Saturday, May 25 2013 5:22 PM EDT2013-05-25 21:22:18 GMT
Chicago's Memorial Day parade is under way after a wreath-laying ceremony in which former U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta praised the devotion of American service members.
Chicago's Memorial Day parade is under way after a wreath-laying ceremony in which former U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta praised the devotion of American service members.
POPLAR BLUFF, MO (KFVS) -
Nearly 1,500 phone calls came in to the Poplar Bluff office of the Ozark Border Electric Co-op since Thursday at noon.
Yesterday's winter storm caused blown transformers, downed power lines, and power outages that affected 7,500 customers.
"Our goal, and we think we're going to be pretty close to it, is to have everyone on by dark tonight," said Ozark Border General Manager Stanley Estes.
Estes says his crews have been out repairing lines since the first power outage was reported just before 1:00 Thursday afternoon.
And as the reports of damage began to pile up, they had to call for reinforcements.
"We did get 12 individual linemen from other co-ops today, and they're going to help us quite a bit," Estes said.
Some of those other linemen came from as far away as Springfield, MO.
John Carter, a veteran lineman, says the reason power isn't restored as quickly during ice storms compared to summer thunderstorms is that the ice presents a few more challenges.
"If there's ice on the line, it makes it a little harder," Carter said. "Of course, most of the time you'll be able to jar it loose unless it's frozen on there really hard."
Ozark Border expects to have power restored to all customers Friday night.
Saturday, May 25 2013 10:18 AM EDT2013-05-25 14:18:36 GMT
Jason Ellis (Source: Bardstown Police)
K-9 Officer Jason Ellis, 33, was shot and killed on the ramp of Exit 34 from the Bluegrass Parkway to Highway 55 in Nelson County early Saturday morning.
K-9 Officer Jason Ellis, 33, was shot and killed on the ramp of Exit 34 from the Bluegrass Parkway to Highway 55 in Nelson County early Saturday morning.
Authorities say they have found a child's body believed to be that of an 18-month-old girl as they continue to investigate a series of Kansas farm deaths.
A body recovered amid an intensive search is believed to be that of a missing 18-month-old girl whose mother was found dead along with two men on a Kansas farm days ago, authorities said Sunday.
Saturday, May 25 2013 11:00 AM EDT2013-05-25 15:00:12 GMT
DALLAS (WFSS/CNN) – There's a new trend in the bar scene that involves your favorite hard liquor and dry ice. Breathing in the alcohol vapors gets you buzzed fast and some say you don't ingest any empty
There's a new trend in the bar scene that involves your favorite hard liquor and dry ice. But doctors say it's dangerous.
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