Kansas City trash and recycling pickup has been canceled because of last weekend’s snow and ice. While crews focus on treating roads, here’s the latest on trash pickup.

Americans are under winter weather alerts as a major storm threatens much of the U.S. City Manager Brian Platt said, “This is going to be one of the most historic, significant storms Kansas City has ever seen.

Kansas City officials said Friday they’ve never felt more prepared for a winter storm, with record snowfall expected by Sunday.

Essential items like milk, eggs and bread were hard to find before and during the storm. Stores are finally able to restock after the storm rush.

The Kansas City region is under a winter storm warning starting Saturday evening, beginning with freezing rain or sleet and transitioning to snow. Find the latest weather forecast and what Kansas City and other cities plan for snow plowing.

On Friday at 12:56 p.m. the National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning valid from Saturday 6 p.m. until Monday 3 a.m. The warning is for Atchison, Doniphan, Leavenworth, Wyandotte, Johnson,

Kansas City, Mo., received nearly a foot of snow over in a single day, forcing road and air traffic to come to a halt. NBC News' Maggie Vespa reports why officials are saying it will take a few days to clean out the snow.

Kansas City residents are always great at sharing their winter weather photos with us. Here's the photos so far.

If you saw light pillars shining down from the sky early Tuesday morning in Kansas City, don't fret. You're not crazy, you're eyesight isn't going, and no, we are not experiencing an alien invasion