Acadiana's schools were closed Monday for the holiday, and then through Thursday for the weather. We've got updates on Friday classes here.

Interstate 10 reopened to westbound traffic from I-49 in Lafayette to the Texas border, the Department of Transportation and Development announced mid-afternoon Wednesday. The update comes after a historic winter storm brought several inches of snow to the gulf coast and shut down most of I-10 between Texas and Mississippi.

The Interstate 10 closure spanned nearly the entire state, ending west of the Mississippi state line east of New Orleans. Meanwhile, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) had deployed crews traveling in both directions to treat the interstate's surfaces in an effort to restore normal traffic flow.

Interstate 10 from the Louisiana-Texas state line to as far east as Sorrento or Gramercy could be fully open to traffic in both directions at some point Thursday afternoon, Department of Transportation and Development Secretary Joe Donahue said.

A winter storm was on a track to sweep through Texas and Louisiana, across the Gulf Coast and deep into Florida, significant snow and ice in tow.

Owen Reilly, 9, was using a metal cookie sheet. “It seemed like it was scientifically impossible for it to snow here,” Owen said, brushing white flakes from his hands. He had never seen it happen in his lifetime.

Stay updated on road closures, power outages, and weather impacts as a rare winter storm brings snow and icy conditions to.

ARE TRACKING SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. A LOT OF THIS, IF NOT ALL OF IT. REALLY. NOW, SOUTH OF THE METRO. THE REASON WHY THE METRO HAS NOT REALLY HAD ANY SNOWFALL SINCE 430 THIS MORNING IS THE FACT THAT WE HAD A THICK BLOCK OF DRY AIR MOVED THROUGH RIGHT AT THE SURFACE,

Some areas of New Orleans and Houston got more than four inches of snow Tuesday morning in a historic winter storm hitting the south.

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry said the state is facing potential record snowfall that could close Mississippi River bridges from Baton Rouge to New Orleans.

Flood control along the Mississippi River is a central piece of the newly approved Water Resources Development Act.

Campbell at Stony Brook, 1 p.m. Elon at Drexel, 1 p.m. Loyola Chicago at Rhode Island, 1 p.m. NC A&T at Hofstra, 1 p.m. Navy at Army, 1 p.m. Rutgers at Penn St., 1 p.m.