The snow started falling at about 2 p.m. Monday, but it didn't start sticking until late evening. St. Louis National Weather Service Meteorologist said that was because temperatures hovered at about 32 degrees for the majority of the day. He said as the sun went down, the temperatures started to fall and that's when the snow started to stick. By 9 p.m. temperatures had fallen into the high 20s.

LEADINGTON – Leadington Police Chief Cledith Wakefield has been placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of a board of aldermen closed session meeting scheduled for tonight. Mayor Troy Dickens made the decision to put Wakefield on administrative leave on Friday. He said the board will decide tonight if Wakefield's suspension will continue and for how long.

BONNE TERRE — The Bonne Terre City Council table will look a little different after Monday night.

DESLOGE – The Desloge Board of Aldermen said yes to a resolution that will be sent to the state legislature in favor of a state law that would require a prescription for the purchase of  any medication containing pseudoephedrine, but said no to a city ordinance that would have required one. Alderman Alvin Sutton was only alderman who voted in favor of the ordinance.

During tonight’s regular monthly meeting, the Park Hills City Council will conduct two public hearings regarding separate annexations, review bids for a drainage ditch project, and consider an amendment to the city’s animal ordinances.

A flue fire damages the family room and attic of a house on School Street in Desloge at about noon Sunday. There was smoke, heat and water damage to the rest of the house, which is owned by Rick Long. Desloge firefighters were assisted by Park Hills, Big River, and Leadwood departments. - Teresa Ressel / Daily Journal

Two Annapolis women were injured Monday when their 1986 Jeep Cherokee collided with a 1995 Chevrolet truck in Iron County.

County and state offices will be closed Monday for President’s day.

More employees than ever before at Parkland Health Center in Farmington and Bonne Terre are choosing to support the United Way of St. Francois County. The hospital hosted its first United Way campaign in 2009 and increased employee donations through payroll deductions by more than 75 percent.

The bulk of the snow isn’t expected to hit the Parkland until late this afternoon, but by the time it stops early Tuesday morning 3-5 inches of accumulation is expected. Temperatures will also plunge into the teens during the overnight hours.

PARK HILLS — Mineral Area College is gearing up for its 8th annual homecoming celebration on Feb. 20, featuring an alumni basketball game, a salute to the 1959-60 basketball players and cheerleaders, and a Three Rivers showdown for the men’s and women’s basketball teams.

When Robert Wadlow was transferred to the 3rd Armored Division during World War II, his commanding officer told him that his six years in the Boy Scouts had given him more training than he received during his military basic training.

What is all this hoopla about tight budgets, poor economy and needed cuts? The government has money it’s just giving away!

A one-vehicle accident Friday on Route N in St. Francois County resulted in moderate injuries for a Bonne Terre man. The accident occurred at 6 p.m.

LEADWOOD – During an executive session Monday night, Leadwood Board of Aldermen promoted two officers to full-time positions to replace officers who resigned to work in Washington County.

Darla Edgar of 7 Days a Week Furniture Outlet. She drew the name of the winner of the Daily Journal’s Big Game Giveaway contest. James Neibecker of Farmington won a Stratolounger Rocker-recliner. The promotional contest ended Wednesday. - Submitted photo

FARMINGTON — The consensus Saturday at the Home and Outdoor Expo at the Farmington Civic Center was Friday night’s winter weather kept people away during the morning hours, but as the day progressed so did the crowd. The expo was originally scheduled for Jan. 30-31, but was postponed due to inclement weather. About 66 vendors have booths at the event.

Leadwood Police Department’s calls almost doubled last year from the year before and Police Chief Jerry Hicks Sr. attributes it to the quality of his police officers.

A man is facing 18 years in prison after admitting to shooting his wife.

BISMARCK — Bismarck Superintendent Dr. Damon Gamble said he won’t know until March how many, if any, cuts will be made to staff. He said the budget for next year is in the preliminary stages and decreasing enrollment along with uncertain state funding has the district pinching its pennies.

Snow and ice made driving conditions treacherous Friday night. By Saturday, rain and melting snow had raised the levels of waterways all across the county. Forecasters say more snow may be headed our way Monday and Tuesday.

DESLOGE — The Desloge Board of Aldermen will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at city hall to discuss an ordinance that will regulate the sale of over the counter medications that contain ephedrine and pseudoephedrine. The board discussed at it’s January meeting requiring a prescription from a doctor to purchase such medications. The board will also discuss the “Show Me Green Sales Tax Holiday” and will discuss an ordinance that would ban lead in public and private drinking water plumbing.

BONNE TERRE — Lee Roy Calvert will be sworn in as mayor and LeRoy Mauller will be sworn in to fill the vacancy for Ward 1 Monday night during the February Bonne Terre City Council meeting.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mid-Atlantic residents were buried Saturday by a blizzard the president jokingly called “Snowmageddon,” and those brave enough tried to clear a path through the wet, heavy mounds of thigh-high snow.

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Peter Boddeart’s Lexus lurched forward and rear-ended another vehicle in Fauquier County, Va., earning him a police citation, he wrote to federal regulators imploring them to look into his case “before someone ends up seriously injured or killed.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — Just a year after celebrating Barack Obama’s inauguration, despondent Democrats on Saturday heard from their party leader who urged optimism in the face of Republicans’ strong challenge to their congressional dominance.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Still wonder exactly why Justice Samuel Alito shook his head and mouthed the words “not true” during President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address? He objected to the president’s saying the ruling reversed a century of law.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mudslides destroyed up to 10 foothill homes and dozens of vehicles north of Los Angeles Saturday as an intense winter storm brought down hillsides in wildfire burn areas.

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Authorities say a Wyoming woman was assaulted at her front door, raped at knifepoint in her living room and left bound on the floor, and they say one of the men charged in the brutal attack claimed that he thought it was invited.

MIAMI (AP) — Cases of bottled water and cardboard boxes full of blue jeans, diapers and cans of tuna are piled several feet high in Ruth Estriplet’s living room. The charity worker doesn’t want to stack anything above her head so she can see what’s in the boxes.