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Louisiana has nearly run out of its salt ... It was a similar story in North Carolina, where slick roads remained a danger to drivers after snow melted and then refroze overnight.

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Arkansas football coach Sam Pittman looks on, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024 during the fourth quarter of the Razorbacks' 35-14 victory over Louisiana Tech at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville. (Charlie Kaijo/NWA Democrat-Gazette)

Holy Cross at Boston U., 7 p.m. Towson at Northeastern, 9 p.m. Bethune-Cookman at Alcorn St., 6 p.m. Southern Miss. at Troy, 6 p.m. Houston Christian at SE Louisiana, 7 p.m.

A major winter storm that slammed Texas and the northern Gulf Coast is spreading heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across parts of the Florida panhandle and eastern Carolinas