🌱 Boy Hit Getting Off School Bus + Fire Destroys Action STL HQ

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

First, today's weather:

Windy and cooler. High: 45 Low: 31.

Here are the top stories in St. Louis today:

1. A 12-year-old boy was hit by a car after getting off of a school bus in north St. Louis County. The accident occurred Thursday at a bus stop near Whisper Lake Drive and Parker Road. The boy was transported to the hospital and is expected to make a full recovery. (KMOV.com)
2. A fire at the office of Action St. Louis has forced the social justice advocacy group to seek a new base of operations. Firefighters responded to the incident at the office on Vandeventer Avenue last Sunday evening. No one was injured in the fire, but fire and water damage left the office "uninhabitable." (STLtoday.com)
3. A St. Louis jury has convicted a man in a deadly shooting that was caused by a squabble over street parking in June. (STLtoday.com)
4. An Ellisville family has been displaced after a fire destroyed their home in St. Louis County on Thursday evening. (KTVI Fox 2 St. Louis)
5. Hundreds of people gathered Friday morning to honor a St. Louis County detective who was killed in the line of duty after a crash in Bellefontaine Neighbors last week. (KMOV.com)

Today in St. Louis:

• Winter Wonderland (4:00 PM)
• Syrian drive-thru event (5:00 PM)

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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.