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KCP&L and Central Missouri Electric Co-op Provide Update on Power Outage Progress

Newstalk 1050 Staff — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:28:35 +0000

Weary crews from Central Missouri Electric Cooperative are making great strides toward ending outages caused by heavy snow from Winter Storm Rocky. At the peak of the outage situation, approximately two-thirds of the cooperative’s 10,400 meters were without power. As of Thursday morning, Feb. 28, that number had shrunk to 500.

Winter Storm Rocky is a Shining Example of Neighbors Helping Neighbors

Doug — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:20:07 +0000

Winter Storm Rocky may be out of the area, but it has caused a lot of havoc in Sedalia. The Central Missouri Coop had over 3,000 customers without power. KCP&L had about 700 customers without power in Pettis County and thousands more across the region. The Missouri Department of Transportation has not had very much downtime since Winter Storm Q from last week, and they continue to try and keep Highways 13, 50, 65 and 70 open as best they can.

University of Central Missouri Students Enjoy Their Snow Days [VIDEO]

Doug — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:12:06 +0000

It is not often that universities in Missouri cancel classes because of snow, but the University of Central Missouri was out for two days this week when snowstorm Rocky came through. After the kids finished all their studying, some of them decided to have some fun