93.3 KWTO Keeping Watch Over the Ozarks
A line of severe thunderstorms came through the Ozarks Friday night. At one point, Springfield City Utilities said 3000 outages were being reported. Liberty Utilities reported 1,000 …
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Rising Natural Gas Prices Could Lead to Higher Heating Bills this Winter, says City Utilities
Springfield City Utilities said Tuesday that natural gas heating bills could increase up to 50% this winter to due price hikes. According to CU, natural gas prices …
Read More »Wind Causes Two Outages for C-U Customers
High winds caused two major power outages for City Utilities customers Thursday. The first outage happened around 12:30 and took out power in Downtown Springfield including the …
Read More »Early Morning Power Outage Affects Around 2,000 Customers Along Chestnut Expressway in Springfield
As severe thunderstorms moved through the Springfield metro area early Friday morning, nearly 2,000 customers of Springfield City Utilities were left in the dark for about an …
Read More »City Utilities Employee Injured in Explosion at Power Plant
An explosion at the John Twitty Energy Center power plant injured a City Utilities employee. C-U manager Joel Alexander says the employee has minor injuries. Alexander says …
Read More »Copper Wire Theft Causes Street Lights Outage along West Bypass in Springfield
Springfield City Utilities officials say copper wire theft continues to be a problem. Street lights are out on West Bypass between Division and Kearney because of copper …
Read More »Water Main Break in Downtown Springfield
There’s been another water main break in downtown Springfield, the second this week. The break happened around 1:30 Friday morning near Walnut and Grant. Part of Walnut …
Read More »Springfield City Utilities Provides Saturday Morning Power Outage Update
Springfield City Utilities says as of early Saturday morning, just under 250 customers are still without power following Friday evening severe storms that moved through the area. …
Read More »Downed Power Line Leads to Overnight Outage For Nearly 1,400 Springfield City Utilities Customers
Springfield City Utilities says a downed power line caused an outage early Monday morning that at one time had close to 1,400 customers without electricity. The outages …
Read More »Springfield City Utilities Dealing With Theft of Copper Wire
Springfield City Utilities says in recent weeks, thieves have taken the underground copper wiring between street lights in several sections of the city, leaving those areas without …
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