ClickOnDetroit Morning Briefing -- Jan. 24, 2020

Search for mother, 4 kids

A police task force is now involved in the search for a missing mother and her four children. Kornecia Waiters was last seen picking up her children from school about 4 p.m. Tuesday. She went to pick up her kids from Cornerstone Jefferson-Douglass Academy with her sons’ step-father, who also is the biological father of her daughters.

School closings

We have some school closings today as several areas of the region have icy roads. Most of the closings are in Oakland and Lapeer counties. You probably know of any school closings that affect you by now, but here’s the list again just in case you need to check.

Weather: Rainy Friday

Rain will be the rule throughout the day, the Local4Casters say. However, the temperatures will rise into the upper 30s, which ends the ice threat. Wind will blow from the east at 10 to 15 mph. Here’s the full weather forecast heading into the weekend.

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