Are Kansas City area schools running out of snow days? See Missouri and Kansas laws
School districts in Missouri currently must provide 1,044 hours of instruction, or approximately 166 days, per school year. Some districts build in snow days to their calendar, while others opt to use up to 36 virtual learning hours instead. The state caps the number of weather makeup days at 10, forgiving any above that cap.
Kansas City metro school closings for Thursday, January 9: Kansas and Missouri updates
Some schools will be closed or shift to remote learning Thursday, Jan. 9 due to winter weather conditions on the road.
Snow removal creates challenges in downtown Kansas City
Road crews are still clearing streets in the Kansas City metro and some areas have their own set of challenges getting all the snow out.
Residents play in the snow in Kansas City
This is the amusing moment residents played in the snow in Kansas City. Locals enjoyed the winter weather after a massive weekend storm that battered the city, bringing blizzard conditions. Footage shows individuals sledding through downtown streets.
Kansas City to see light snow Thursday night into Friday
T emperatures will finally approach freezing this afternoon, which will help with the thawing of some leftover ice and snow on area roads, sidewalks, driveways, and parking lots.
Kansas City Mayor catalogs snow removal, recovery after snowiest day in 63 years
Quinton Lucas, the mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, joins FOX Weather to discuss the city's recovery after receiving several inches of snow in a powerful snowstorm on Sunday and Monday.
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Missouri legislature opens with big question: Can Republicans get along with each other?
Schisms between GOP leadership and more conservative members have been an ongoing storyline in recent legislative history.
Woman wanted for Kansas arson found in Missouri
A first appearance has been held for a woman wanted in connection to a Kansas vehicle fire after she was found and arrested ...
Missouri and Kansas glazed under icy winter storm
Missouri and Kansas were covered in ice due to the effects of a frigid winter storm that passed over the central United ...
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At least 4 people killed in Missouri and Kansas as blizzard makes travel dangerous
Dozens of people were injured in car crashes in Missouri and Kansas during the massive snowstorm. One Jackson County public ...
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Winter weather advisory issued for parts of Kansas City area beginning Thursday evening
The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory for parts of the Kansas City area beginning Thursday evening.
1 charged after car-jacking victim run over with his own vehicle in Kansas City
One man has been charged after he allegedly ran over the victim of a car-jacking with his own vehicle in the parking lot of a Kansas City store.
Looking ahead to what’s in store for Kansas, Missouri legislatures
It’s a new year for us at “4 The People,” and soon, a brand new year for both the Kansas and Missouri Legislatures.
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Kansas City, Missouri, city employees volunteer to plow streets during historic blizzard
A blizzard is a snowplow's Super Bowl. In Kansas City, Missouri, there are more than 300 snowplow trucks working to clear the ...
Don’t let politicians fill the Kansas and Missouri supreme courts with partisan hacks | Opinion
The merit-based Missouri Plan is a nationwide model for keeping the state’s highest court independent. Don’t get rid of it. | ...
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Scholarships, degrees and hazing: Missouri higher education bills to watch in 2025
Lawmakers have proposed changes to scholarships, in-state tuition and transfer credits, but they face a long road before ...