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Crashes between Tuesday Morning and wednesday evening, more than 175 people were injured. Governor nathan deal in atlanta are taking some heat for the way they handled the storm. Both admit they could have been better prepared. Mark strassmann has more from atlanta. Reporter drivers along many of the souths busiest highways spent much of wednesday trying to finish tuesdays commute. A rare winter storm brought several inches of snow and paralyzing ice from the gulf coast to the midatlantic. Highways froze, and soon so did the traffic. All those cars meant salt and sand trucks could not treat the roadways. Ron rivera and his truckload of bananas were stuck for more than 30 hours. Nothing against the south, and im from the south. Were just not prepared for this type of weather on a regular basis. Reporter georgias governor agrees. Even with this type of forecasting i dont think anyone totally predicted this was going have the magnit ....
Coming. You may have heard. Winter weather advisory is in effect today at 6 00 p. M. Noon wednesday. Three6 in. Of snow just to the south we have the possibility for more than 6 in. Of snow. All that snow gets here in time for this afternoon. It wont arrive until rushhour. The advisory for all the counties in purple. Also a winter storm warning is in effect for some of these counties. Right now is 15 at the lakefront. 12 in midway. We have cloud cover across a region and also dry conditions will keep us with temperatures in the teens. Looking to the southwest, this is whats coming. The storm that will tap into the gulf of mexico and it will bring about this much snow. About 5 in. For chicago. Down to the south could have 6 in. Same deal for lake county and the port county. Today, High Temperature of 26. You may be able to get home and stay dry but by bedtime that still will be here. It will end early wednesday. Wednesdays high i ....
Out of custody. So the county only has to deal with its embarrassment. And ensuring this never happens again. Hes back in the custody of the Indiana Department of correction. And no longer sherriff tom darts problem. More than 48 hours after Steven Robbins was allowed to walk out the front entrance of the cook county jail, authorities discovered him hiding out in kankakee. The Sherriffs Department received more than 100 tips that led them across the area. But they knew they had their man when they saw a suspicious character walking into a home in the 400 block of fraser avenue just before 11 last night. Someone just went into the house carrying groceries with a wig on that fit the description this is what robbins was wearing. Seemingly very comfortable in making himself at home with a man, woman, and two young ....
And choreography during the nearly three hour Funeral Service for Hadiya Pendleton. Her casket at front of the Greater Harvest Baptist Church on the south side as mourners paid their respects. Before the service, first Lady Michele Obama spent about 30 minutes with pendletons closest friends and relatives. Mrs. Obama then greeted the other dignitaries and leaders who attended the funeral. The most moving part of the service was the five minutes Hadiya Pendletons mother spoke to the congregation . You dont know everything, you dont know how hard this really is. And those of you that do no hard this is, im sorry. Im sorry. Cleopatra pendleton smiled and laughed as she remembered her daug ....