West Texas Snow Storm Leaves Slick Roads, Outages, School Closures

  • The Kessinger kids took on the Powder Snowman Challenge that kicked off Saturday and proved one thing: when the snow won’t pack, you just get more creative. And they weren’t the only ones. Check out what other DMC followers dreamed up on our Facebook page. ALEX KESSINGER
    The Kessinger kids took on the Powder Snowman Challenge that kicked off Saturday and proved one thing: when the snow won’t pack, you just get more creative. And they weren’t the only ones. Check out what other DMC followers dreamed up on our Facebook page. ALEX KESSINGER

    A weekend winter storm and the hard freeze behind it left slick travel, scattered power outages and two days of class cancellations across the Concho Valley, Big Country and Double Mountains, as local agencies urged residents to take caution.

    Across the state, the system dropped snow, sleet and ice from Friday into Sunday, then shifted into an extended stretch of subfreezing mornings. The Texas Dep…