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4” snow in Miss.; up to 3” through La into Tx
NEW ORLEANS — Southwest Louisiana gets its earliest snowfall ever. The National Weather Service says a winter storm dumped 4 inches of snow northeast of Brookhaven, Miss., and up to 3 inches from Smithdale, Miss., to Fort Polk, La., and on into Texas.
Families scraped together enough snow for snowmen in otherwise brown front yards. Melted snow froze overnight on some southwest Louisiana bridges and overpasses, as temperatures plunged into the mid-20s.
By midmorning Saturday, temperatures were back up above freezing.
National Weather Service meteorologists say Eunice, La., also got three inches of snow, and several cities and towns got two inches.
Meteorologists say Louisiana’s previous record date was Dec. 11, 2008, while Mississippi’s was Nov. 24, 1938.
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Earl threatens East Coast with weekend pounding
Hurricane Earl packed winds near 125 mph as it blew toward North Carolina on Thursday, putting the Eastern Seaboard all the way to Canada on alert for a Labor Day weekend pounding by waves, gales and rain.
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Earl threatens East Coast with weekend pounding
Hurricane Earl packed winds near 140 mph as it blew toward North Carolina on Thursday, putting the Eastern Seaboard up to Maine on alert for a Labor Day weekend pounding by waves, gales and rain.
A hurricane warning for the tip of Massachusetts, including Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard, joined earlier warnings and watches for hurricanes or tropical storms that stretch from North Carolina up to near the Canadian border. -
Island evacuations start as Earl nears East Coast
Hurricane Earl steamed toward the Atlantic Seaboard on Wednesday as communities from North Carolina to New England kept a close eye on the forecast, worried that even a slight shift in the storm’s predicted offshore track could put millions of people in the most densely populated part of the country in harm’s way.
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Man found guilty of DUI, kidnapping
Jerry Van Wagner of Bay St. Louis, was found guilty of aggravated DUI and kidnapping in Pearl River County Circuit Court on Tuesday.
During court proceedings this week the District Attorney’s office portrayed the events leading up to 27 year-old Crystal Brasher’s death as a kidnapping that ended with an accident caused by Jerry Van Wagner driving while intoxicated. -
Virtual on-line classes so popular they’re filled up
A state education official who helps co-ordinate a virtual on-line school says the program is so popular and in so much demand that all slots are now filled and no more applications are being accepted for now.
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Patrol officers beat the streets
“Cadets” at Picayune Police Department’s Community Police Academy got to see an officer get tased and learned about the Department’s Patrol Division.
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Island evacuations start as Earl nears East Coast
Powerful Hurricane Earl spun toward the East Coast on Wednesday, driving tourists from North Carolina’s vacation islands and threatening to bring damaging winds and waves to the Atlantic seaboard through Labor Day weekend.
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Police: Man holds hostages in Discovery building
A man upset with the Discovery Channel’s environmental programming took several people hostage at gunpoint at the company’s headquarters Wednesday while wearing canisters strapped to his body, officials said.
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Miranda Lambert tops CMA Awards with 9 nominations
Miranda Lambert made history Wednesday morning when she was nominated for nine CMA Awards, the most for a female country music artist.
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Island evacuations start as Earl nears East Coast
Powerful Hurricane Earl wheeled toward the East Coast, driving the first tourists Wednesday from North Carolina vacation islands and threatening damaging winds and waves up the Atlantic seaboard over Labor Day weekend.
Visitors were taking ferries off Ocracoke Island and told to leave neighboring Cape Hatteras in North Carolina’s Outer Banks, and federal authorities have warned people all along the Eastern seaboard to be prepared to evacuate. - More Local News Headlines
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