Two Arrested In Arch Robbery + New City Counselor

Happy Friday, St. Louis! Here are the most important things going on in St. Louis today.

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First, today's weather:

Humid throughout the day. High: 87 Low: 66.

Here are the top stories in St. Louis today:

1. Two people are charged with robbery after holding up a man and woman at gunpoint at the St. Louis Arch Monday night. One of the victims, a 20-year-old man, is a prospective player for the St. Louis Blues. The two men, a 19-year-old and an 18-year-old, were arrested for robbery and armed criminal action. Warrants are being applied for at the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office. (KTVI Fox 2 St. Louis)
2. St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones on Thursday named Sheena Hamilton, a partner at Dowd Bennett LLP, to be St. Louis city counselor, filling a post that had been taken on an interim basis by Matt Moak. Hamilton will be the first Black woman to serve in the role, the mayor said, as she starts Sept. 27. The city said Hamilton currently serves as an equity partner at Clayton-based Dowd, where she's a client manager for Fortune 100 companies and government or quasi-government offices and manages litigation, investigations, budgets, staffing and compliance. (St. Louis Business Journal)
3. Pete Lucier, a St. Louis veteran, helped evacuate Afghans fleeing the Taliban. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
4. A seven-year study breaks down equity in St. Louis police interactions with residents. (KSDK.com)
5. Larry Rice is looking to reopen his downtown St. Louis homeless center and states it will operate differently. (St. Louis Business Journal)

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