In The Lou – Monday, August 4, 2025
Your one-stop spot for everything happening in St. Louis today.
🌤 Today’s Weather
Mixed clouds and sun this morning. Scattered thunderstorms developing this afternoon.
High: 84° | Low: 67°
Rain: 50%
Humidity: 63%
Winds: 8 mph
Max UV Index: 5.6 (moderate)
Sunrise: 6:05 a.m. | Sunset: 8:08 p.m.
🗞️ Lou News
🍕 Incredible Pizza Co. Exits St. Louis Market: After 13 years, America’s Incredible Pizza Co. will close its South County location on Aug. 17, citing shifting consumer behavior and a brand overhaul.
✈️ Boeing Strike Imminent After Union Rejects Contract: Roughly 3,500 Boeing union workers in the St. Louis area voted down a revised labor deal, setting the stage for the first strike since 1996 over pay, job security, and work schedules.
⚾ Padres Power Past Cardinals 7-3: Dylan Cease struck out nine over five dominant innings while Cronenworth and Laureano homered, handing the Cardinals their fourth loss in five games.
🔫 17-Year-Old Shot After Carondelet Party Fight: A teenage girl was shot in the knee while leaving a party at a short-term rental early Sunday morning; she later drove home and is now in stable condition.
🌪️ Rams Funds to Support Tornado Relief via United Way: St. Louis tapped United Way to distribute $9.5M in city aid to nonprofits and individuals aiding recovery from the May 16 tornado, with applications opening Monday.
🎶 Live Music & Performances
Glass Beams – Delmar Hall | 7:00 PM
Savy Jackson – Blue Strawberry | 7:00 PM
Flowers with Founders – Up-Down STL | 7:00 PM
🎟️ Events
National Park Service Fee-Free Day – Gateway Arch | 9:00 AM
Comedy Shipwreck Open Mic + $1 Hamm’s – The Heavy Anchor | 8:00 PM
Jean Harlow in Red Dust (Presented by Forbidden Hollywood) – Arkadin Cinema & Bar | 7:00 PM
⛽ Lowest Gas Price in the City
$2.69 at Murphy USA | 630 S Truman Blvd, Festus, MO
📜 This Day in History
🇬🇮 1704 – Britain Captures Gibraltar: During the War of the Spanish Succession, British forces seized Gibraltar from Spain, turning “the Rock” into a key symbol of British naval power and a strategic colony.
📖 1944 – Anne Frank’s Hiding Place Discovered: Nazi forces raided the secret annex in Amsterdam where Anne Frank and others were hiding; all were deported to concentration camps, with only Anne’s father Otto surviving.
🎂 Famous STL Birthdays – August 4
Gabe Gabler (1930) – American baseball player from St. Louis who played as a first baseman and had a brief stint with the Chicago Cubs in the 1950s, remembered for his strong minor league career.
Song of the Day
"When Doves Cry" by Prince
In 1984, Prince started a 24 week run at the top of the US album charts with Purple Rain. His sixth studio album which features the hits 'When Doves Cry' and 'Let's Go Crazy', as well as the title track has sold over 20 million copies worldwide, becoming the seventh best-selling soundtrack album of all time.
National Day's - August 4
⚓ National Coast Guard Day – This day honors the founding of the U.S. Coast Guard and the brave men and women who safeguard the nation's waters.
🍪 National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day – A sweet tribute to one of America’s favorite treats, this day lets everyone indulge in the goodness of chocolate chip cookies.