🌱 Flags For Veterans' Graves + Potholes Filled By City

Good morning, St. Louis! Like many of you, the Patch team is taking some time off to celebrate Memorial Day, so you won't see a newsletter in your inbox on Monday morning. We will be back on Tuesday with your next update, but in the meantime, here's what's happening around town this holiday weekend.

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Sunshine and warmer. High: 79 Low: 64.

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

1. St. Louis-area Boy Scouts will be honoring fallen service members this weekend at Jefferson Barracks and eight different Jewish cemeteries. The scouts will be placing 250,000 American flags on graves. More than 5,000 scouts and families will be participating in the Memorial Day event. (KMOV4)
2. St. Louis will finally be focusing on its pothole backlog. Mayor Tishaura Jones' office reports that 1,458 potholes were repaired by street crews last week. The city assigned 13 crews to the task - significantly higher than the usual 2 to 3 crews that are assigned. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
3. A new report by WalletHub has listed St. Louis as one of the best summer travel destinations. Its 2020 list is meant to help families plan the perfect summer getaway. The list compared 100 different metros on 43 factors. St. Louis ranked as the 20th best location right behind San Diego, California. (KTVI Fox 2 St. Louis)

Today in St. Louis:

• Fireworks At Grant's Farm (9:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Saint Louis Science Center celebrates the anniversary of the plan to build a planetarium at the center in 1955. I think we can all agree that it was a fantastic decision. (Facebook)
• St. Louis County Police Department is celebrating the promotion of Sergeant Luis Perez to Lieutenant. Congratulations! (Facebook)
• St. Louis County Parks reminds the community that Food Truck Fest returns on Wednesday, Jun. 1 from 5-8 p.m. at Tilles Park. The Skylark Brothers will be playing live music from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Scheduled food trucks include SNS Goodies, Go Gyro, Go, Wayno’s International, Speedway Eatery, Mother’s on Wheels, and Tipsy Pony adult drink vendor. (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.