Severe Weather Knocks Out Power In Multiple Counties

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Severe storms overnight knocked out power in several counties.

Crawford and Douglas counties had the most customers without power. Crawford Electric Cooperative reported 750 customers without power. Douglas county had 591 customers without power. 911 service was down in Christian and Stone counties.

Power was also lost at Liberty Baptist Church polling location in Springfield, but batteries at the church allowed voting to continue during the outage.