🌱 2 Election Candidates Disqualified + Firefighters Injured In Blaze

Good day, people of St. Louis! Helen Eckhard here with your brand-new edition of the St. Louis Daily.

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Here are the top 3 stories in St. Louis today:

1. St. Louis County election officials announced Thursday that two candidates in next Tuesday's municipal election had been disqualified. Both Diana Harris and Carla Walker were removed from the ballot after the Missouri Department of Revenue determined that they had unpaid taxes. The notice of disqualification was made too late to remove the candidates' names from absentee ballots, but absentee votes for both Harris and Walker will not be counted. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
2. Two firefighters were injured early Thursday morning while battling a vacant house fire in the Marine Villa neighborhood. A spokesperson for the St. Louis Fire Department says the injuries occurred when one of the firefighters fell from the second floor onto a colleague. Both crew members suffered minor injuries from the incident but are expected to recover. (KTVI Fox 2 St. Louis)
3. Several newly-listed residential properties are available in the St. Louis area. The available listings include a one-bedroom loft on Washington Avenue and a sunlit two-bedroom unit on Grand Boulevard. For more available listings, see the full roundup from your St. Louis Patch. (St. Louis Patch)

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Today in St. Louis:

• Kaleidoscopes: The Art Form At The Foundry Art Center (All Day)
• Grab And Go After School Meals At Weber Road Branch Library (2:30 PM)
• The Big Muddy Dance Company At The Grandel (7:30 PM)

From my notebook:

• The cherry trees at the Missouri Botanical Garden are reaching the peak of their bloom! Visit today to enjoy a walk beneath the blossoms. (Facebook)
• Forest Park has been named as a USA TODAY 10 Best City Park Nominee for 2022! Voting only takes a second, and you can vote for Forest Park each day until polling closes on Apr. 10. (Facebook)

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— Helen Eckhard

About me: Helen Eckhard is a marketing assistant at Lightning Media Partners. She is a self-professed logophile who is currently pursuing her master’s degree in library science. Outside of work, you can find Helen constructing crossword puzzles, knitting, or devising increasingly crafty ways to kill off characters in her mystery novels.