A major storm spread heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across the southern United States on Wednesday, breaking snow records and treating the region to unaccustomed perils and wintertime joy.

Snow is still the topic of conversation among a group of Louisiana nuns, but they had no idea their prayers were about to be answered in a truly memorable way.

Videos posted on social media captured nuns having a snowball fight and Houston firefighters having a friendly battle as a rare storm swept across Texas and the Gulf Coast. The snow closed motorways,

Bohn Brothers Automotive Group has sold all four of its dealerships after a century of business in the New Orleans market.

After a trip to the northeast corner of the country a couple of years ago, my wife reached a milestone, namely having visited all 50 states.

The writer and her family spent three summers exploring state, national and provincial parks, traveling by minivan from Louisiana to Alaska, to Nova Scotia, and all along the

A group of nuns engaged in a snowball fight with a priest at St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church & School in Metairie, Louisiana, during a snowstorm on Tuesday.

R​oads were still closed Thursday morning after a historic winter storm hit The South, bringing inches of snow to areas not used to seeing any snowfall at all. D​rivers in Southeast Louisiana were urged to continue to stay off the roads on Thursday morning,

Jefferson Parish urged residents on both sides of the Mississippi River to conserve water early Thursday morning as freezing temperatures persisted across much of the region. Parish officials said overloading the water system could result in boil water advisory.

A major storm spread heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across the southern United States on Wednesday, breaking snow records and treating the region to unaccustomed perils and wintertime joy. From Texas through the Deep South,

Snow records are falling right and left this week. But, it looks Mobile takes the cake so far. The six and a half inches that fell by mid day Tuesday topped the six inches of snow Alabama’s Port City saw in 1881.

Milwaukee had almost 1.5 inches of snow Wednesday after frigid temperatures to start the week. This winter, Milwaukee has had 11.8 inches of snow, according to data from the Wisconsin State Climatology Office.