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.

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.

The Interstate 10 closure spans nearly the entire state, ending west of the Mississippi state line east of New Orleans.

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.

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,

The interstate exit in Alabama used to be quiet. Then, six years ago, a Buc-ee’s Travel Center opened. The cars have not stopped since. The giant roadside convenience store brought an economic boom to the small but growing city of Loxley, just a half-hour east of Mobile.

The NBA and multiple college basketball conferences postponed games in response to winter weather that broke snowfall records in some southern states and coated others with a mix of snow and ice.

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.

Portions of several major interstates and two major bridges over the Mississippi River remained closed due to icy conditions Thursday.