Road crews stay busy battling wintry weather

Tim Williams of Sikeston, a Missouri Department of Transportation employee, restocks his snow removal truck at the MoDOT maintenance shed on Malone Avenue in Sikeston. Scott Welton, Staff

SIKESTON -- Clearing roads after Monday night's snow was easy enough for area road crews -- thanks to some timely sunshine.

"Mother nature is helping us a whole bunch," Norman Brant, highway superintendent for the Scott County Road and Bridge Department, said Tuesday afternoon. "The heat from the sun is helping. Our roads are in pretty fair shape overall."

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