UPDATES | Bitter cold after Tuesday's snowstorm leads to more closings, delays

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As the Kansas City area continues to experience record-cold temperatures and below-zero wind chills, we’re tracking the latest closings and delays across the region.

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Read below to keep up with our updates.

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UPDATE, 8:15 a.m. | Grant says many side streets are still snow and ice-covered.

UPDATE, 6:05 a.m. | Daniela says the bitter cold and snowpack still makes driving hazardous.

UPDATE, 6 a.m. | Cassie says we're still at near record low temps.

UPDATE, 8:30 p.m. | From Johnson County, Kansas, County Manager's Office: Johnson County Aging and Human Services: Home-Delivered Meals and Catch-A-Ride services are canceled for Thursday, Feb. 20. The nutrition centers also will be closed.

UPDATE, 7:22 p.m. | Park Hill School District will be closed tomorrow for a traditional snow day.

UPDATE, 7:20 p.m. | Raymore-Peculiar School District will not be in session tomorrow.

UPDATE, 6:35 p.m. | Tomorrow will be a traditional snow day for the Blue Springs School District.

UPDATE, 5:55 p.m. | Trash collection information from the City of Kansas City, Missouri, for Thursday: Wednesday trash is collected on a holiday schedule. Bulky item pickup is canceled.

UPDATE, 5:50 p.m. | Kansas City, Missouri, crews continue around-the-clock snow operations. Crews will be plowing and putting down salt until all streets are cleared.

UPDATE, 5 p.m. | Students will not need to report to school either in-person or virtually tomorrow in Kansas City Public Schools.

UPDATE, 4:55 p.m. | School has been canceled for tomorrow in Gardner-Edgerton USD 231.

UPDATE, 4:47 p.m. | The Hickman Mills C-1 School District will have a virtual learning day tomorrow. All after-school activities are canceled, according to the district.

UPDATE, 4:45 p.m. | Lawrence Public Schools will be closed tomorrow. The district announced that all activities are canceled and district buildings and parking lots will be closed.

UPDATE, 4:40 p.m. | School is closed for tomorrow in the De Soto Unified School District.

UPDATE, 4:10 p.m. | The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas will reopen all buildings and resume all services at 8 a.m. on Thursday.

A news release states the Street Maintenance Department cleared all hot and secondary routes.
Crews are at work on all neighborhood routes, with the night crew working overnight to clear streets.

No trash or recycling will be picked up on Thursday or Friday. Service will resume next week.

The city's cold weather shelter at 550 State Ave., opens at 6:30 p.m. Guests can stay until 7 a.m. Thursday.

UPDATE, 4 p.m. | All schools in the Blue Valley School District will be closed tomorrow.

UPDATE, 3:40 p.m. | Pleasant Hill R-III will be closed tomorrow out of an "abundance of caution."

Lee’s Summit R-7 School District will cancel all in-person and virtual learning tomorrow.

All schools and facilities in the Shawnee Mission School District will be closed tomorrow.

There will be no school tomorrow in Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools. The district said the North Central Office and Central Office will be open but will be on a two-hour delay.

Olathe Public Schools is closed for tomorrow as well. The district said the decision on whether high school activities will be held will happen "at a later time." There will be no elementary or middle school activities.

As more districts announce Thursday closures, stay updated here.

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