Icy conditions lead to school cancellations
• The Oskaloosa School District canceled all of their Friday classes.
• Tonganoxie Superintendent Richard Erickson said that all Friday classes for the Tonganoxie School District district would be canceled because of poor road conditions.
• Basehor-Linwood canceled all Friday classes because of icy conditions. A building and grounds supervisor said Thursday night that district leaders elected to cancel all Friday classes at Basehor-Linwood schools because of the area road conditions.
Early reports indicate that some roads in Lawrence — because they were wet from yesterday’s rain — have become slick as the temperature hovers near freezing. Road crews are out, but — as always — treat from arterial to collector and lastly to residential streets.