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This time last year, the St. Louis region was in a deep freeze that produced at least a dozen days of below-freezing temperatures.

Temperatures were expected to plunge overnight, so Friday morning's commute could be rough, forecasters warned.

ST. LOUIS -- A wintry mix of rain, sleet, and snow is moving out of the St. Louis area Thursday night, but there is another issue: refreezing. "As temperatures continue to drop across the state into the evening hours, snow and wet roadways could refreeze, creating slick conditions," the Missouri Department of Transportation tweeted Thursday. [...]

Dr. Alex Garza: ‘The sobering reality is many of these deaths could have been avoided with vaccinations, especially boosters.'

On February 17, Design STL announced the 2022 Architect & Designer Awards honorees during the live virtual awards ceremony, presented by the Interior Design Center of St. Louis. Watch it now, or view the winning entries below.

The state of Missouri is planning an official end to the COVID-19 pandemic as a public health crisis and will transition to treating the virus as endemic, much like it does …

In the past, whenever Senator Richard Blumenthal has been called out for his many terrible legislative ideas regarding regulating technology and the internet, he has a habit of dismissing all of the concerns by claiming the complaints are only coming from "big tech lobbyists." He did this a few years ago with FOSTA, which has since proven to be exactly the disaster many of us warned Senator Blumenthal about at the time. This time around, he's going straight to the same playbook again, and it's good to see that he's getting some pushback. Nathalie Maréchal, from Ranking Digital Rights has published a great piece over at Tech Policy Press: No, Senator Blumenthal, I am not a Big Tech Lobbyist.

Ranking Digital Rights is about as far from a "big tech lobbyist" as you can find. The organization has been advocating for the FTC to ban targeted advertising, which is basically the key way in which both Google and Facebook make the majority of their money. And yet, it also recognizes the dangers of EARN IT.

The article notes that over 60 human rights groups signed a detailed letter highlighting the many problems of the bill. For Blumenthal to simply dismiss all of those concerns -- put together by respected groups who are in no way "big tech lobbyists" -- shows his pure disdain for facts and unwillingness to put in the effort to understand the very real damage his bill will do should it become law.

It's shameful behavior for a US senator, even if not surprising.

"I knew that I was coming here to carry out a mandate to grow the enrollment,” Nancy Blattner said. “I think that we've begun to do that."

Many St. Louis-area school districts canceled classes, others dismissed them early.

The victim was trapped in mud in Glasgow Village for hours before someone heard his cries for help and called emergency crews. The rescue happened in a cold storm.

Snow and sleet ending early evening