Another day of school closings in our area due to the Winter Storm Warning and expected icy roads in the moring. The following schools have canceled school for Friday, January 10.
Old Man Winter is working overtime some parts of Northern Arkansas are without power due to freezing rain and sleet that continues to push across much of the state.
Schools out in in the state of Arkansas. Out of an abundance of caution and in response to Governor Hutchinson's issued mandate yesterday for all Arkansas Public K-12 school districts to close by Tuesday, March 17, 2020.
So far this has been a very cold winter with plenty of snowstorms sweeping across the country. I'm sure before it's all said and done this could be a record year for School closings as well. But all school announcers don't have to be boring when making the announcements over the PA system.
UPDATE: Genoa School closed at 10 a.m. Fouke School is closing at 1 p.m. today. UACCH and UACCH-Texarkana campuses will close today at 11:00 a.m.
Here are the schools that are closed today: Blevins, Ashdown, Foreman and Horatio. Schools that are delaying their start until 10 a.m. are Avery, DeKalb, New Boston, Malta and Hubbard.
There are a few schools that are closed in the outer areas and business closed due to the winter weather.
Roads are still very slick. Please be careful.
Closed: Day & Zimmerman - Lone Star; Cossatot River in Wicks, AR; Horatio; Foreman; Blevins, Spring Hill.
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