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Blanket of snow lured outdoor fun-seekers to park for rounds of sledding.

Road crews will work around the clock if necessary, officials say.

Eight-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of the New York Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897. The work of veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has since become history's most reprinted newspaper editorial, appearing in part or whole in dozens of languages in books, movies and other editorials, and on posters and stamps.

NORAD uses "ultra-cool, high-tech, high-speed digital cameras," radar, satellites and fighter jets to help track St. Nick as he travels the globe. But, remember, he only stops at houses where the children are sleeping.

The city will be cinder-free this snow season -- unless the conditions make salt ineffective. Why The District and the Village at Cherry Hill won't follow the exemption is grist for another article.

The grandchildren of Chancellor Brady Deaton took advantage of an empty Francis Quadrangle to have a snowball fight with their parents.

Firefighters on duty on Friday got the gift of pizza. It's a tradition for Shakepeare's.

After searching in every file she could think of, an attorney for the district, found the document in a cardboard box of old papers labeled to be thrown away. The letter outlines a contract for helping schools get wired for new technology.

Across the Corn Belt, the price of farmland was on the rise in 2010. The highest increases were seen in Iowa, where values rose 13 percent and an acre of farmland sold for upward of $7,000 in some areas of the state.  Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas all saw average farmland values increase about 9.5 percent in 2010.

The volunteer organization is starting to see collection boxes fill up around town with dog and cat food, cleaning supplies, pet toys and paper towels.

Columbia father Zaid Mahir is excited for his three girls to play in the snow. "I mean, watching is nice, but watching isn't part of the event," he says.

Snowy weather forced many to wait out Christmas Eve in airports. It was no different in Columbia where passengers stayed put for at least three hours past their scheduled departure times for flights.

In order to perform the tricky work of removing snow from streets, maintenance employees must first pass through the Missouri Department of Transportation's Snow Academy.

The Toledo Museum of Art and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said that "Nereid Sweetmeat Stand" will go back to the Dresden Museum.

Holiday travelers are bracing for weather delays and congested roads and airports. "People that are going to Grandma's house," warned Bobby Boyd, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Nashville, "need to get going."

The second-degree murder and armed criminal action charges were filed against Richard Walker on Thursday in Green County Circuit Court after Springfield police reviewed the cold case and re-interviewed him in prison last week. He is being charged in connection with the 1982 stabbing death of 22-year-old Angela Baskin.

Snowfall made traveling tough on Friday in northeastern Iowa, where the bulk of the storm hovered. Drivers reported few snow plows on the road.

Citizens may apply for several boards and commissions, including the Citizens Police Review Board and the Downtown Columbia Leadership Council.

Many shoppers found their way to the stores despite the snowy streets. For some it was a matter of time and money, while others admit to just procrastinating before doing their holiday gift buying.