(Updated: 6:00 pm – 1/5/25) – The first winter storm of 2025 has knocked out power and made travel hazardous.
As of Sunday evening more than 30,000 customers are without power in southern Illinois. Heavy amounts of ice from sleet and freezing rain has caused numerous power failures across the region.
As of 6:00 pm on Sunday Ameren reported more than 14,000 outages; Egyptian Electric more than 4,800 outages; and Southeastern Illinois Electric Coop nearly 13,000 outages…