Students in Columbia Public Schools (CPS) are returning to the classroom this (Monday) morning for the first time since Tuesday, after a winter storm dumped ten inches of snow and some ice in Columbia. CPS is extending the current mask requirement through Friday February 11, to better determine the impact of COVID, once all students …
MoDOT crews in mid-Missouri now focusing on exit ramps and outer roads too
State Department of Transportation (MoDOT) officials say their plows have driven about 800-thousand miles during this week’s winter storm, three times the distance from earth to the moon. MoDOT plow crews have spread about 10,000 tons of salt this week. They’re on their third 12-hour shift this week, and are out on this Friday morning …
UPDATE: 7.1 inches of snow in Columbia, as of noon
Snow is tapering off in mid-Missouri, before a second round begins tonight (Wednesday). National Weather Service (NWS) St. Louis meteorologist Mark Fuchs tells 939 the Eagle that 7.1 inches of snow have fallen in Columbia since late last night. That’s as of noon. Another one to three inches of snow are expected to fall this evening …
Columbia’s I-70 near Lake of the Woods is problem area for truckers, in snowstorm
Boone County Fire Protection District assistant chief Gale Blomenkamp is urging motorists to slow down this morning, saying some truckers and other motorists have been driving 60 miles per hour in the ice and snow. He’s also urging truckers to avoid the icy area on I-70 and Columbia’s Lake of the Woods exit, where several …
Missouri Senate to have short week, due to upcoming winter storm
The National Weather Service (NWS) in Kansas City/St. Louis says Columbia and Jefferson City are expected to receive ten to 14 inches of snow, by Thursday evening. Missouri Senate Majority Leader Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia) tells 939 the Eagle that there will be no session tomorrow or Thursday, due to the winter storm. Rowden hinted that …