Winter

People seeking refuge from the biting cold can find it at more than a dozen shelters and warming centers around the metro. Some open only when the temperature drops below a certain threshold, while others have daily availability.

Travel disruptions continued across the country on Sunday, with over 1,600 flight delays and nearly 500 cancellations. The Missouri State Highway Patrol posted that it had responded to 26 crashes across the state, and more snow is expected Monday.

Public works has invested substantially in their training equipment ahead of the winter season, with new, upgraded technology to prepare employees for plowing snow in any circumstance.

The Country Club Plaza holiday lighting ceremony is a beloved Thanksgiving tradition in Kansas City. But even many lifelong residents don’t know that the lights actually turn on a day earlier, in a 2 a.m. test run that draws its own small crowd of onlookers.

A new Missouri law will protect people from electric or gas utility shutoffs for longer periods of time during extreme heat and cold weather.

The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program was designed to help those with few resources cover their home energy bills in the summer and winter — but the entire staff was fired last week. Since October, the program has helped more than 100,00 Missouri households.

Winter storms every few weeks have taken a toll on small businesses, who spend more to deal with snow and lose profits when people stay home.

A Lawrence-based psychologist says more light exposure could help reduce the effects of Seasonal Affective Disorder.

Staffers at Care Beyond the Boulevard mobile health clinic ramped up operations to help fill the gap left from the sudden closure of a Kansas City, Kansas health clinic that mostly served unhoused and uninsured patients.

Another round of school closures in the Kansas City area has parents juggling work and child care yet again. Some school district are already considering whether to push back summer break.

The city of Lenexa will now allow Project 1020 to accept up to 50 people per night. The organization said it's been “overwhelmed” by demand for shelter and had to turn away people during Kansas City's recent winter storms.

Parts of the Kansas City region are under an Extreme Cold Warning until Thursday afternoon, with wind chills as low as 30 below. But the forecast for next week is significantly brighter.