Nikole Babb, [email protected]
Did you receive an emergency alert on your phone that read to stay home due to the closing of many state and federal highways? It would be smart to listen to that alert unless there is an absolute emergency. The sheet of ice delivered on Saturday mixed with several inches of snow on Sunday make the roads very slick, uneven and unpredictable.
There are currently 33 counties in North Central and Northeastern Kansas that have all state and federal highways shut down. This is due to low visibility, impassable conditions, continuous blizzard white-outs and extreme weather conditions. Those counties include:…