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Closed due to inclement weather Monday, Feb. 8
Miller County R-3 Tuscumbia
Iberia R-5
St. Elizabeth R-4
Iberia Head Start
Iberia Friendship Hall
Cheyenne Gardner, seated at center, was crowned homecoming queen at Tuscumbia High School Saturday, Feb. 6. The other candidates were Cora Roark, left, and Victoria Fritchey. Their escorts were, from left, standing, Sawyer Rush, Kyle Ahart and Cody Horton. The homecoming festivities were delayed for a day because bad winter weather on Friday, Feb. 5.
Monday morning, Feb. 8, area paved roads were primarily just wet, including the Osage River Bridge at Tuscumbia. Road conditions are expected to worsen later in the day as snowfall continues into the night-time hours.
Winter weather advisory posted
A winter weather advisory for Miller and surrounding counties has been posted until 6 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9. Two to five inches of snow are expected to accumulate in this area before snowfall ends early Tuesday morning, although snowfall rates through early afternoon of Monday, Feb. 8, are expected to remain light. As a cold front moves closer, snowfall rates will increase during Monday afternoon and winds are expected to pick up.
Miller County road workers were out early Saturday, Feb. 6, plowing snow and spreading mixtures of salt, cinders and sand on gravel roads. Typically, the workers start hitting the roads between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m. using graders and dump trucks and smaller trucks fitted with blades and sometimes spreaders, as this truck is. A winter storm watch has been posted for Miller and surrounding counties, starting late Sunday night and running through Monday night. The National Weather Service said snow accumulation in excess of 6 inches will be possible, with the exact position of the heaviest band of snow uncertain as of Saturday morning. Colder than normal temperatures will be behind that storm.
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