A CHILLY START IN BROWNTOWN AFTER FREEZING TUESDAY NIGHT

(Ed.'s Note: The expressways were closed and cops guarded the entry ramps to U.S. 77-I-69 this morning to stop motorists from entering the thoroughfares. And local drivers had to scrape ice off their windshields with spatulas. Warnings had been issued about freezing overpasses that might cause vehicles to skid atop the structures. The cold snap is predicted to hand around for a few days more before the warm up begins. The silver lining (or is it ice lining?) is that our brethren up in the north, Midwest and the Northeast are locked in an icebox with more cold predicted for this week.)