More than 1,500 Evergy customers were knocked offline just after 2:10 am in southwest Emporia. The outage knocked out power east to west from 9th Avenue to Industrial Road and north to south from 15th Avenue to the intersection of Road 160 and South Prairie. Evergy crews…
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Parts of Lyon County are experiencing a power outage. Due to an accident in southeast Emporia near South Ave and Weaver St, Evergy de-energized the service area, according to a Lyon County Emergency Communications Center social media post. The power outage is intended to safely remove hazards…
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Power has been restored to more than 1,500 Evergy customers following a significant outage in Emporia Friday morning. Outages began being reported around 11 am in western Emporia affecting customers from Prairie Street to the Lyon County Highway Department north to south and West Ninth Avenue to…
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Thousands of residents in Kansas and Missouri are without power as strong winds hit the area. Evergy reports that more than 16,000 people are without power on Friday, March 31, scattered across a large amount of their coverage area. More than 450 outages were reported by Evergy…
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Evergy says a downed power line was responsible for Thursday’s outage that covered much of downtown Emporia and a significant part of south-central Emporia. Initially, over 70 outages were reported from around Sixth and Commercial south past the David Traylor Zoo when the situation developed around 9…
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The outage was first reported just after 1:30 pm west of Prairie Street affecting most of the commercial corridors on West Sixth Ave. and Industrial Road. Around 800 customers were affected. The cause was due to an equipment malfunction on a switch the area.