Sledding fun: Children, teens take advantage of snow day
With most metro-east schools closed Wednesday, children and teens took advantage of the 3 inches of snow and hit area hills to enjoy some sledding.
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See a 360-degree video to sled with high schoolers
Drag your cursor around to see above, below and around as Haley Inyart and other Belleville East High School students sled on the hill at St. Ellen Mine Park in O'Fallon.
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About 3 inches of snow fell on parts of the St. Louis metropolitan area overnight and into Wednesday morning. But, according to the National Weather Service, the accumulation should be over.
About 3 inches of snow fell in the southern part of the region, including Waterloo and Columbia in Monroe County and the Millstadt area in St. Clair County. About 2.5 inches fell further to the north in Fairview Heights and at Scott Air Force Base..
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Mostly cloudy skies and a high of 32 are expected Thursday. Skies will remain cloudy Thursday night when the low will be 24.
Cloudy skies and a high of 31 are expected Friday with mostly cloudy skies Friday night.
This story was originally published January 20, 2016 at 6:46 AM with the headline "Sledding fun: Children, teens take advantage of snow day."