🌱 Thanksgiving Day Downtown West Fire + Juke Joint Bar Shooting

Hey, St. Louis! It's Saturday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on today in town.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and warmer. High: 58 Low: 35.

Here are the top stories today in St. Louis:

1. Authorities say a St. Louis woman died after apparently suffering a medical emergency while cooking on Thanksgiving morning, causing a fire. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the fire was reported around 8:45 a.m. Thursday in the Downtown West neighborhood. Arriving firefighters performed CPR but the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. (KOMU 8)
2. Police on Friday identified the 19-year-old who was shot outside a bar in north St. Louis.
   Authorities were called around 12:36 a.m. Wednesday to the Juke Joint bar, 1901 St. Louis Ave. There, they found Antonio King, of Jennings, on the sidewalk in front of the bar. King was transported to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead. (STLtoday.com)
3. How to shop local for Small Business Saturday in St. Louis. (KSDK.com)
4. Eight clinics that serve seniors opened in the past two months in the St. Louis area. (STLtoday.com)
5. 'It's a new life': Afghan refugees have their first Thanksgiving in St. Louis. (KSDK.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.