St. Louis and parts of Illinois face a cold start to the week, with NWS issuing advisories and temperatures dropping sharply.

Trainings for Illinois residents looking to join the National Weather Service's severe storm spotter program will be held virtually for the first time this year. There will also be in-person Community Weather Preparedness training sessions.

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued Cold Weather Advisories for the area through 3 pm on Tuesday. While it’s not the coldest air we’ve ever

The National Weather Service issued a cold-weather advisory for Chicago and other parts of the state this weekend, warning of “dangerously cold wind chills” that could dip as low as 20 to 25 degrees below zero.

Central Illinois woke up to temperatures well below zero and wind chills as low as thirty below. We’ll have another night of wind chills well below zero but a

A cold weather advisory is in effect for a wide swath of central Illinois means area schools are closing or going to e-learning.

The National Weather Service issued two advisories from 6 p.m. Sunday to noon Monday, and from 9 p.m. Monday to noon Tuesday.

Indianapolis received 15.5 inches by storm's end. According to the National Weather Service, the Blizzard of '78 set other records, including the most snow in one month in Indianapolis (30.6 inches) and the most snow on the ground in Indianapolis (20 inches, which included 5 inches already on the ground from a snowstorm the previous weekend).

Scattered snow showers have started to fall in parts of the Chicago area Wednesday morning starting, with more possible throughout the day.

A cold weather advisory for Jacksonville and west-central Illinois is being extended. The advisory initially was set to expire at 3 p.m. Tuesday. It now will continue until 6 a.m. Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.

Around 40 million people, primarily across the southern U.S. from Texas to Florida, were under some type of weather hazard.