Tupelo mayor declares winter storm emergency djournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from djournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
TUPELO • All government facilities and buildings maintained by Lee County and the city of Tupelo will be closed tomorrow because of severe winter weather.
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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.
Tupelo residents to decide fate of Major Thoroughfare Program on Feb 2 djournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from djournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.