🌱 Man Exposes Himself + I-270 Closure + Botox Bar + Mask Mandate

Happy Saturday, people of St. Louis! Here's everything you need to know going on today.

First, today's weather:

Plenty of sunshine. High: 64 Low: 43.

Here are the top stories in St. Louis today:

1. A man exposed himself to a student after he entered Mallinckrodt Academy in South City on Thursday. School counselors are providing support as needed to the victim and the victim's family. Police are investigating the situation and the district has said it is working to ensure a similar incident does not happen again. (KMOV.com)
2. A St. Louis man has been sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting a mother of five during an argument three years ago. 41-year-old Lamont Parker was sentenced on Thursday, with no possibility of parole for killing 30-year-old Veronica Taylor on July 29, 2018. Police said Parker and Taylor were arguing when he shot her in the head on a street in the city’s Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood. (fox2now.com)
3. Two eastbound I-270 lanes are closed until 6 p.m. on Friday for emergency repairs. (KMOV.com)
4. The St. Louis Metro area is welcoming its first Botox Bar, called Metro Medspa, in South County. (Ladue News)
5. St. Louis County's mask mandate is back on after a court ruling, which requires anyone over the age of five to wear a mask indoors and on public transportation, even if they are vaccinated. (fox2now)

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• St. Louis March for Reparations to African People - 3309 S Grand Blvd. (10:00 AM)
• GHOSTS OF THE ARCH GROUNDS - Gateway Arch National Park (6:30 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.