Snow days in Poplar Bluff

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

DAR/Paul Davis

Poplar Bluff and the surrounding region was hit with back-to-back snow storms this week, limiting travel on area roads but offering fun opportunities for those who ventured out.

Emma Sutton sleds down a hill Tuesday afternoon at McLane park in Poplar Bluff. (DAR/Paul Davis)
Emma Hale, 11, reacts to being pulled through the snow Tuesday on a sled behind her father's pickup truck in a local parking lot. (DAR/Paul Davis)
A Poplar Bluff Street Department plow makes its way Tuesday along Barron Road, continuing the department's road-clearing work. (DAR/Paul Davis)
Sisters Hannah Myers (left) and Rebekah Myers sled together down a hill Tuesday afternoon at Poplar Bluff's Hendrickson Park. (DAR/Paul Davis)

Sisters Bethany Winters (front) and Hannah Winters try to stay atop their sled Tuesday afternoon on a slippery slope at Hendrickson Park. (DAR/Paul Davis)
Case Riley, 6, speeds down a hillside covered in deep snow on his sled Tuesday at Hendrickson Park. (DAR/Paul Davis)
A Poplar Bluff Street Department road grader works to clear a section of Shelby Road Wednesday morning after more snow fell earlier in the day.