THIS PAST WEEKEND’S winter storm left the City of Caldwell and all of Burleson County under a blanket of ice. Photo courtesy of Trace Reed
Drone pictures show the city of Caldwell during Winter Storm Fern. Photo courtesy of Trace Reed
ICE ACCUMULATES ON this car off Harvey Street in Caldwell. Tribune photo by Roy Sanders
CALDWELL RESIDENTS AWOKE to this site on Fox Street early Sunday, Jan. 25, in Caldwell. Temperatures dropped into the teens. Tribune photo by Roy Sanders
PEGGY GASKAMP Sanders removes this piece of ice from a cattle water trough on Sunday at the Bar T Ranch of County Road 333. Tribune photo by Roy Sanders
A winter storm hit Burleson County last weekend, bringing an icy mess and bitter cold -- shutting down schools, businesses and local government offices as well as keeping drivers off roads and causing power outages.
Officially, the county saw 1.8 inches of precipitation of a rain-freezing rain mix. Temperatures reached below freezing on Saturday and did not move to a steady thawing temperature unti…
