power outage

The outage occurred shortly before 10 Wednesday night, crews are currently working to restore service to the affected area.

The power was out for several hours for several thousand electric customers in Southwest Louisiana.

Several schools in St. Landry Parish will be closed today due to ongoing power outage issues in the area.

Virtually the entire town of Kaplan was without electricity for several hours yesterday. Crews have repaired the problem and the power is now restored.

Cecilia Primary, Cecilia Junior High, and Arnaudville Middle Schools dismissed early today because of that power outage.

Freezing temperatures have postponed tomorrow's planned power outage for some Jeff Davis Parish residents.

The planned outage is so crews can make repairs to a substation on the electric grid.

The outage is planned for 10 PM tonight so that repairs can be made to a substation.

Be safe. Be careful. Be prepared.

If your power is off, there is damage on the line.

Thousands of Louisiana residents are already without power this morning because of Tropical Storm Barry.

The planned outage is part of a systems and equipment upgrade for the area.