🌱 All Clear After City Hall Bomb Threat + Marcus Ave. Carjacking

Morning, neighbors! It's me again, Helen Eckhard, your host of the St. Louis Daily.

First, today's weather:

Occasional rain and drizzle. High: 52 Low: 25.

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

1. Police have given the all-clear after a bomb threat was made at St. Louis City Hall. The building was evacuated as a precaution following the threat on Monday. Nobody was injured as a result of the incident. (KMOV.com)
2. Authorities are investigating after a 75-year-old man was carjacked at gunpoint in North City on Sunday evening. The victim told police he was stopped at a stoplight on Marcus Avenue when two armed men approached and demanded his vehicle. The man was not injured, and police are currently searching for his 1995 red and white Dodge pickup truck. (KMOV.com)
3. Three nonprofit arts organizations in St. Louis have received a $3 million donation. Craft Alliance, Laumeier Sculpture Park, and St. Louis Artists’ Guild will evenly split the gift, which was allocated to them as part of the estate trust of Louetta Buechler, a Manchester resident who died last December. Officials said the gift was one of the largest individual donations each of the three organizations has ever received. (KSDK.com)

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Today in St. Louis:

• Wellness Kits: Sensory Bottles At Central Branch Library (12:00 AM)
• AARP Tax-Aide At Lewis And Clark Branch Library (9:30 AM)
• Grab And Go After School Meals At Lewis And Clark Branch Library (3:30 PM)

From my notebook:

• Three months ago, in October 2021, the Saint Louis Zoo welcomed a new male Grevy’s zebra named Presley. Now, the Zoo is home to eight Grevy’s zebras: Presley and seven females! (Facebook)
• St. Louis County Parks announced that the Trail Net restroom at Blake C. Snyder Park will be closed Wednesday, Feb. 2, and Thursday, Feb. 3, for maintenance. (Facebook)
• Plants are the true stars of Disney's Encanto, and a botanist with St. Louis ties helped make it all happen. Explore the flora of the new animated feature in a new blog post from the Missouri Botanical Garden. (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.