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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The wintry weather has kept road crews busy all day. The Tennessee Department of Transportation has had 5 trucks out today hitting potential slick spots. Those trucks were using brine before the storm came through, then switching to salt this afternoon. Officials do not expect the same problems as we saw during the storm last month where a section of I65 had to be closed in Franklin. That storm produced sleet that fell much faster than expected and it took crews a little time to catch up. Even if that's not the problem Friday night though, TDOT does have a request for drivers tomorrow.
"Please stay home if you don't have somewhere to be pressing, work or a situation like that," says TDOT Spokesperson Deanna Lambert. "The worst case scenario is Saturday morning we have a lot of snow out there and our salt trucks are stuck in the same traffic everybody else is."
It's not just salt trucks that are out either. TDOT is bringing in 7 help trucks Friday night. Normally, they don't work in the overnight hours, but the state is bringing them in just in case they're needed. We will continue to follow the winter weather as it moves into the Midstate throughout the 9 and 10pm shows Friday night. You can get the latest, including weekend cancellations, at Fox17.com or Facebook.com/FoxNashville.
"Please stay home if you don't have somewhere to be pressing, work or a situation like that," says TDOT Spokesperson Deanna Lambert. "The worst case scenario is Saturday morning we have a lot of snow out there and our salt trucks are stuck in the same traffic everybody else is."
It's not just salt trucks that are out either. TDOT is bringing in 7 help trucks Friday night. Normally, they don't work in the overnight hours, but the state is bringing them in just in case they're needed. We will continue to follow the winter weather as it moves into the Midstate throughout the 9 and 10pm shows Friday night. You can get the latest, including weekend cancellations, at Fox17.com or Facebook.com/FoxNashville.
Friday, March 1 2013, 09:49 PM CST
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Tishomingo County voters OK beer, alcohol sales
May 22, 2013 23:38 GMT
IUKA, Miss. (AP) -- Tishomingo County is the latest Mississippi jurisdiction to legalize alcohol sales.
Voters approved the sale of liquor, wine and beer Tuesday, reports the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal (http://bit.ly/13JCcix).
It wasn't clear referendums would pass until affidavit ballots were counted Wednesday.
With more than half Tishomingo County's voters casting ballots, legalizing alcohol passed by 42 votes, while legalizing beer and light wine passed by 73. The county borders Alabama and Tennessee.
Lawmakers legalized liquor at a proposed resort at the county's Bay Springs Lake in 2010, but it wasn't built.
Greene County voters legalized beer sales last year, while Corinth, New Albany and Senatobia have legalized alcohol sales under a 2012 law that allows cities to hold votes.
Mississippi has 13 remaining counties that allow no beer or alcohol sales.
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