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Good morning St. Louis! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Closed Pear Tree Inn is selling everything—here's what locals are finding
  • Why an abandoned ICE truck briefly shut down Lambert's terminals.
  • Could you qualify for Tower Grove South's new affordable homes?

Also on today's calendar: Free Bra Fittings to Support Breast Cancer Awareness and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Not as warm, with a high of 78 and low of 53 degrees.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 86, low: 62. 🌶 Hot!
  • Monday: Record-breaking heat, with a high of 94 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. The closed Pear Tree Inn at a historic building liquidating its inventory (firstalert4.com) — Downtown St. Louis's Pear Tree Inn near the Dome at America's Center has closed and is liquidating everything from mattresses to a 50-year-old lobby chandelier. Locals are browsing the historic, century-old building as Drury considers future uses, while tourism officials note downtown hotel occupancy is rising and a new Hyatt Centric is opening nearby.
   

2. Abandoned truck at Lambert Airport was ICE vehicle, agency confirms (fox2now.com) — Access to arrivals and departures at St. Louis Lambert International Airport was briefly shut down Wednesday night after an abandoned pickup truck, later confirmed as an ICE enforcement vehicle, prompted a bomb-squad style search. Police used an explosives-detection dog, found no threat, and fully reopened traffic within about an hour, with ICE and airport police now handling follow-up questions.
   

3. Tower Grove South affordable housing project takes shape on former gas station lot (firstalert4.com) — A long-vacant former gas station lot on Morgan Ford Road in Tower Grove South is being transformed into four new homes aimed at affordable ownership in a mixed-income St. Louis neighborhood. Framing is already underway, with prices expected around $230,000 and income limits set so qualifying local buyers can realistically purchase without tax abatements involved.
   

4. St. Louis Completes $2.4 Million Upgrade to Tuskegee Airmen Field (riverbender.com) — St. Louis has finished a $2.4 million overhaul of Tuskegee Airmen Field at Tandy Park, giving local youth a state-of-the-art artificial turf field, new track, bleachers, and more. City leaders say the upgraded facility, next to Sumner High School, will anchor competitive sports and community-building for years to come, honoring the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen.
   

5. Faculty, students win AIA St. Louis Design Awards - Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts — Washington University in St. Louis (washu.edu) — Faculty and students from Washington University's Sam Fox School in St. Louis have earned multiple 2026 AIA St. Louis Design Awards, spotlighting local architectural creativity. Winning projects range from a concrete bird blind at the Audubon Center at Riverlands to a reimagined Laclede's Landing and an installation currently on view at Lambert International Airport.
   

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