Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune

03/21/2025

Do not burn today. A Red Flag Warning is in effect from noon until 7pm for most of the area. Outside of the warning, elevated fire conditions will exist.

03/20/2025

Officers are on scene of a motor vehicle accident at Polk Street and Easton. There may be power outages in the area. Officers and deputies have located the driver outside of city limits.

CMU has been contacted and promptly responded to the scene.

Temporary street closures—Polk Street at Trenton Street and Easton, north and southbound.

We are aware the traffic lights downtown are out but we are working the scene and investigation.

03/17/2025

With southwesterly winds gusting to as high as 30 to 35 mph, relative humidity dropping to 25% or lower, and temperatures rising into the mid 70s, a Red Flag Warning has been issued from 12 pm through 8 pm tomorrow. Any fire that ignites will have the potential to quickly spread.

03/10/2025

Dry, hot, & windy conditions will lead to hazardous fire weather conditions outdoors today. A Red Flag Warning has been issued for this afternoon. Temperatures remain above normal for much of this week, with dry conditions through THU. Rain showers and thunderstorms expected FRI.

03/04/2025

Ok, mother nature is about to throw the kitchen sink at us!!! So, here is what to expect tomorrow into Wednesday. There will be a line of storms that is expected to move across the area tomorrow morning impacting the morning rush. These storms will have the potential to be severe with damaging winds being the main threat. As we move into tomorrow afternoon a second round of thunderstorms will be possible with damaging winds, hail up to 1 inch, and a brief, isolated tornado all possible. Finally, as we get into Tuesday night cold air will come rushing into the area on very strong northwest winds gusting to 40 up to 70 mph consequently, we have high wind warnings and wind advisories out for the entire area tomorrow nigh into Wednesday. This cold air, will also change rain over to snow. Heavy amounts of snow are not expected however 1-3 inches will be possible across northwest Missouri and northeast Kansas where blizzard conditions are expected. Further south and east snow less than an inch is forecast. In addition to the rain changing to snow, with temperatures falling quickly, rain may flash freeze on roadways creating a layer of ice under any snow accumulations. Snow will come to an end Wednesday morning however, the strong winds are expected to continue through the day Wednesday. Sorry, that was a lot but we got a little bit of everything!

02/23/2025

The Chillicothe Police Department was notified this week about this packet requesting support for the police department through a donation of money. We DO NOT send this form out and DO NOT SUPPORT this. This had NOTHING to do with your local police department.

We do appreciate you support and partnership on the day to day activity but we DO NOT participate in scams such as this.

02/18/2025

A winter storm is expected to impact the region tonight – Tuesday. While the heaviest snows will be south of the Kansas City area, across southern KS and MO, the area will still see significant snow totals. For the KC area, 4-7” is likely, with higher amounts in the 6-9” south of the KC Metro. Lesser amounts will occur further north. After the snow, dangerous cold settles over the area with lows below zero from Wednesday morning through Friday morning. Wind chill values as cold as -30, particularly across northern Missouri, are expected with Arctic blast.

02/17/2025

02/11/2025

A winter storm is expected to impact the region tonight into tomorrow night. Snowfall accumulations of 4-8 inches expected across the area with a light glaze to a few hundredths of an inch of ice mainly for areas south of I-70.

02/08/2025

Snow returns on Monday afternoon. Up to 2 inches of snow is possible through Tuesday morning.

Another snow storm is expected Wednesday morning, with higher snow accumulations likely. Highs on Wednesday and Thursday are unlikely to peak above freezing.

02/04/2025

Be sure to pay attention to the forecast, we are expected to get some freezing drizzle this evening and into early tomorrow.

A weather system will bring areas of drizzle and freezing drizzle to the region tonight into Wednesday. Ice accumulations will be possible along and north of I-70, with greatest accumulations along and east of highway 65. A winter weather advisory is in effect for portions of central into eastern Missouri.

02/02/2025

Punxsutawney Phil -- perhaps the world's most famous groundhog -- saw his shadow meaning, according to legend, that we will have six more weeks of winter.