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SCHOOL CLOSINGS AND DELAYS
• Athens City Schools will be closed Friday.• Bachman Academy will be closed Friday.• Bledsoe County Schools will be closed Friday.• Bradley County Schools will be closed Friday.• Catoosa County Schools will be closed Friday.• Chickamauga City Schools will be closed Friday and the Winterfest event at Chickamauga Elementary School is cancelled and will be rescheduled.• Chattanooga Charter will be closed Friday.• Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy will be closed Friday.• Chattooga County Schools will be on a 3 hour delay Friday.• Chattanooga Christian School will be closed Friday.• Cleveland City Schools will be closed Friday.• Dade County Schools will be closed Friday.• Dayton City Schools will be closed Friday.• Etowah City Schools will be closed Friday.• Hamilton County Schools will be closed Friday.• Jackson County and Scottsboro schools will be on a 3 hour delay Friday.• Marion County Schools will be closed Friday.• McMinn County Schools will be closed Friday.• Meigs County Schools will be closed Friday.• Notre Dame will be closed Friday.• Polk County Schools will be closed Friday.• Rhea County Schools will be closed Friday.• Silverdale Baptist Academy will be closed Friday.• Tennessee Temple University will be closed Friday.• Whitfield County Schools will be closed Friday.
After a week of sunshine and blue skies, more wintry weather is headed this way.
Meteorologists expect freezing rain to hit the area around 1 a.m. Friday morning with the possibility of up to a quarter of an inch of ice covering roads, trees and power lines by the time morning commuters and school buses hit the roads.
“An ice glaze on surfaces is possible” said David Karnes, the morning meteorologist at WRCB-TV. “There will be potential power outages from fallen trees, as well.”