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Brent Maze: Ice is for the snow birds
By BRENT MAZE
Tue,02/16/21-12:20PM , 14,514 Reads
This is among one of the worst winter storms I’ve ever seen in my life.

The only one that might have been worse was the Storm of the Century in 1993. Where I was, we experienced more than a foot of snow and there were power outages for days on end.

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Broad Street in Decatur was slushy Monday afternoon. | Submitted Photo

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Newton County to experience frigid night, work crews halt work
By BRENT MAZE
Mon,02/15/21-7:12PM , 29,854 Reads
A wind chill advisory and a hard freeze warning are in effect tonight as the temperature will fall to near 10 degrees tomorrow morning.

As much as 2 inches of freezing rain, sleet and snow fell on Newton County Monday.
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Brandon Allen holds a tree branch that has icicles on it. | Submitted Photo

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List of Closings for Tuesday
By BRENT MAZE
Mon,02/15/21-6:13PM , 29,969 Reads
Here is a list of closings so far:

Garbage schedule for the City of Newton: Tuesday customers will be collected Wednesday and Wednesdays customers will be collected Friday

• Newton County Courthouse will not be open tomorrow until 10:00a.m., per Circuit Clerk Mike Butler.
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All Newton County roads are closing at noon
By BRENT MAZE
Mon,02/15/21-5:04PM , 30,745 Reads
Newton County Sheriff Joedy Pennington announced Monday that all roads will be closed beginning at noon today until further notice due to icy road conditions.

The Sheriff's Department posted the following on its Facebook page today:
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Today's Weather

Newton, 39345, MS

Current Temp

57°F

Sunny

Chance of Rain: 0%
Max Temp: 61°F
Min Temp: 45°F
Feels Like: 58°F
Dew Point: 38°F
Humidity: 76%
Sunrise: 7:10 AM
Sunset: 7:02 PM

Wind Speed: 10 to 15 mph
Wind Direction: NNE
Wind Gust: 20 mph
Sky Cover: 99%
Visibility: 10 mi
Dew Point: 38°F
Moon Rise: 3:05 AM
Moon Set: 12:47 PM

Sunny. High near 61, with temperatures falling to around 57 in the afternoon. North northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

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Based on data from National Weather Service and OpenWeather.

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