power outage

Though they've restored power to over 40,000 other customers, there are still 18,000 SWEPCO customers in the dark this morning after the winter storm.

Through its network of mutual aid, SWEPCO has 150 utility workers from Ft. Worth, Abilene, and Austin, Texas to assist with power restoration.

But how will the weather effect today's bowl game?

With the first rain in about 3 weeks, the Ark-La-Tex has been mired in somewhat of a minor drought, but this morning's downpour is bringing some much needed relief.

Crews are having been working to restore power since early Wednesday morning.

Thousands of Swepco customers are still in the dark this morning after yesterday evenings high winds and lightning filled, torrential thunderstorms.

It's been a bizarre weather day in Shreveport-Bossier City.

A bizarre power outage this afternoon in west Shreveport affects thousands of SWEPCO customers.

Some Shreveport-area residents will be without power briefly during the transport of an incinerator to Camp Minden.

UPDATE: 12:20PM 1/8/15: Power has been restored at Caddo Heights Elementary following the replacement of a transformer near the school by AEP SWEPCO.

Herndon Magnet School, a kindergarten through 8th grade school in Belcher, closed earlier today due to a power outage.

Why was there a power failure during Super Bowl XLVII? No one is certain yet, but Superdome authorities and a power provider have agreed to use an outside firm to investigate the cause of the power outage that stopped Sunday's game for 34 minutes...