🌱 Wrongful Imprisonment Demonstration + STL Zoo Fears Bird Flu

Up and at 'em, St. Louis! Here's everything you need to know to get this Friday started off right.

First, today's weather:

Rain and a t-storm; cooler. High: 60 Low: 40.

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Here are the top three stories today in St. Louis:

1. A group of demonstrators gathered downtown on Wednesday to protest the imprisonment of a man they say was wrongly convicted more than three decades ago. Chris Dunn of St. Louis was convicted of murder in 1990 despite eyewitnesses recanting their statements and a lack of physical evidence in the case. The Missouri Supreme Court denied a petition to hear Dunn’s case last August. (KMOV4)
2. The St. Louis Zoo has temporarily closed the Bird House and Cypress Swamp in an effort to help guard against Avian flu. The news came Thursday morning, one day after St. Louis County announced a “presumptive positive” case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, or HPAI. The zoo added that HPAI does not pose a human health concern for zoo guests. (KTVI Fox 2 St. Louis)
3. The six chefs and one restaurant from St. Louis named as semifinalists in the 2022 James Beard Awards have been eliminated from the running. The James Beard Foundation announced the finalists for this year's competition on Wednesday. The St. Louis-area chefs nominated as semifinalists were Ben Grupe, Elise Mensing, Rob Connoley, Craig Rivard, Evy Swoboda, and Ben Welch. (KSDK.com)

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Today in St. Louis:

• Reparations Rally At The Arch (12:00 PM)
• Grab And Go After School Meals At Lewis And Clark Branch Library (3:30 PM)
• House Of Joy At The Repertory Theatre Of St. Louis (8:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Have you seen the horned guan at the Saint Louis Zoo? There are only two AZA-certified U.S. institutions that have successfully bred the critically endangered species, and the zoo is of them! (Facebook)
• Know your status. Prism STL is partnering with Vivent Health to offer an HIV and STI Testing Bar Crawl for National LGBTQIA+ Health Awareness Week, Mar. 21-25. (Facebook)
• Great Rivers Greenway has submitted two greenway projects for consideration of federal grants: the Deer Creek Greenway connection to the River Des Peres Greenway and the Brickline Greenway between Page and Washington Avenues. Learn more about both projects and submit comments online today. (Facebook)

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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.