🌱 DeBaliviere Place Fire + Police Curb Speeding

Happy Thursday, people of St. Louis! Here's everything happening in St. Louis today.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and cool. High: 53 Low: 30.

Here are the top stories today in St. Louis:

1. An investigation is underway after a fatal fire in St. Louis yesterday afternoon.
   The St. Louis Fire Department was called to an apartment building in the 5600 block of Pershing Avenue for a report of a fire in the DeBaliviere Place neighborhood near Forest Park. Officials confirmed one man did die in the fire and there is no word on if anyone else was injured. (KSDK.com)
2. For the last two weeks in October, the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department made at least a thousand traffic stops in the city for issues of speeding, violating stop signs, and other moving violations. An SLMPD spokesperson said the department launched the Traffic Enforcement Initiative last month to reduce traffic fatalities in the city by going after unsafe drivers. After examining accident reports in each of its six districts, police identified three problem intersections in each district and increased patrols in those areas. (KTVI Fox 2 St. Louis)
3. Unemployment is flat in St. Louis as the labor force continues to shrink. (STLtoday.com)
4. 911 dispatchers are now going to be classified as "first responders" in St. Louis County. (St. Louis Public Radio)
5. Ryan McDaniel has admitted to robbing and carjacking a St. Louis pizza delivery driver. (STLtoday.com)

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Today in St. Louis:

• Blood Drive - Gym B - Mehlville High School (6:30 AM)
• Job Fair- Thursday, Nov. 4th- 60+ Companies & 1,000+ Jobs- On-Site Interviews! (10:00 AM)
• Cheerleading Tryouts - Lafayette Preparatory Academy (3:45 PM)
• Nature Printing - Central Branch Library (4:00 PM)
• Philosophy Book Group - Carpenter Branch Library (6:00 PM)
• Psychic Medium John Edward live in St. Louis, MO! (7:00 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.