By JIM SALTER (ST. LOUIS, AP) — Winter storms usually cause a spike in wrecks, but the Missouri State Highway Patrol on Friday raised concerns about the massive number of… Read more »
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Recent snow could cause longer Mo. school year
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri’s education department says the latest in a series of winter storms could cause school districts to extend classes into the summer. Department of Elementary… Read more »
Warrensburg dealing with more winter weather
By STEVE GANEY (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) — Snow began to fall Tuesday morning across the Warrensburg area, which caused widespread school closings and made driving conditions dangerous. The National Weather… Read more »
Brutal cold returns to Midwest for extended stay
By DON BABWIN (CHICAGO, AP) — A persistent weather pattern driving bitterly cold air south out of the Arctic will cause temperatures from Minnesota to Kentucky to plummet Monday, turning… Read more »
Polar air blamed for 21 deaths nationwide
By RAY HENRY (ATLANTA, AP) — Fountains froze over, a 200-foot Ferris wheel in Atlanta shut down, and Southerners had to dig out winter coats, hats and gloves they almost… Read more »
Heat wave intensifies across western US
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Forecasters called for more supercharged temperatures Sunday as a heat wave gripped the Southwest, leaving one man dead and another hospitalized in serious condition in heat-aggravated… Read more »