This is five on your side at six focused on you first tonight,
tracking winter weather, the snow and rain moving into the region right now.
Thank you for being with us. I'm Ann All
and I'm Kelly Jackson, chief meteorologist Scott Connell.
He is busy monitoring the system and
the temperatures with the weather first forecast.
Scotty and those temperatures are staying just above freezing.
That's good news for us as we head into this evening.
Yes, we had a little rain at the onset in some spots,
but then it quickly zip over to some snow mostly on the light side,
but at times it does pick up once it finally starts reaching the ground,
visibility dropped way off here as we look
from City Park back towards downtown Saint Louis.
Yes, we've had some snow sliding into the metro area.
No, for the most part, it's not all that impressive. Now, here's the thing
we see this moving up along 270 on the north side here of the metro,
especially in Madison County.
Some of that's not even reaching ground yet.
But then we have another batch down into Jefferson
County that's expanding here down towards Eureka and Fenton.
And that's working its way to the north that will
start reaching the ground if it isn't right now.
Kind of looks like it's not snowing back at the zoo,
but it is snowing a little bit downtown.
We have had wet roads develop down 67 for sure,
down towards Farmington and our temperatures right now are
running just a hair above freezing just about everywhere.
That's good, good news.
Now, as far as accumulations go,
we might see upwards of an inch on some of the grassy surfaces,
especially east and southeast of Saint Louis.
But again,
grassy surfaces because our temperatures for the
most part are just above freezing.
We have dropped to about freezing in
Salem and Farmington pretty close in Centerville.
So watch those hills southwest of Saint Louis,
especially the elevated surfaces for a few slick spots that should be about it.
See,
and you can get the weather first forecast and straight to your phone,
just text the word weather to 3144255355 and we'll send it to you right now.
A man is behind bars accused of breaking into a woman's home and setting it on fire.
It happened in Fayette County, Illinois in the small community of Brownstown.
That's about an hour east of Saint Louis.
Daina Cornell is back from Fayette County. What is the latest on this case?
Well, Kelly,
this happened last Saturday night and 36 year old Tyler Rowe
is charged with multiple crimes including home invasion and arson.
And earlier today,
the victim in this case welcomed us into
her home and talked about the terrible moment
in her experience revealed a curveball.
This is my home. Sandra Stein has faced life's unpredictable hand before and in 2020
midst of the pandemic, my mom was slowing down a little bit.
So I moved back here to the house.
The retired teacher returned to Brownstown, Illinois,
an area near and dear to her heart.
35 years in, at Brownstown, I got to teach kids kindergarten through 12.
That's my certification.
That's why many of her former students are rallying for her right now.
I just disturbed whatever he was wrapping up Saturday evening,
she came home to an intruder.
I had
a blow to my arm, I feel to knock my phone out and
I go, oh, I have an intruder
and then I had a force to my right side and suddenly there was
a pressure behind my back and I'm surrounded by this powdery white substance.
My glasses get knocked off and I start flailing
eyes averting a bit.
And then I just ran out this front door and I stood over here by the
driveway.
Prosecutors are charging 36 year old Tyler Rowe
for the crimes he concentrated
on where my valuables be and it was my mom's jewelry, my jewelry,
the four felony charges include arson.
Tyler's action killed my mom's cat
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just smoke inhalation after his arrest,
Stein reunited with her family's belongings.
My mom's rings were there and my dad's rings
and that's,
that made me very happy.
An unforeseen twist in this case is that Tyler Rowe is her former student.
Think Tyler saw me as easy Pickens. I don't think it was a personal
vendetta yet.
For her, the overwhelming love coming her way is the most unexpected move of all.
I know that people in my community are so awesome
and I have, I'm feeling so loved and I'm so
I am so humbled and it's, there's gotta be a better word
but well, I'm, I'm blessed. I am blessed with good people in my life.
Police say following all of this,
the suspect left in the victim's car and a police pursuit
followed he was eventually stopped and an officer shot Tyler Rowe.
Now that part of the case is still under police investigation.
As for support for Sandra,
there is an account set up at the first National bank in Brownstown for anyone
wanting to help.
All right. Thank you, Justina. Tonight.
New imagery has been released in an unsolved missing persons case. Shamika
Kozi disappeared a few days after Christmas on December 30th in 2008 5 in your sides.
Travis Cummings reports on a new tool that could help in finding her.
This is a photo of Shamika Kozy at 16 years old.
The teen vanished just a few days after
Christmas on December 30th in 2008 in Berkeley,
Missouri Kozy mother says her daughter was picked up at her home by her cousin.
The two were planning to have a sleepover at the cousin's house on Napier drive.
My niece said they stayed up till like 1:30 a.m. watching movies.
And when she went to bed that Shamika was there on the couch in the living room,
That's where she was sleeping at
a casual sleepover was normal for the two. But on that next morning,
Shaka's aunt woke up and noticed that Shamika was
nowhere to be seen and the door was unlocked.
Shamika.
S purse and jacket were also missing but her
clothes and overnight bag were still inside the home.
My child will not leave and be gone like this on her own
without contacting her family.
She wouldn't
I do this at all. I know for a fact
years later,
the National Center for missing and Exploited Children has released a
new age progression image of what Shamika may look like today.
At 31 years old,
the NC NBC now puts artificial intelligence to work to assist in
quickly cleaning up photographs of missing Children by cleaning up backgrounds,
clothing or eliminating some of the unnecessary details.
The Berkeley Police Department told us over the phone,
the investigation is ongoing
and if they have any leads they'll follow up.
Meanwhile,
Shaka's mother is prayerful, this updated photograph may come to life.
I miss you. I love you. I pray that I see you one day in this life.
Travis Cummings five on your side.
And if you have any information about Shamika
Kozi or her disappearance,
you're asked to call the National Center for missing and exploited Children.
It's 800 the lost or the Berkeley Police Department at 314524, 3311
National Center for missing and exploited Children.
Again, that is
808 435678.
For less than 12 hours today,
city government workers in Saint Louis were once again required to wear masks.
But late this afternoon,
Mayor Tahara Jones reversed that mandate after pushback from hospitals,
health experts and Governor Mike Parson,
our political editor Mark Maxwell is live outside City Hall with more on this mix up.
Mark.
Yeah. When's the last time you wore one of these?
If you work at City Hall, you had to dig into the old stash and wear a mask to work today.
All of that and most of the people we saw
here today at City Hall were in fact wearing one
despite what we heard from surrounding health officials
and hospital officials in the greater region.
It said perhaps the city's initial alarm bells were a bit overstated.
Tremors of a triple demic trickled through Saint Louis Friday after the city's
health director sent this alarming letter warning
of a surge in respiratory viruses.
It said cases of the flu shot up 55% over a five year average RSV.
Cases at Barnes Jewish Hospital were 190% higher than the last four year average.
And severe cases of COVID-19 hospitalizations were up 38% over last month.
The letter used urgent language like we must take
action to prevent strain on our hospital systems.
The city then mandated government workers wear masks and recommend
that everyone in ST Louis do the same indoors.
But in ST Louis County and it's moderate. It's it's not, it's not alarming. Dr
Jim Hendrix treated infectious diseases for 40 years and now
advises county officials on when to implement any mask rules.
We would probably consider it if we're really
seeing stresses in the in the health care system
in terms of hospitalization.
BJC health care seemed surprised by the city's mandate saying
BJC is not seeing a strain on hospital capacity.
We are experiencing a seasonal increase in respiratory illness which is
typical for this time of year and at mercy hospital,
an official describing it as a typical winter Friday morning.
The first update from Saint Louis city leaders upon
review of the data,
the city Department of Health wishes to clarify.
References to Barnes Jewish Hospital were no longer listed in its place.
Less alarming statistics that still showed respiratory viruses were trending up.
And then late Friday afternoon,
the mayor's office sending a final memo saying the mandate for
workers was no longer required and is instead strongly recommended.
I also confirm that chiefs of staff for mayor Jones and
Governor Parsons spoke this afternoon just moments before the mayor would
reverse her decision.
And while the city health Department may be rolling back some of their
initial mandates, they're still strongly encouraging everyone in the city
to wear a mask indoors and of course,
get your vaccination to make sure your immune system
is better protected against those three viruses going around.
Live downtown Mark Maxwell five on your side,
reduced to rubble.
The accident that sent a man to the hospital and left the South County house in ruins.
January means eagle watching in the by state.
The reason you might need eagle eyes though to spot one this year.