Freezing precipitation is causing more travel problems and delays in north Alabama.
Icy spots forced officials to close a number of roads in the Tennessee Valley early Monday. That includes Memorial Parkway in Huntsville.
Huntsville police removed barricades from the Parkway as temperatures warmed and conditions improved.
But more than two dozen school systems across the region delayed opening because of the threat of slippery roads, and at least two systems closed for the day.
The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory for northern Alabama.
Forecasters say a mix of snow and freezing rain is possible as far possible in central Alabama
Business owners in the Gadsden area can have their tax questions answered at a workshop scheduled tomorrow. The Alabama Department of Revenue will give businesses a chance to find some answers for their new companies at the Gadsden-Etowah County Chamber of Commerce from three-to-six p-m.
Amanda Collier is the Public Information Specialist for the ADR. She says these workshops provide an open forum for business owners
“This is something that we’ve been doing and that we plan to continuing to do just to help out locals and it give them an opportunity to ask some questions to experts that they otherwise might not be able to get answered.”
The free workshop will cover a variety of topics such as employer withholding taxes, state and local sales taxes as well as property taxes among other areas. For more information, you can log on to the ADR’s website at revenue-dot-alabama-dot-gov.
The public school system in Gardendale is awaiting a decision on its own future. Alabama State Superintendent Doctor Tommy Bice will make his final ruling today whether or not to separate Gardendale schools from the Jefferson County. The city school system is dealing with some issues like paying more than eight million sales tax dollars to the county board to build Gardendale High School. Doctor Patrick Martin is the Gardendale Schools' Superintendent. He says there are plenty of benefits for Gardendale to become separate from Jefferson County’s school system…
“Well one would be local control. If you look at a system there in the community of Gardendale, the voice of parents, students and community members in setting the direction of their own school system would be viewed as advantageous.”
Doctor Martin adds he is confident with the plan his system and their attorneys that Doctor Bice will rule in favor of separating the schools.