October 6, 2016 - (Update): The city of Center experienced a large area power outage early Thursday, October 6, 2016 which amongst other things blacked out the Center square.
According to Carey Sullivan, SWEPCO representative, at 5:50am a vehicle hit a guy-wire and broke a utility pole on the main circuit causing an outage effecting 1,474 customers. About 1,000 customers' power was restored by 8am and the remained were back on by 10:50am.
The Center Police Department did not have a record of a crash occurring at that time, and the driver involved apparently fled the scene with the vehicle involved.
(October 6, 2016, 6:45am): A large portion of the city of Center is currently without power due to an outage suspected to involve a transformer.
Use caution on the square as there are no traffic lights functional at the time at that location. Hurst Street traffic lights remain functional; however, Wal Mart is without power and most businesses south of that location until Loop 500.
