Judge denies temporary restraining order, allows St. Louis County mask mandate to continue

A St. Louis County Circuit Court judge denied a request for a temporary restraining order Wednesday that would have halted the most recent mask mandate in the county. Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed a lawsuit Jan. 5 — the day a new mask mandate went into effect in St. Louis County — calling it "illegal." On Wednesday, Judge Richard Stewart denied a temporary restraining order against the St. Louis County mask mandate passed Jan. 4 by the St. Louis County Council. The mandate was…