Courtesy City of ColumbiaA Columbia Utilities trash truck picks up garbage on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, as snow falls. KMIZVehicles travel on Business Loop 70 in Columbia as snow falls Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Snowfall began coating some Mid-Missouri roads by 9 a.m. Monday. After light snowfall over the holiday weekend, a few more inches could accumulate Monday, with high temperatures staying in the low to mid-20s. That snow could cause difficulties for commuters on Monday evening and Tuesday morning. Some areas could see snowfall of 4 to 6 inches. Officials closed Route UU in western Boone County on Monday morning. State highways in the western part of Mid-Missouri were at least partially covered in snow by 9 a.m. By noon Monday, most of the region's highways were covered or partially covered in snow, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation's traveler information map. Interstate 70 was closed Monday morning at the Highway 65 exit for a tractor-trailer crash. Traffic was also moving slowly after a crash on I-70 westbound at the Boone and Callaway County line after a crash into the median. Boone County emergency management wrote in a social media post before 11 a.m. that crashes were picking up as roads became covered. Roads in Columbia had also become slick by late morning, with emergency dispatchers alerting the public to several vehicles stuck near Chapel Hill and Fairview roads. Columbia Public Works warned residents to move vehicles from priority roads as accumulation approached 2 inches Monday afternoon. Troop F of the Missouri State Highway Patrol wrote on social media a little after noon that troopers were working 45 crash scenes on the area's major highways. Dispatchers also warned of several crashes near Deer Park, south of Columbia, on Highway 63. LINK: Closures and delays Several schools had also called early dismissals. Southern Boone will dismiss at 1 p.m., while Columbia Public Schools let families know that buses for after-school clubs and activities were canceled for middle and high school students. The post Monday snowfall covers Mid-Missouri roads, leads to early school dimissals appeared first on ABC17NEWS. ...read more read less