Millions of people across the northern Gulf Coast braced Tuesday for a rare winter storm that’s expected to scatter heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain around the Deep South as a blast of Arctic air plunges much of the eastern U.S. into a deep freeze.

A winter storm prompted a National Weather Service office in Louisiana to issue a first-ever blizzard warning. The storm is causing dangerous conditions from Texas to North Carolina.

Millions of Americans face an artic blast, including the first-ever blizzard warning for parts of the Gulf Coast.

South Mississippi is bracing for the first significant snowfall since 1996, Harrison County Emergency Management director Matt Stratton said during a meeting Sunday afternoon to prepare for the deep freeze expected to grip the Coast tonight and bring snow by Tuesday.

Another blast of winter storms is closing schools, snarling flights and putting millions of residents on alert across parts of the Deep South and south-central U.S. The National Weather Service says heavy snowfall and icy conditions are likely Friday in Mississippi,

Leading a cohort of next-generation Southern leaders in both parties, Carter grafted the region back on the national map by repudiating Jim Crow, firmly and finally extinguishing George Wallace as a political force and assembling a fearsome, if fleeting, biracial general election coalition.

Snow accumulations are possible across much of Mississippi, according to the revised forecast Sunday from the National Weather Service in Jackson.

Clarke County Emergency Management Agency has been preparing for days ahead of this threat and is working in close contact with MDOT and other local authorities.

The Drax wood pellet plants in Mississippi and Louisiana have paid millions for violating state pollution laws yet received at least $762 million in “green” loans.

the Rebels kept things close the entire way and didn’t allow Mississippi State to pull away. Matt Murrell eventually sent the game to overtime by tying things at 74-all with a deep 3-pointer ...

The National Weather Service placed large parts of South Mississippi under a Winter Storm Watch early Saturday morning, including Hancock, Harrison, Jackson and Pearl River counties. In issuing the watch, the weather service said heavy snowfall is possible ...

The coldest weather of winter will invade South Mississippi next week with frigid morning temperatures that could freeze pipes, hurt plants and bring the small but still possible risk of snow or ice.