🌱 Warehouse Fire + Teens Escape Juvenile Detention Center

Up and at 'em, St. Louis! Let's get you started this Monday with everything you need to know going on today in town.

First, today's weather:

Pleasant with plenty of sun. High: 76 Low: 46.

Here are the top stories in St. Louis today:

1. Smoke could be seen for miles Saturday after a fire broke out at Midwest Material Recovery's warehouse in North St. Louis. The St. Louis Fire Department responded Saturday afternoon after a large pile of recycling and electronics caught on fire. The warehouse is considered a total loss after the fire damage, but no injuries were immediately reported.(KMOV.com)
2. Four boys escaped a juvenile detention facility in Grand Center late Saturday, police said. The department's public information officer did not have additional details as of noon Sunday, pending an ongoing investigation. The reported escape Saturday is the second time youths fled a juvenile detention facility in St. Louis since July, when five teenage boys broke out of the Hogan Street Regional Youth Center. (STLtoday.com)
3. North St. Louis residents celebrated the demolition of several vacant houses near Fairground Park Saturday, marking the next step in a Clean Sweep initiative for community redevelopment. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
4. Volunteers with Walkin' and Rollin' Costumes created a wheelchair-accessible costume to help a St. Louis girl with special needs celebrate Halloween. (ABC17News.com)
5. A 62-year-old man has been charged in a shooting that killed two women and injured another in the Fairground neighborhood of St. Louis last month. (KSDK.com)

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Today in St. Louis:

• Springfield Redistricting Commission Hearings with the MO Sierra Club (9:00 AM)
• Facebook Storytime - Richmond Heights Memorial Library (10:00 AM)
• Monday Matinees at Buder: Not-So-Scary Horror Films (1:30 PM)
• Create Your Own 3D or Laser Cut Jewelry: Halloween (6:00 PM)

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Events:

• Psychic Medium John Edward live in St. Louis, MO! (November 4)

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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.