🌱 Hogan St Church Becomes Skate Park + Rams Owner to Pay STL

Good morning, St. Louis! Happy Thanksgiving! Please know that, like most of you, I will be taking the day off to enjoy the festivities, so there will not be a newsletter in your inbox tomorrow. We appreciate your understanding of the slight pause in the St. Louis Daily, and we'll be back to our normal routine Saturday morning!

First, today's weather:

Cooler; a little morning rain. High: 42 Low: 22.

Here are the top stories in St. Louis today:

1. The Abby Eats St. Louis podcast team is seeking local residents to share what they are thankful for this holiday season. Callers who share their family traditions have a chance to be featured on the show's third annual holiday call-in episode. (KSDK.com)
2. A study found St. Louis to be the only major American city where rent is falling. As mortgage and rent payments surge nationwide, the average rent for St. Louis residents has fallen by four percent. (fox2now.com)
3. The 132-year-old St. Liborius Church on Hogan Street is being revived as a skatepark for underserved youth. (KSDK.com)
4. Three St. Louis legal organizations are among the 25 nonprofits to be awarded funding through a $26.1 million U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grant. (Missouri Lawyers Media)
5. The owner of the Los Angeles Rams will pay $790 million to settle a lawsuit filed by St. Louis over the team's relocation in 2015. (ABC17News.com)

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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.