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The “largest” willow oak in Arkansas, according to some residents, was taken down by Friday afternoons storm.

The tree fell in an area where no harm was done.

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As precipitation and temperatures began to fall, many local residents always head to the stores for milk, bread and eggs.

French toast must be a popular meal during ice storms, since that uses those 3 popular ingredients.

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Monticello School District Superintendent Sandra Lanehart recently announced state approval for the new inclement weather procedures for all schools in the district.

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National Weather Service staff was in Drew County, Monday, investigating storm damage from early Sunday morning.

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Videos from February 26, 2015.

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UPDATE – Shady Grove will be open Saturday,  for you to drop off buckets and other supplies.

If you’re not able to provide a complete rescue bucket, please bring some of the individual supplies listed below. That will still be helpful to the many residents who lost or have damaged homes.

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At last months quorum court meeting, the justices asked about Entergy’s presence in the community, and their storm emergency reaction. Entergy’s Tandee White attended Monday’s meeting, to answer their questions.

HWY 278 East

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These new engines were seen crossing HWY 425, Tuesday, after the washed-out sections of track between Collins and Dermott, due to recent flooding, had been repaired.

The engines belong to a sister company of Arkansas Midland; Dallas, Garland, & Northeastern, based out of Texas. Both are subsidiaries of Genesee Wyoming Railroad.

Simce we’ve spent so much of this week covering water, rain, and flooding; we might as well close the week out with these 2 unusual videos.

The videos include Thursday night’s broken water main, by a fire hudrant, shooting water into the middle of HWY 278 West.  The other shows a flooded sewer drain on East Shelton Street, pushing water up, through a manhole cover.

Teams from the Arkansas Department of Correction’s Construction and Maintenance Division are on scene leading damage assessments at the Delta Regional Unit.

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