This is today in Saint Louis focused on you.
Good morning Saint Louis. Right now.
We're taking a live look at the preparations for the
History Museum's unique Martin Luther King Junior commemoration today.
It's one of the great free activities happening inside the by state.
We'll have more on that in about 15 minutes,
but you'll want to avoid being outdoors right
now because it feels like negative for sure.
Right now and listen, it doesn't matter if it's negative five,
negative 30 it all feels the same
and
it hurts when you walk outside the
good morning to you. It is Sunday, January 14th.
I'm Travis coming and I'm Mercedes mckay.
Thanks so much for waking up with us on this Sunday morning.
We are in a weather alert day. As Travis mentioned, we are in the negative.
Tracy Anson is here with us today and Tracy,
are we going to get any type of warmth today at all?
No,
no,
no.
Our
our
temperatures are only going to make it into the like
single digits.
We're talking about five degrees today and with the wind,
it is still going to feel much cooler than that.
I always think that after about 20 degrees, it all feels about the same,
just straight cold.
Now, frostbite does kick in a little faster in conditions like this.
Here is the view of our radar. Things are nice and quiet for. Now.
We did have some light snow showers come through early yesterday.
Right now it's sunny with some high clouds out there. Temperature wise.
It is actually my is four. That's the actual temperature, but it feels like minus 24.
Once you factor in the wind chill,
winds are out of the west at just about 15
MPH through the rest of our day. Today in Saint Louis, we will make it
only to about 5 to 6 degrees today
with overcast conditions throughout the entire day today
for tonight, cold again, we'll have a few flurries minus two degrees.
But with the wind chill, it'll once again feel like the minus twenties.
All. Tracy, thanks for that first look.
Well, new at nine Saint Louis,
firefighters brave the extreme cold to fight a house fire on
sho in Forest Park Southeast.
The department told our crew a hoarding situation inside
the house caused the fire to spread quickly,
forcing firefighters to evacuate
everyone in the home managed to get out.
We asked firefighters how they handled this weather
as ice formed on their gear and hair.
It's an adapt and overcome. It doesn't matter what if it's Mother nature.
If it's hoarding conditions, the fire department is going to adapt and overcome.
Our
crew saw one firefighter slip and fall hard on that ice out there.
The department tells us he is in the hospital for treatment but is expected to be ok.
That video is pretty amazing. Also new at nine Nameoki Road is closed right now.
After a water main break,
the break affects the road between Pershing Boulevard and Victory Drive.
Great City. Police tell us the freezing temperatures cause that break.
That's a good reminder to keep faucet dripping to avoid
frozen or bursting pipes in your home throughout the week.
Right now,
the non emergency phone lines are down at the Maryland Heights Police Department.
The department can't make or receive calls. Thankfully, 911 is still working.
The department will send an update when the phone company gets back to them.
Well, today the Saint Louis Zoo is closed due to the extreme cold.
Only critical operation staff will report to work forest parks,
other outdoor attractions.
Steinberg Rink has not announced any plans to close.
The rink opens this morning at 11.
You know, tonight, they, it's, it's really,
you know, dangerous even sleep in the car
right now with bitter cold temperatures freezing the bi state.
The city of Edwardsville is penalizing a church for sheltering the homeless.
It's a $750 fine per day.
Yeah.
In October,
the city notified shelter organizers about a special use
permit to ensure safety measures were in place.
Our Annie Krall spoke with organizers
and
he has had bilateral amputations
so that has uh galvanized and animated the ministerial alliance
to say this should not be happening in our town.
This overnight warming location or owl in Edwardsville
was activated for the fourth night on Saturday.
However,
the city of Edwardsville issued a citation on December 19th
due to the absence of a special use permit application.
The city claims it's a zoning violation which means
a $750 fine per day for the shelter.
The church is refuting that claim,
citing a special permit issued in 1969 that allows ministry to the community,
meaning
it provides shelter to those in need falls under that mission.
Owl organizers and city officials have been in
repeated conversations since October of last year,
but the city says they have still yet to receive a special use permit application.
Some neighbors also opposing the shelter.
I was surprised that there was negative reaction. I thought
I I had assumed apparently wrongly that people in this
neighborhood would have been happy to help the other people in
in Edwardsville because these are people that live here.
They're not coming from anywhere else.
There are people in the community.
The Edwardsville township board of Trustees pledged support approving $1000
in funds that will be used to purchase an A ed
and personal protection equipment.
The city of Edwardsville says they have not collected any
fines and remain committed to working with the Owl organizers,
Annie Krall five on your side.
The Edwardsville warming shelter will be open over the
next few days because of the low temperatures.
Then
there's a citation court hearing this Thursday for overnight warming locations
and you can get the weather first forecast sent to your
phone any time by texting the word weather to 3144255355.