The plan is set to be adopted in September or October. It focuses on road safety, street and sidewalk maintenance and other issues brought up by community members.

Jami Cox Antwi won a decisive victory earlier this month in a special election to replace Mayor Cara Spencer on the Board of Aldermen.

The American Red Cross operated five shelters in the weeks after the May 16 tornado, serving nearly 1,000 displaced people.

If this sounds familiar, that’s because IDOT shut down the north and east bound lanes for similar repairs last month.

The Community Development Administration is still accepting applications for its housing grant, but if an organization has not started the application, it is likely too late.

A June 29 benefit concert and an associated online campaign netted $350,000 to support the Urban League’s tornado relief efforts in north St. Louis, with another $150,000 in pledged donations expected. The Fabulous Fox Theatre donated its space for the event.

The 4.2-acre property has sat vacant since 2014. The reimagining of the site will be a $670 million mixed-use development project in partnership with the Cordish Cos.

The funds are being dispersed to several organizations for rebuilding houses and family support efforts after the storm displaced hundreds and caused over $1 billion worth of damage.

Police also obtained 60 firearms across the city over the long weekend, which marks a 60% increase from last year and a 160% increase compared with a normal Thursday through Sunday.

Blair’s Law makes it a crime to fire a gun in a celebratory manner in any municipality in Missouri.