Arctic temps, Cards fly south, and big emotion: A look back at February 2025 in Post-Dispatch photos and videos
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Franky Little, center, dance director of the Honeycombs Majorette Dance Squad at Harris-Stowe State University, leads the group in HSSU’s school chant while performing for students at Hudson Elementary School, in Rock Hill, during the school’s annual “My Story†day, on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. The Black History Month celebration included a variety of Black professionals and college students discussing their careers.
Miguel Marquez marches through downtown أغر؟´«أ½ with approximately 1,000 people protesting actions taken by President Donald Trump aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.
أغر؟´«أ½ Cardinals bench coach Daniel Descalso walks past balls on a practice filed before setting up for live batting practice on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, as spring training continues at the team's practice facility in Jupiter, Fla.
أغر؟´«أ½ Blues goalie Jordan Binnington unsuccessfully attempts to save a shot in the first period of a game against the Chicago Blackhawks at Enterprise Center on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025.
The Rev. Thomas Molini officiates the funeral for Army veteran Tim Smith at St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church on Nottingham Avenue on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. Smith, 46, died Feb. 5 after multiple battles with lung cancer. As part of a deployment in Iraq in 2004, he worked security around burn pits, deemed carcinogenic by the World Health Organization and the National Institutes of Health.
Amy Herbert says goodbye to her brother, Army veteran Tim Smith, following his internment service at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. Smith, 46, died Feb. 5 after multiple battles with lung cancer. As part of a deployment in Iraq in 2004, he worked security around burn pits, deemed carcinogenic by the World Health Organization and the National Institutes of Health.
Dakota McNees, right, leans on Courtney Capizzi’s shoulder during Hailey Zenk’s probation violation hearing Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, at the St. Charles County Courthouse in St. Charles. Both wear shirts remembering their niece, Emily Nicole McNees, who died in the crash leading to Zenk’s conviction.
"I am standing for those who can't," said Martha Pinacho, who joined around 1,000 people protesting actions taken by President Donald Trump aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, at Kiener Plaza.
Jacky (foreground in orange vest), a sidewalk counselor from Coalition Life, tries to hand an arriving patient some literature about alternatives to abortion as volunteer clinic escorts from Abortion Action Missouri (in rainbow vests) wave cars through the entrance to Planned Parenthood Central West End health center on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025.
Josh Burkholder, co-owner of The Egg Basket in Macedonia, Ill., moves through one of his two flocks of hens totaling 10,000 birds as he collects eggs that were laid on the ground instead of the nesting spot on Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. Burkholder said he’s kept his flocks inside for the past month so they won’t catch the bird flu from migratory birds.
Michael Young of Tier 1 Landscaping spreads salt on sidewalks outside the Donut Drive-In on Chippewa Street in the Lindenwood Park area of أغر؟´«أ½ on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. Young was on his fifth stop to clear parking lots and walkways of snow after working throughout the night.
A pedestrian makes his way along Olive Street, passing an advertisement for the Towers at Gateway City apartments, as snow falls during frigid temperatures on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025.
"I am just trying to stay warm," says Sarah Parker of North County, who huddles in the corner of the glass bus stop as she waits for her transportation home on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, outside the Post Office on Market Street in أغر؟´«أ½. Residents across the metropolitan area dealt with dangerously cold winter temperatures.
Two people walk across a snow dusted Lindell Boulevard as temperatures fall to 12 degrees on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, in the Central West End.
Reggie Ball, left, and John Walls play a game of chess while awaiting lunch at a continuous warming center inside Centenary United Methodist Church on Pine Street in downtown أغر؟´«أ½ on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. Pastor Kathleen Wilder opened the center last Saturday with the help of staff from the Restorative Justice Movement. Housing around 60 people around the clock, Wilder plans to keep it open until Feb. 22.
Debbie Bott prays before lunch at Centenary United Methodist Church, where a continuous warming center has been in operation since last Saturday on Pine Street in downtown أغر؟´«أ½ on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. Staff members from the Restorative Justice Movement are helping run the 24-hour center, expected to close Feb. 22 after the weather turns warmer.
An unidentified man reads from his bible from one of about 60 cots inside Centenary United Methodist Church, where the church is operating a continuous warming center with the help of staff from the Restorative Justice Movement on Pine Street in downtown أغر؟´«أ½ on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025.
أغر؟´«أ½ firefighter C. Hogue operates an aerial while fighting a fire in a vacant building on Martin Luther King Drive at North Taylor Avenue in the Lewis Place neighborhood on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. The water spray is illuminated by the sun peeking through smoke as Hogue works on Truck 10. The building, which has burned previously, is owned by neighborhood ministry Love the Lou. It was due be razed to make way for an enrichment center, said volunteer Denis Greenland.
“Sometimes this is the best time to fish,†said Ray King as he fishes for trout during a steady snowfall at the lake in O’Fallon Park on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. King works as a school bus driver and had the day off because of weather closing schools in several districts. King and another angler caught a few during the heaviest of the snow. “Trout is a cold water fish,†King said, smiling the whole time.
The mother-in-law of an injured man watches as he is tended to by أغر؟´«أ½ firefighters and police officers after a 55-gallon drum exploded in a construction material storage yard in the 4800 block of Oleatha Avenue in the Tower Grove South neighborhood on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. The man sustained burns to his left leg and was conscious when taken to an ambulance.
Hillsdale Demolition tears down a building on the corner of North Florissant Avenue and Penrose Street in أغر؟´«أ½ on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025.
A أغر؟´«أ½ police officer from the crime scene unit marks the location of a bullet casing found underneath a car after a man was shot in his leg in the 3600 block of Wisconsin Avenue in the Marine Villa neighborhood on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025.
Mayor Tishaura O. Jones addresses the crowd during a أغر؟´«أ½ mayoral debate with the three other candidates, sitting from left, أغر؟´«أ½ Recorder of Deeds Michael Butler; retired executive Andrew Jones; and أغر؟´«أ½ Alderwoman Cara Spencer on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, at the Royale in the Tower Grove South Neighborhood. The top two vote getters in the March 4 primary will advance to the April 8 general election.
A woman enters the new Emerson Tower beyond a digital sculpture on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2024, at Emerson's new corporate headquarters, located at 8027 Forsyth Blvd. in downtown Clayton. Emerson recently vacated its longtime sprawling Ferguson campus.
The sun sets behind the أغر؟´«أ½ skyline as seen from the Cahokia Mounds in Collinsville on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025.
Fifth grade students from Mason Ridge Elementary School carefully maneuver around a floral arrangement as they observe American art on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, at the أغر؟´«أ½ Art Museum. The arrangement, created by Darien Burress, of أغر؟´«أ½, is part of Art in Bloom and is based on Paul Cornoyer’s The Plaza After the Rain.آ
Fabricator Bob Riley attaches a turkey to the float “A Feast Fit for a King†at the VP أغر؟´«أ½ Parade Den in preparation for the Mardi Gras Grand Parade. This year’s parade theme is Cooking up a Celebration. The turkey was sculpted by retired artist Bruce Krisl.
A variety of sculpted parade props line the walls of the VP أغر؟´«أ½ Parade Den, including the Stanley Cup sculpture from the 2019 victory parade, on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025.
Jacques the French bulldog sits in a cart wearing a purple hoodie before the annual Purina Pet Parade in Soulard on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025.
Participants cheer on their contestants in the Tito's Vodka Wiener Dog Derby after the annual Purina Pet Parade in Soulard on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025.
Sophie Cooper, left, laughs alongside Haley Anderson, both from south أغر؟´«أ½ County, as she holds her newly adopted dog, Nugget, on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, at APA Olivette Adoption Center in Olivette. Adoption fees at the center were waved this week in hopes that all animals can be adopted before Friday when the facility comes under control of أغر؟´«أ½ County.
Lead vocalist Frankie Muriel of Dr. Zhivegas performs at Old Rock House in أغر؟´«أ½ in February.
"Everyone should take theater. With theater, you can do just about anything," Judy Rethwisch says, while standing before students as they rehearse a dance on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025 for an upcoming production at Affton High School.
The churrasco steak, center, pasta Bolognese, left, NOLA BBQ shrimp, and the Cowboy Burger at Nexus in أغر؟´«أ½.
“Seeds allow you to develop a civilization,†says Beatriz Cortez, top center, of Los Angeles, who is seen assembling her art installation that is part of the Seeds: Containers of a World to Come exhibit on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2024, at Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University. Her art piece is themed after seeds and ancient holes that connect to underground rivers in the Yucatأ،n Peninsula of Mexico.
Quail Forever Habitat Specialist Kyle Peterson, of St. Charles, uses a drip torch to ignite a hillside prairie on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, during a prescribed burn at Bellerive Park in the Carondelet area of أغر؟´«أ½. The burn was conducted by the Missouri Department of Conservation, the Green City Coalition, Quail Forever, and the City of أغر؟´«أ½ Forestry Department to improve the prairie habitat and kill off invasive plants.
Crew members with Quail Forever watch as a fire quickly takes over dried grasses and plants during a prescribed burn on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, at Bellerive Park in أغر؟´«أ½. "This is actually a really important pollinator habitat," Missouri Department of Conservation Wildlife Biologist Erin Shank said. "Prairies need to be exposed to periodic fire in order to remain healthy."
Ron Baechle, also known as the "Towel Man" delights in celebrating the Blues seventh goal during third period action on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, at Enterprise Center in أغر؟´«أ½, MO.
Blues forward Jake Neighbours, left, fights with Panthers forward Sam Bennett at the beginning of the first period of a game Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, at Enterprise Center.
Blues forward Robert Thomas falls to the ice after missing a nearly wide-open net in the third period against the Oilers on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, at Enterprise Center.
Vashon senior guard Dehrio McCaskill (5) dunks past Gateway STEM guard Bhupendra Dura (1) in first half action in game on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, at Vashon High School.
John Mozeliak, أغر؟´«أ½ Cardinals president of baseball operations, takes questions from media on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, during the second day of spring training at the team's practice facility in Jupiter, Florida.
أغر؟´«أ½ Cardinals infielder Nolan Arenado, left, is helped to his feet by hitting coach Brant Brown on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025, before batting practice on the first day of full-squad workouts as spring training continues at the team's practice facility in Jupiter, Fla.
Cardinals starting pitcher Miles Mikolas moistens his grip before a pitch on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, as he throws a bullpen session on the second day of spring training at the team’s practice facility in Jupiter, Fla.
Cardinals pitcher Tekoah Roby does shoulder stretches on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, before working out during spring training at the team’s training facility in Jupiter, Fla.
Cardinals pitcher Quinn Mathews throws on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, during spring training at the team’s practice facility in Jupiter, Fla.
Cardinals shortstop Masyn Winn signs autographs for fans on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025, after batting practice on the first day of full-squad workouts during spring training at the team's facility in Jupiter, Fla.
أغر؟´«أ½ Cardinals pitcher Tink Hence throws on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, during spring training at the team's training facility in Jupiter, Florida.
Cardinals infielders Jose Barrero, right, Cesar Prieto, center, and Jeremy Rivas wait for their turn in the batting cage on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, at the team’s training complex in Jupiter, Fla.
أغر؟´«أ½ Cardinals infielder Nolan Arenado is greeted by manager Oliver Marmol on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, at the team's training facility in Jupiter, Fla.
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