Four Tennesseans have died in the winter storm, and officials are bracing for days of recovery from widespread power outages and recovery efforts slowed by ice and downed trees. Here’s the latest from WPLN, updated at 8 a.m. Monday.

Kentucky continues efforts to restore power and stay warm after a severe winter storm dropped snow and ice across the entire state.

States from Texas to Maryland can expect everything from freezing rain to a foot of snow this weekend. Experts are urging people to prepare for potentially historic weather.

Ahead of a winter weather event that’s projected to have major impacts across the mid-South, the National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for the weekend – meaning forecasters are more confident that severe weather will occur.

Forecasters with the National Weather Service office in Paducah are advising area residents to prepare for a winter storm that is growing more likely to bring heavy snowfall to the region this weekend and could have major impacts on travel.

The National Transportation Safety Board says Boeing knew of a defect in the MD-11 cargo plane in 2011. Their update came just after reporters got their first look at the site of the UPS plane crash that killed 15 people.

The first day of the spring semester on Murray State University’s campus was interrupted by what school leadership considered to be a bomb threat Monday, though the administration and law enforcement have since reported that there is no credible threat.

Families of victims who died in the UPS plane crash in Louisville filed the first wrongful death lawsuits on Wednesday.

On Wednesday, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg and the Jefferson County Coroner said they have formally confirmed the identities of all the victims who were recovered from the plane crash site.

A Louisville resident and the owner of two businesses near the fatal plane crash are seeking a class action lawsuit against UPS, GE and Boeing.