Eight deaths reported by Missouri State Highway Patrol during Thanksgiving holiday weekend

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - All across Missouri, MoDOT is still having staffing issues with drivers and the past few days with ice instead of snow drivers have been working long hours. District Engineer Craig Compas says that compared to the last snow, which could be plowed, these icy conditions...

NEW MADRID COUNTY, Mo. (KFVS) - First responders and transportation officials are urging drives to stay off of roadways in the Heartland, but if travel is necessary, to take it slow. Most roads remain slick from sleet, snow and freezing rain Monday evening into Tuesday morning, January 31. Interstate 55...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - Sliding on ice can be a scary and frustrating situation. And after an ice-related wreck, you may wonder if your car insurance will completely cover the damage. AAA said they have received an influx of auto insurance claims due to the recent winter storm. Missouri...

It’s not just the roads the ice is impacting, it continues to create dangerous conditions for both driving and walking. February is Earthquake Awareness Month. What you need to know to stay prepared. Stream anytime at kfvs12.com/livestream. Cold complicates ice removal Cape Girardeau. Updated: 3 hours ago. |. Crews...

PADUCAH, Ky. (KFVS) - The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is alerting the public about the dangerously icy conditions, especially on rural secondary highways. While the morning sunshine is slowly melting the ice, it is also creating slick roads that cause driving conditions to be as bad as they were after the freezing rain and sleet hit the Heartland earlier in the week.

HERRIN, IL. (KFVS) - The main roads may be cleared, but parking lots and sidewalks are still covered in ice. Some residents in southern Illinois are still chipping away from yesterday’s storm. Thomas Shanahan has been clearing properties since Monday night. He said he worked from 6 p.m. on...

(KFVS) - Some Heartland counties reported power outages from the severe winter weather on January 30. There have been outages reported off and on Monday and Tuesday in southeast Missouri and southern Illinois. As of 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday, February 1, there are no customers in the Heartland without power.

(KFVS) - Clouds will slowly decrease from the northwest to the southeast through the afternoon and evening hours. Laura Wibbenmeyer says they will be slow to move, so sunshine expected in parts of southeast Missouri and southern Illinois, but Kentucky and Tennessee will stay mainly cloudy until tonight. Another blast...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - Crews with the Missouri Department of Transportation are working around-the-clock to clear the roads. Extreme cold and ice have made their job even more challenging. MoDOT crews have made progress, but with yet another round of wintry weather expected tonight, their work will continue and...

(KFVS) - A couple more rounds of winter weather is on the way. The next round moves late this afternoon and evening with a quick shot of more snow, sleet and freezing rain. The type of precipitation depends on how far north or south you are. The best chance for...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (KFVS) - Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear gave a Team Kentucky Update on February 2. He updated Kentuckians on economic development growth; addiction recovery care; a high-speed internet grant for Simmons College; the Better Internet Initiative Listening Tour; the Safe Streets and Roads for All grant program; recovery and rebuilding efforts in Eastern Kentucky; the Department for Juvenile Justice; upcoming federal changes to pandemic Medicaid and public health. He also named former DuPont Manual High School student and U.S. record holder Yared Nuguse as this week’s Team Kentucky All-Star.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KY3) - Missouri Republican State Senator Andrew Koenig filed a Parents Bill of Rights concerning our children’s education. “It deals with transparency, parents Bill of Rights, and there are some prohibitions on an activity that we don’t want taught in school,“ said Republican State Senator Andrew Koenig.