Weather

There are a few schools and businesses that are closed and a few starting late.  Texarkana Schools are open today at the normal time.  So far these are the schools that are closed today (Thursday): Foreman, Blevins, Horatio, Dierks, Ashdown, Nevada County. Schools and businesses that will start late: Lafayette County AR, will open 1 hour late, McLeod will start at 10am, Avery starts at 10am, UACCH

Hard Freeze Warning in effect from 10pm this evening to 10am cst Thursday. * A very cold arctic air mass has settled southward across the regions this afternoon, an extensive snow and ice pack across much of the Ark-La-Tex. Temps will fall into the LWR & Middle teens overnight across much of Northeast Texas, Southeast Oklahoma and all of Southwest Arkansas. ...

Feb. 8,2011: Winter Storm Warning in effect from midnight tonight to 6PM CST Wednesday. * TIMING: Accumulating snow will begin late tonight across extreme Northeast Texas..... Southeast Oklahoma... and adjacent sections of Southwest Arkansas after midnight.... as temperatures fall below freezing... and persist through much of the day on Wednesday.

Brisbane, Australia’s third largest city, has been hit with flash floods that have wiped out thousands of homes and caused at least 10 reported deaths. The country is urging citizens to evacuate the impacted area. If you’d like to help those affected by the floods, you can donate to the Salvation Army in Australia...

We asked our listeners to take pictures of the snow in our area and send them to us. Check out what we received.