NewsFebruary 4, 2014
Sleet and snow blanket the area, Feb. 4, 2014.
Laura Simon and Fred Lynch
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com
Freezing rain leaves its mark on a park bench in Common Pleas Courthouse Park as temperatures fall Tuesday evening, Feb. 4, 2014 in Cape Girardeau.
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Freezing rain leaves its mark on a park bench in Common Pleas Courthouse Park as temperatures fall Tuesday evening, Feb. 4, 2014 in Cape Girardeau.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com

A man walks along Broadway through the falling snow, Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 4, 2014.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com A man walks along Broadway through the falling snow, Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 4, 2014.
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com
A Missouri Department of Transportation snow plow clears a lane of northbound Interstate 55 near Center Junction on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014 north of Cape Girardeau.
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com A Missouri Department of Transportation snow plow clears a lane of northbound Interstate 55 near Center Junction on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014 north of Cape Girardeau.
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com
A tractor-trailer that slid off the southbound lanes of Interstate 55 came to rest near the off-ramp of Center Junction near mile marker 100 on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. The wreck took out a portion of the guard rail.
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com A tractor-trailer that slid off the southbound lanes of Interstate 55 came to rest near the off-ramp of Center Junction near mile marker 100 on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. The wreck took out a portion of the guard rail.
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com
A tractor-trailer that slid off the southbound lanes of Interstate 55 came to rest near the off-ramp of Center Junction near mile marker 100 on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. The wreck took out a portion of the guard rail.
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com A tractor-trailer that slid off the southbound lanes of Interstate 55 came to rest near the off-ramp of Center Junction near mile marker 100 on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. The wreck took out a portion of the guard rail.
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com
A section of guard rail is pulled away by a wrecker from a tractor-trailer that slid off the southbound lanes of Interstate 55 on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014 at Center Junction north of Cape Girardeau.
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com A section of guard rail is pulled away by a wrecker from a tractor-trailer that slid off the southbound lanes of Interstate 55 on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014 at Center Junction north of Cape Girardeau.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com

Snow blankets Broadway for a wintery scene, Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 4, 2014. A winter storm warning remains in effect for Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Mississippi, New Madrid, Perry, Ripley, Scott, Stoddard and Wayne Counties until 6 a.m. Wednesday.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Snow blankets Broadway for a wintery scene, Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 4, 2014. A winter storm warning remains in effect for Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Mississippi, New Madrid, Perry, Ripley, Scott, Stoddard and Wayne Counties until 6 a.m. Wednesday.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com

Snow blankets Broadway for a wintery scene, Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 4, 2014. A winter storm warning remains in effect for Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Mississippi, New Madrid, Perry, Ripley, Scott, Stoddard and Wayne Counties until 6 a.m. Wednesday.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Snow blankets Broadway for a wintery scene, Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 4, 2014. A winter storm warning remains in effect for Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Mississippi, New Madrid, Perry, Ripley, Scott, Stoddard and Wayne Counties until 6 a.m. Wednesday.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com

Snow blankets Broadway for a wintery scene, Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 4, 2014. A winter storm warning remains in effect for Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Mississippi, New Madrid, Perry, Ripley, Scott, Stoddard and Wayne Counties until 6 a.m. Wednesday.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Snow blankets Broadway for a wintery scene, Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 4, 2014. A winter storm warning remains in effect for Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Mississippi, New Madrid, Perry, Ripley, Scott, Stoddard and Wayne Counties until 6 a.m. Wednesday.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com

Snow blankets Broadway for a wintery scene, Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 4, 2014. A winter storm warning remains in effect for Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Mississippi, New Madrid, Perry, Ripley, Scott, Stoddard and Wayne Counties until 6 a.m. Wednesday.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Snow blankets Broadway for a wintery scene, Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 4, 2014. A winter storm warning remains in effect for Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Mississippi, New Madrid, Perry, Ripley, Scott, Stoddard and Wayne Counties until 6 a.m. Wednesday.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com

Snow blankets Broadway for a wintery scene, Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 4, 2014. A winter storm warning remains in effect for Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Mississippi, New Madrid, Perry, Ripley, Scott, Stoddard and Wayne Counties until 6 a.m. Wednesday.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Snow blankets Broadway for a wintery scene, Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 4, 2014. A winter storm warning remains in effect for Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Mississippi, New Madrid, Perry, Ripley, Scott, Stoddard and Wayne Counties until 6 a.m. Wednesday.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com

Snow blankets Broadway for a wintery scene, Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 4, 2014. A winter storm warning remains in effect for Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Mississippi, New Madrid, Perry, Ripley, Scott, Stoddard and Wayne Counties until 6 a.m. Wednesday.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Snow blankets Broadway for a wintery scene, Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 4, 2014. A winter storm warning remains in effect for Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Mississippi, New Madrid, Perry, Ripley, Scott, Stoddard and Wayne Counties until 6 a.m. Wednesday.
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com
Traffic on Broadway crawls toward the Kingshighway intersection as a sleet storm begins early Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 4, 2014 in Cape Girardeau.
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Traffic on Broadway crawls toward the Kingshighway intersection as a sleet storm begins early Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 4, 2014 in Cape Girardeau.
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com
A First Student school bus waits for assistance Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 4, 2014, after it became stuck on El Rio Drive, a hill section approaching Lakewood Drive, in north Cape Girardeau. Students had been released from school early due to weather.
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com A First Student school bus waits for assistance Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 4, 2014, after it became stuck on El Rio Drive, a hill section approaching Lakewood Drive, in north Cape Girardeau. Students had been released from school early due to weather.
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Sleet and snow blanket the area, Feb. 4, 2014.

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