🌱 Police seek witnesses after three hurt at shuttered Ferguson IHOP

Greetings Ferguson! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Police seek witnesses after three hurt at shuttered Ferguson IHOP
• Why civil rights leaders want Ferguson’s data center plans put on hold

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Sunshine and very warm, with a high of 81 and low of 58 degrees.
• Thursday: Partly sunny and warm, temps: high: 82, low: 63.
• Friday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 73 and low of 53 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Gunfire Rocks Parking Lot Of Shuttered Ferguson IHOP, Three Hurt (hoodline.com) — Three people were injured Sunday night when gunfire erupted in the parking lot of a long-closed IHOP on New Halls Ferry Road in Ferguson, drawing both city and county investigators. Police are asking anyone who saw or heard anything to contact local law enforcement or use the St. Louis County Police website to share tips.
   

• NAACP calls for pause on approval process for Ferguson Data Center Project (firstalert4.com) — Ferguson residents are being urged by the NAACP’s St. Louis County branch to push for a pause on the fast-moving approval process for the proposed data center at the former Emerson Electric campus. The group wants the Ferguson City Council to slow down, increase transparency, involve neighbors more deeply, and negotiate a strong community benefits agreement before any final decision.
   

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📸 Around Ferguson

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Ferguson

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Thursday April 23

• FLIERS Spring Book Sale (FMPL)
  Ferguson Municipal Public Library , 35 N Florissant Rd , Ferguson
  4:00 pm
• NPSC Community Meetings
  Ferguson Calendar , Urban League - Ferguson Empowerment Center 9240 W. Florissant Ave , Ferguson
  6:00 pm
• City Council Special Meeting
  Ferguson Calendar Ferguson, MO 63135
  7:00 pm

Friday April 24

• FLIERS Spring Book Sale (FMPL)
  Ferguson Municipal Public Library , 35 N Florissant Rd , Ferguson
  12:00 pm

Monday April 27

• SW Ferguson Neighborhood Association
  Ferguson Calendar , True Vine Church / Zoom 8420 Hill Ave , Ferguson
  6:00 pm
• North Elizabeth Neighborhood Association
  Ferguson Calendar , Ferguson Community Center , Ferguson
  6:00 pm

Wednesday April 29

• Black Author Book Club (FMPL)
  Ferguson Municipal Public Library , 35 N Florissant Rd , Ferguson
  6:00 pm

Saturday May 2

• FMPLD: Marilyn Parker Book Signing
  Ferguson Municipal Public Library , 35 N Florissant Rd , Ferguson
  1:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday April 22

• OB - Spring After School Class
  Old Bonhomme Elem. Saint Louis, MO 63132
  4:00 pm
• Citizens Police Academy
  Jennings, MO Calendar , 2225 Dunn Road , St. Louis
  6:00 pm

Thursday April 23

• FLIERS Spring Book Sale (FMPL)
  Ferguson Municipal Public Library , 35 N Florissant Rd , Ferguson
  4:00 pm
• Preliminary City Budget Meeting
  Black Jack, MO Calendar , 12500 Old Jamestown Road , Black Jack
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Does anyone have rabbits or small animals who eat Timothy hay?
  I got a 9 lb box but I’m allergic so I had to switch to orchard grass. Free to anyone who can pick up in Ferguson. (Nextdoor Forestwood)

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🗞 Nearby News

Jennings

• 5 Ways To Honor Memorial Day In Florissant (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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