The Latest: Tractor-trailer overturns in icy Mississippi
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Latest on winter weather in the South (all times local):
3:50 p.m.
A tractor-trailer has overturned after crashing on an icy highway in Mississippi.
News reports say the crash occurred Friday on southbound Interstate 55 in Tate County.
The crash was slowing southbound traffic. State transportation officials say the left southbound lane is blocked as the wreck is cleaned up.
Winter weather was moving over the South on Friday with Kentucky and Tennessee being coated in sleet and ice.
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8:35 a.m.
Tens of thousands of people in northern Alabama are getting the day off because of the possibility of icy weather.