This Week in Pictures (Feb. 14-20)
The fountain at the Lee County Court House in Tupelo has frozen over due the freezing weather in Northeast Mississippi over the past few days.
Todd’s Big Star manager Patrick Verner restocks a cooler with bacon as the grocery store does everything it can to keep its shelves filled. Despite having to cut hours, run with half its employees and delivery trucks being iced out, grocery stores throughout the region have been struggling to keep food on shelves.
The statue of Elvis begins to get covered in snow as the sun sets Wednesday at the Elvis Presley birthplace in Tupelo.
Kamau Bostic gets in a little target practice with his bow Wednesday afternoon at his home on Clayton Ave in Tupelo.
Traffic moves east on Main Street on Wednesday morning in downtown Tupelo.
Spring Street in Tupelo still shows ice covering the road on Wednesday. Temperatures are not expected to be above freezing until the weekend.
Chief Piomingo overlooks City Hall in an icy covered Fairpark on Wednesday afternoon in Tupelo.
Traffic moves along slowly on Main Street on Wednesday morning in downtown Tupelo.
Beverly Brooks says her Cheese Nips Chicken is one of her husband’s favorite foods. See her recipes, Page 9A.
Cheese Nips Chicken
Gray Smith, 7, and Wallis Neelly, 9, of Tupelo, line up to race down the hill on their sleds behind St. Luke United Methodist Church in Tupelo on Tuesday morning.
An abandoned bicycle rest atop of several inches of ice along Monument Drive Monday night.
West Main Street is void of traffic but has plenty of ice ice after Monday's winter weather hit much of North Mississippi.
Griffin Brashier, 11, uses a laundry basket to sled down a hill at the Bel Air Golf Course Tuesday afternoon.
Wren Brashier, 10, passes a friend as he sleds down a hill at the Bel Air Golf Course Tuesday afternoon.
Traffic moves slowly along Gloster and Jackson Streets on Tuesday morning in Tupelo.
An MDOT plow clears off the snow, sleet and ice on Highway 178 in the Macedonia community of Lee County Tuesday morning. Emergency officials continued to advice people to remain indoors and off the roads on Wednesday and Thursday.
Traffic moves slowly along Gloster and Jackson Streets on Tuesday morning in Tupelo.
Ed Neelly, of Tupelo, rides on the back of a sled with his son Wallis, 9, as they enjoy time out together in the left over snow and ice, with friends sledding down the hill behind St. Luke United Methodist Church in Tupelo on Tuesday morning.
Alan Thorderson, 16, from left, Bennett Thorerson, 13, and Aaron Bennett, 11, don't let a little ice stop them from having a pick up game of basketball Monday on Lake Park Drive.
A Northeast Mississippi lawmaker is asking the Mississippi Department of Transportation to drop its ban on overnight parking at state weigh stations.
Tabitha McRunnels of Plantersville receives her first dosage of COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday afternoon in the drive-thru location at The Mall at Barnes Crossing in Tupelo. Vaccination rates among Black Mississippians remains statistically low, although the numbers are improving.
Cait Comer, granddaughter of Amy Riley, hugs Penny while visiting the farm Monday with her sister, Jill, and cousins Aiden and Charlie Riley. Penny, a miniature foal, stands about 20 inches tall.
Fidel Cubillo, 14, left, and Gilberto Alatorra pull up to the gas pumps to refuel their quads on Eason Blvd as they plan on spending the day playing the ice.
Fidel Cubillo, 14, refuels his quad on Thomas Street and he and friends hit the trails and fields to enjoy the icy weather Monday.
Traffic heads west bound on I-22 at the Belden exit early Monday morning.
Cindy Waters and her son, Solomon, walk the family dog, Jeffrey, down Magnolia Street in Tupelo Monday.
Drivers with four wheel drive make their way up and down South Gloster early Monday morning.
Icy road conditions left Main Street in Tupelo almost completely void of traffic on on what would typically be a bustling Monday morning.
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.
Wesley Brown has a little fun with his four wheeler on the icy streets in Tupelo Monday.
A Tupelo man makes his down the icy sidewalk as he makes his way to his car Monday morning.
A vehicle makes its way down East Main Street in Tupelo early Monday morning before the second round of freezing rain began.
Shante Evans, of Tupelo, walks home to her apartment on West Main Street after going to the store for a snack on Monday morning in Tupelo.
A Tupelo resident drives a Jeep west on West Main Street Monday morning in Tupelo.
An 18-wheeler semi truck heads west on I-22 at the Belden exit early Monday morning.
Mitra Bumphis, District Manager of KFC on West Main Street, cleans the base of his windshield to keep his wiper blades from freezing to the glass as he lets his car warm up early Monday morning in Tupelo.
A truck drives along an ice- and snow-covered Main Street in Sherman on Monday morning.
A Northeast Mississippi lawmaker is asking the Mississippi Department of Transportation to drop its ban on overnight parking at state weigh stations.
A Northeast Mississippi lawmaker is asking the Mississippi Department of Transportation to drop its ban on overnight parking at state weigh stations.
A Northeast Mississippi lawmaker is asking the Mississippi Department of Transportation to drop its ban on overnight parking at state weigh stations.
McRunnels wears her COVID-19 vaccine sticker on her shirt after receiving the shot on Thursday.
McRunnels follows the orange cones as she drives up to check in for her Thursday afternoon appointment to receive her COVID-19 vaccine at the drive-thru location at The Mall at Barnes Crossing in Tupelo.
Aura, one of two miniature foals, brushes up against her mother.
Motorists make their way slowly past Tupelo Hardware Store Monday night.
A worker uses a small front end loader to clear the parking lot at One Bank Plaza Monday night.
Tupelo City Hall and the bronze statue of Elvis are surrounded by inches of ice on Monday night.Â
Ice-covered roads surround the Lee County Courthouse following Monday's winter storm.
Crews with Tupelo Public Works continue to clear the intersection of South Green and Eason Blvd Monday night as they try to make the roads safe for travel.
Gray Smith, 7, of Tupelo, loses his grip sledding down the hill with his friends and sister Lilly Cate, behind St. Luke United Methodist Church in Tupelo on Tuesday morning. Many schools across the region will remain closed Wednesday because of icy conditions.
An Amazon shipping truck slowly makes its way up an icy west bound exit ramp at I-22 after leaving a full Love's Travel Stop early Tuesday morning in Belden.