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Riding a bike to get groceries, walking from your house to the bus stop, or even just getting a ride to work can be a challenge in Kansas City in severe winter weather. While the city and state transportation officials clear streets, residents without cars say bike lanes, sidewalks and bus stops don't get the same attention.

Instead of staying inside your house, why not discover something new around Kansas City? Here are some of the metro's best-kept secrets for winter weather activities, recommended by residents like you.

Students across the Kansas City region have lost a lot of school days because of snowy conditions and below-zero temperatures. That's left families scrambling to find child care, and schools figuring out how to make up that educational time. Plus: Middle-schoolers from across Missouri competed to design the city of the future.

Kansas City got nearly six inches of snow over the last day. Evergy reported nearly 1,400 separate outages in Kansas and Missouri as of Tuesday afternoon, due to the storms and high winds. Looking ahead, "brutal cold."

Blizzard conditions are expected in parts of Kansas over to the Kansas City metro, which is under a winter storm warning as of Monday afternoon.

The Missouri Department of Transportation says it hired at least 100 new employees to drive snowplows after having a shortage of drivers last winter season.

Prepare for the next big snow with these recommendations for the best sledding hills around Kansas City. Don’t forget to bundle up properly, and have fun!

The National Weather Service is urging people to stay home, with temperatures around negative 5 degrees and a wind chill up to 30 degrees below zero. Still, some Kansas City-area residents went to work, walked their pets, and rode the streetcar to stay warm.

High winds and sub-zero temperatures make this snowfall more dangerous than normal. Experts are urging people to stay home unless absolutely necessary.

KSHB chief meteorologist Gary Lezak delivers his last forecast December 1, and will turn his attention to running his long-range weather prediction business.

The Farmer's Almanac forecasted a cold and snowy winter for people living in Kansas and Missouri.

The region is under a winter storm warning effective until 6 a.m. Friday. Snow has been falling steadily since early Thursday morning.