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Steph Kukuljan @stephkukuljan.bsky.social · 9h

Buckled in for safety 👷🫡

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Tony Messenger @tonymess.bsky.social · 12h

Why has the city of St. Louis ignored its ‘quiet zone’ railroad problem for 18 years? That’s what this Dogtown resident wants to know. See my column in first comment.

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Kavahn Mansouri @kavahnmansouri.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It took St. Louis city nearly nine months to tell me they have no responsive record to a fairly simple records request. Here are all the delay emails I received along the way. Nine months.

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Grove Resident 🇺🇦 @smb-grove.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Seems like a strange investment for Arch to Park Equity Fund to prioritize 🤔 “Kyle Howerton, co-founder of AHM, declined to disclose the sales price, but said his firm plans to use the lot as parking for tenants at the Tudor Building. AHM has no immediate plans for the former church, he added.”

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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

👩‍🏫👮‍♂️🏛️💵 How much did St. Louis-area public servants earn in 2025? From mayors to teachers to police, the new edition of the Post-Dispatch's Public Pay database has the answers: stltoday.com/pay We wrangled more than 100 records requests and cleaned up messy data to bring it to you.

A mosaic shows four images: a capitol rotunda, a light-rail train, a school bus, and a city hall sign.

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Grove Resident 🇺🇦 @smb-grove.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Mural work at the Edison bldg

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Grove Resident 🇺🇦 @smb-grove.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Historic brick street revealed amid repaving of Taylor Ave in the Grove

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch @stltoday.com · 10/09/2026

The developer who undertook a $130 million renovation of a historic Downtown West building is now planning to tackle Cleveland High School.

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Cleveland High School in St. Louis could be next project for Memphis developer

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Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Max @2xaught7.ing · 09/09/2026

A couple of cool stories from @dgoold.bsky.social's piece centered on memories of Albert Pujols, who will be inducted into the Cardinals HOF this weekend. www.stltoday.com/sports/professiona…

David Eckstein, World Series MVP: “You remember when I hit the grand slam against the Braves? I didn’t know this at the time, but he went up to John Rodriguez and told him to put his bat down. He wouldn’t let him grab his bat to get in the on-deck circle. And in that situation I had to at least hit a ball that three runs could score. The faith that he always showed in me was incredible. And then throughout the whole 2006 year. Personally, I didn’t feel like I was coming through in the clutch for the club. He would always come up to me and say, ‘Eck don’t worry about it. When we need you, you will come through.’ And then it happened in the World Series. It was that unyielding faith that he had in his teammates.”

Joey Votto, former MVP and Cincinnati great: “What people don't know about the St. Louis Cardinals’ stadium is how big it is. It just felt on a consistent basis like you're playing in a big, big yard. And I remember playing against Albert back in those first few years before he left for Anaheim and how he would hit balls on a line in both gaps and make the park look small. I remember on a consistent basis him somehow abusing a park that should have suppressed his career numbers. I felt like (Busch Stadium) was a big park for me, but Albert made it look small. Albert was a level above everybody. He would sometimes talk about the park I played in, the Reds’ ballpark. ‘I would have bigger numbers if I hit there.’ And without a question, that's true. I'm guessing that if he played in my ballpark, he may have had another 50 homers during the course of his career.”

Brendan Ryan, former Cardinals shortstop: “For me, personally, he was so good to me that I think I remember those moments where some veterans weren’t being super-cool and he would just shut them up. His presence. He didn’t have to say anything. He could just stand in between and it was over. In ’07, my rookie year, I had a sterling silver chain. He said, ‘No.’ He bought me the white gold chain.”

Adam Wainwright, 200-game winner and longtime teammate: “In the spring training of 2007 following our ’06 World Series championship, a famous painter named Opie Otterstad came into the clubhouse with a few different paintings he had done of our team in celebration mode. He had one of me with my arms up and the team running right toward me that I thought was awesome. So I asked him how much it was and he told me it was $5,000. I told him, ‘Well somebody’s gonna definitely enjoy that painting. But it ain’t gonna be me!’ And then Albert told me I needed to buy it. I told him I was a rookie and I didn’t need to spend that much money on a painting even if it was awesome. So he looked over at Opie and said, ‘I’ll buy it for him.’ There was no talking him out of it. He said if I didn’t let him buy it for me I’d be going back to Class AAA. It still hangs in my office today above the fireplace.”

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Lynn Worthy @lworthysports.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It's official

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Julie in STL @hyperhouse.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Let’s talk about my Sunday walk through the Greater Ville in St. Louis. First, we check in on the Shelley house, which appears to have more tornado damage than first realized. I believe the homeowners, now in their 90s, have since moved out. We could lose this piece of history forever.

The Shelley house from Shelley v Kraemer. The porch is damaged and there appears to be some other roof damage from the tornado

The Shelley house from Shelley v Kraemer. The house next to it took the hardest hit in the 2025 tornado and has since been demolished

The Shelley house from Shelley v Kraemer. The yard is overgrown and I don’t think it’s currently occupied. The owners are in their 90s and one has been in a nursing home from what I’ve found

Historical marker from The Shelley house from Shelley v Kraemer

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Sunshine Gerry @gconnolly314.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The City of St. Louis's supposedly transparent process for drafting and adopting #DataCenterSTL regulations has been exposed as a ludicrous farce. Report by @stephkukuljan.bsky.social 👇 A notice has yet to be posted for the continuation of the Aug. 12 #PlanCommSTL meeting. New #: #STLcorruption

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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Years before that, I poked fun at St. Louis County's fragmentation by making "Municipalities: The Game". It's a race against the clock, where you type as many cities and villages as you can remember in 3 minutes. I tried it again just now and only got 39. www.stltoday.com/news/multime... (3/3)

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How many St. Louis County municipalities can you name?

St. Louis County is the land of a million municipalities (or thereabouts). How many can you list in three minutes? Try our game.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch @stltoday.com · 27/07/2026

The mural is often the first thing commuters see when they reach downtown. Painters from The Muny will help restore it.

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Restoration of World's Fair mural in downtown St. Louis to start next month

Painters from The Muny will help restore the iconic mural.

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Grove Resident 🇺🇦 @smb-grove.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Posted by Spirtas Wrecking 😭 - The rotating restaurant drive system is being given to City Museum

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Steph Kukuljan @stephkukuljan.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

They've seemed to have embraced Nixon's paranoia. Hopefully they leave his anti-Semitism behind. I'd be fine if they picked up the environment cause (gift link 👇) www.wsj.com/politics/ric...

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Young Conservatives Have an Unlikely New Icon: Richard Nixon

“Nixonmaxxing” swag and TikTok videos have helped trigger a rethinking of the former president’s legacy among some conservatives.

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Steph Kukuljan @stephkukuljan.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

In 2003, Dem presidential hopeful Howard Dean was criticized for saying Dems needed to win votes from "guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks." "We're not going to win in this country if we don't have a big tent." news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/america...

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BBC NEWS | Americas | Rivals slam Dean over flag remark

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Steph Kukuljan @stephkukuljan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Inflation has hit the Building Division: I was charged $20 to get a copy of a building permit. Five years ago, they charged me $15! (I remember fighting Joseph Sims about this in '21 because it used to be free!)

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STLrainbow @stlrainbow.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

And May 2025 and post-tornado October Google streetviews across the street. Demo permits have been issued recently for two of the three homes. I believe all of these homes in the two posts were occupied, most appearing to be owner-occupied. 2/2 💔💔

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STLrainbow @stlrainbow.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

May 2025 and post-tornado October 2025 Google streetviews of a group of 1904 beauties just north of Delmar. A reno permit has been issued this month for the home with the board ups. It's neighbor at the end has been demolished and a demo permit has been issued for the other end home. 1/

Tree lined scene of two-story brick homes.

Devastation. The two interior homes are damaged but not collapsed; the end homes are partially collapsed. The trees are gone.

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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The Voters Guide for the August primary election is in today's print edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch! It's also available online at @stltoday.com: www.stltoday.com/votersguide/ Get informed before you vote!

Photo shows the front page of the Voters Guide, a special section in Thursday's edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch print newspaper.

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Sunshine Gerry @gconnolly314.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

“He also serves on the Board of Adjustment, which requires one member be a graduate of an accredited architecture school or a licensed architect.” FYI: On 7/29, the Board of Adjustment will hear the appeal of the city’s decision to approve a conditional use permit for the #ArmoryDataCenter

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

At the Moulin Rouge, The Dance, by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1890

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Steph Kukuljan @stephkukuljan.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I’ll support USA but I’ll never support Alexi Lalas

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Steph Kukuljan @stephkukuljan.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Does anyone know the owner of Donut Drive In on Chippewa?

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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Documenting DOGE’s work across the executive branch through the #FOIA will take years. Not deterred, I submitted FOIA requests for a wide range of records, fully expecting a long wait. Some of my requests have are now beginning to chip away at some of the secrecy.

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Roland Klose @rwklose.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Meanwhile, checking in on the circus in St. Louis County: “You cool down, you cool down, you cool down. I’m already cool. I don’t have to cool down.”

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Investigative Reporters & Editors @ire.org · 19/06/2026

🏅 Congratulations to Julie K. Brown, winner of the 2026 Don Bolles Medal. Brown was honored at #IRE26 for her fearless investigative reporting that exposed the special treatment given to Jeffrey Epstein & helped reopen a case many believed would never see justice. Read more: bit.ly/4vXql45

The graphic has gold medal in the background and it says "2026 Don Bolles Medal Winner" There is also a picture of a woman posing behind a chair.

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