🌱 Two STL Women Discover Cheater Via TikTok + Woman Shot In Bevo

Hello, everybody. I'm here with your Thursday edition of the St. Louis Daily, filled with all the things you need to know about what's happening in town.

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Cloudy, a flurry; colder. High: 29 Low: 17.

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

1. Two St. Louis women found out they were being cheated on, by the same man, through TikTok. Sophia Marren, 26, made a TikTok in March 2021 about her date night with her boyfriend, which popped up on 25-year-old Liesel Julsrud's For You Page, where she saw the man she had been seeing for five months in his kitchen cooking dinner for another woman. Julsrud took her sobbing boyfriend back when he claimed he had stopped seeing Marren. Julsrud made a TikTok on Jan. 12 this year about the finding after she and her boyfriend broke up. The TikTok led to the women grabbing a drink and becoming friends over the situation. (Riverfront Times)
2. A woman was shot yesterday during an attempted carjacking in the city's Bevo neighborhood. The 43-year-old woman, hospitalized with a gunshot wound, said a man approached her car and pointed a handgun at her. When the victim began to drive off, the suspect fired shots, and she was struck in the shoulder. The investigation is ongoing, and as of Wednesday afternoon, a suspect had not been identified. (KSDK.com)
3. St. Louis Public Schools District is still struggling with a shortage of bus drivers. Deputy Superintendent of Operations Square Watson says the district's routes are being covered, but they are about 20-30 drivers short of being fully staffed. Watson said routes are being covered by paying the drivers they do have for overtime. (KTVI Fox 2 St. Louis)

Today in St. Louis:

• Karaoke At The Attic Music Bar (5:00 PM)
• The Path Less Traveled Book Signing At University Of Missouri - St. Louis (5:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Thinking of dipping your toes into the housing market? Check out the list of open houses happening this week in the St. Louis area at the link. (St. Louis Patch)
• The 2023 James Beard Award semifinalists have been announced! See which St. Louis chefs, bakery, and bar made the cut at the link. (Subscription: St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
• Are you looking for a new family member with four paws? Check out the list of adoption-ready pets in the St. Louis area at the link! (St. Louis Patch)

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— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a staff writer for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners. She is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island, where she earned degrees in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies. In her free time, you can find her traveling, drinking tea, or practicing film photography.