🌱 Free Suits Giveaway + Harris-Stowe University Reopens

Happy Monday, neighbors! Let's get this day started off right. These are the most important things happening today in town.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and chilly. High: 32 Low: 22.

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

1. Hundreds of local men received free suits during a giveaway event at the Sunshine Cultural Arts Center. The Center also gave the men shirts and shoes. The men's involvement group at the center hosts suit giveaways four times a year. (KMOV.com)
2. Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis closed for several hours Tuesday after the historically Black school received a bomb threat. The campus reopened Tuesday afternoon after an investigation by St. Louis police and the FBI; a search of the campus turned up nothing threatening. The threat comes as several other historically Black universities across the country reported bomb threats on Tuesday. (The Missourian)
3. A drug kingpin out of California will be sentenced in March for running an elaborate smuggling operation through St. Louis, using an unsuspecting storage facility as the key transportation point for massive amounts of fentanyl. The St. Louis DEA seized 27 kilos of fentanyl hidden inside a storage unit in the nearby suburb of Florissant. The fentanyl was hidden in secret compartments inside furniture. (CIProud.com)

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Today in St. Louis:

• Words of Wellness - Machacek Branch Library (All Day)
• Words of Wellness - Carondelet Branch Library (All Day)
• Words of Wellness - Buder Branch Library (All Day)
• Wellness Kits: Sensory Bottles - Central Branch Library (All Day)
• Rockin the Runway: Unravel Exhibit - Central Branch Library (All Day)
• COVID-19 Testing - Walnut Park Branch Library (12:00 PM)
• Monday Matinees: Celebrating Black Actors - Buder (1:30 PM)
• Grab and Go After School Meals - Lewis and Clark Branch Library (3:30 PM)

From my notebook:

• In a recent interview with Living St. Louis and the Missouri Department of Conservation, the St. Louis Zoo dove into the details about efforts to save the Ozark hellbender salamander from extinction. Today, the Zoo continues to bolster wild populations. Guests can learn about the Zoo’s hellbender breeding program and the importance of this sensitive amphibian in the recent Nine PBS "Living St. Louis" story. (Facebook)
• Circus Harmony is home to several former Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation St Louis Teen Talent Competition winners. This year’s competition takes place at The Fabulous Fox on Friday, Feb. 11. (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.