Springfield and Mt. Zion are each declaring snow emergencies ahead of Sunday’s winter storm. On Saturday, the City of Springfield’s Office of Public Works declared a snow emergency for designated snow routes starting at 11 p.

As a deep winter chill begins to take over the northern half of the country, a new major winter storm will move across the U.S. this weekend into early next week. Around 45 million Americans were under winter weather alerts as of late Friday,