TUPELO • Although sunshine and warmer daytime temperatures have begun melting the blanket of ice that has covered the region for a week, making travel along Northeast Mississippi’s roads a
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TUPELO • A night of sub-freezing temperatures kept Tupelo and Lee County covered in ice Tuesday morning, making it almost impossible for citizens to travel on roads.
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Only a few area residents braved the icy roads at crosstown in Tupelo, Monday morning. Most of Northeast Mississippi awoke Monday morning to find roads covered in a sheet of ice, making driving conditions treacherous. By Monday at noon, emergency officials across the region were concerned continued sleeting might cause power outages.
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Shante Evans, of Tupelo, checks her phone as she walks home to her apartment on West Main Street after going to the store for a snack on Monday morning in Tupelo. Evans decided the roads were too bad to drive on and didn t take any changes getting behind the wheel.