, a Medic in Need of Aid call was dispatched citywide near South Grand and Magnolia for initial reports that medics were being held at gunpoint. An adult male was taken into custody relative to this incident.

While responding to the Medic in Need of Aid, two officers were involved in a crash at Chouteau and Jefferson. One of the officers suffered moderate injuries, was transported to a hospital and is currently in stable condition.

Officers subsequently responded to Gravois and Morgan Ford, where they located a vehicle on fire. An investigation has been launched.

This incident demonstrates how street takeovers strain emergency resources far beyond a single intersection. They divert officers from other priority calls and place officers, neighbors, other drivers and our entire community in harms way. The Board of Police Commissioners is actively investing in safety by approving significant pay increases, strengthening recruitment incentives and supporting efforts to attract and retain more officers. Those investments are critical to rebuilding SLMPD’s staffing and ensuring the department has the resources necessary to respond to dangerous incidents while continuing to serve neighborhoods across the city.

If you have information or footage from the street takeover or the vehicle being set on fire, please submit them to [email protected]

09/06/2026

FERGUSON, Mo. – A Ferguson city councilman is reviving an effort to bring a large-scale data center to the former Emerson Electric campus, just months after a previous proposal left the city council at an impasse.

In May, plans for a data center on the Emerson campus failed to advance, blocked by a 3-3 city council vote with one abstention.

On Wednesday, the Ferguson City Council is scheduled to discuss a data center proposal that maintains similar tax incentives from the previous plan, but now requires developers to make a $7.5 million commitment to the Ferguson Neighborhood Improvement Program over 10 years, according to city council agenda documents.

Nick Kasoff, one of three council members who backed the previous proposal, is leading the new legislation.

Kassoff, in a phone call Friday with FOX 2, says the city’s financial situation has become increasingly difficult and the city has already cut essential services “down to the bone.” He says Ferguson faces a choice between embracing a data center development that could bring new investment and revenue or continuing down a path, he considers, of stagnation and decline.

Unlike last time, the new proposal includes a 10-year, $7.5 million commitment to the Ferguson Neighborhood Improvement Program. The nonprofit provides grants to homeowners to help reduce housing costs, works to address abandoned properties and encourages improvements in Ferguson neighborhoods.

Kassoff says the new funding could be transformational for the program and possibly help move the latest data center proposal across the finish line.

“That’s really exciting because now FNIP can do more than it’s ever done before,” said Kasoff. “it can take on more of these abandoned houses. Maybe do some infill development on vacant lots. There’s going to be improvements in our neighborhoods. We’re going to be able to fully on city services. So it’s really going to be a gamechanger for the city of Ferguson.”

The new proposal, like last time, would allow the city to issue around $1 billion in industrial revenue bonds and grant long-term tax abatements to transform the former Emerson Electric Co. headquarters, located at 800 W. Florissant Avenue, into a data center.

The tax incentives are a key part of the proposal, but have drawn opposition from some Ferguson residents and council members.