Students across Kansas and Missouri have not been in school since Dec. 21, as road conditions and cold made it too risky to return to classrooms after winter break. They're pitching in to shovel, building snow forts and,

The baby was born on January 6, weighing five pounds and fifteen ounces, but the story of her birth is what the family of three might remember most.

With several inches of snow fallen Kansas City and the city devoting extra resources to getting the streets cleared, trash and recycling will not be picked up on Monday, and Tuesday.

Kansas City trash and recycling pickup has been canceled because of last weekend’s snow and ice. While crews focus on treating roads, here’s the latest on trash pickup.

The National Weather Service has lifted blizzard warnings for the metro area. Roads remain challenging across the region. High winds and earlier whiteout conditions forced closures on major highways,

"While some school districts in the Kansas City metro are opening back up for the first time this week following this past weekends winter storm, some will remain closed or move to virtual learning. "

Missouri students has been derailed by the storm’s icy aftermath, eating up a handful of districts’ allotted snow days for the remainder of the year, or reverting to AMI learning. “Our safety is the most important thing that we can have for our students,