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Some Missouri drivers were stuck in traffic for more than an hour Wednesday afternoon in snowy conditions.

Snow totals were expected to rise significantly on Thursday; flights were canceled, and businesses, schools and government offices closed again.

"Chicago," "Jersey Boys" and "King Lear" received the most nominations from the St. Louis Theater Circle. The Muny and the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis received 27 nominations each. Local theater critics Gerry Kowarsky and Tina Farmer discussed the state of the local theater scene and how the group is changing its acting categories.

Katie Gatewood was removed from her job as a councilwoman in O’Fallon, Missouri, after digging into the now former police chief’s past in Texas. Gatewood’s attorney Dave Roland shares why he believes the council violated her constitutional rights.

Journalist Kelly Bauer discusses her investigation into the Center for COVID Control, a testing company that reaped $155 million from the federal government from 300 sites across the U.S., including four in St. Louis. Bauer’s investigation found that the company mishandled both COVID-19 tests and personal data.

The Missouri Department of Transportation is down hundreds of workers. So, in this snowstorm that's affecting the state, MoDOT is using what it has to get through.

Meditation practice can lead a person to understand causes and outcomes, prompt awareness of impacts and impulses, ground the perception that change is an only constant - and foster a commitment to act with loving kindness. Valuable for our toddler human species, busy whacking at all around us. And a tall order, that's not out of reach. 

                              

What transpires when meditation practice focuses on our human relationship with Earth?  Lisa Hoover is exploring this space.

Lisa peer-leads the weekly practice of White Oak Sangha, based in the Missouri Ozarks, grounded in the Western Insight meditation tradition. This winter, she is exploring relationships to Earth, through an intensive class hosted online by the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. 

Earthworms host Jean Ponzi took advantage of Zoom access (vs. an hour from St. Louis drive) to join this group when 2020 pandemic adaptations moved meetings online. Sharing their love of Earth, Jean shares insights with Lisa Hoover.

THANKS to Andy Heaslet, Earthworms audio engineer, and to Jon Valley and Andy Coco, the KDHX Production team.

Related Earthworms Conversations:

One Health for Animals - People - Earth with Dr. Sharon Deem, DVM (April 2020)

Facing the Climate Emergency with psychologist Margaret Klein Salamon (June 2020)

Nature's Best Hope? Ecologist Doug Tallamy say WE ARE (Feb 2020)

 

Kenneth R. Downey, 61, died when his vehicle veered off a Jefferson County road and struck a tree, the Missouri Highway Patrol said.

League announced that STL's No.1 celeb will be one of the judges for the fan-favorite skills competition, which will air at 6:30 p.m. Friday on ESPN.

Here's our live timeline as weather conditions change across the area.

“We have to be careful to make sure we get to bare pavement, but we don’t have chemical down that will unnecessarily catch the blowing and drifting,” said Monroe.