The Ranger Road Fire has burned more than 15,000 acres and forced evacuations in Ashland and Englewood, Kansas. Critical fire ...

Officials expect elevated fire danger to continue through Thursday.

The snow has been falling in Kansas City, blanketing yards, sidewalks and landscaping. But the real concern is what the snow and freezing cold have done to the streets, highways and interstates.

Work crews will be closing a nearly 20-mile stretch of highway in central Kansas soon, creating an almost 70-mile detour route for local drivers.

During critically dry and high-wind conditions on Tuesday, multiple wildfires sparked across communities in portions of the Texas Panhandle, Oklahoma and Kansas, causing a range of evacuations, ...