Storms knock out power to hundreds in our area

Tonight’s strong storms caused power outages in our area.

As of 11 p.m., outages in our area included:

  • More than 700 Duke Energy customers with 387 in Columbus, 304 in western Bartholomew County and eastern Brown County, 72 in Vernon and 7 in Seymour.
  • 374 Bartholomew County REMC customers, with 261 in Ohio Township and 111 in Harrison Township.
  • 1903 Jackson County REMC customers, with about 350 in the South Bethany area, about 350 in the area of Bunker Hill and more than 1,000 south of Salem.
  • 143 Southeastern Indiana REMC customers with 79 in the North Vernon area.
  • 195 Southcentral Indiana REMC customers with 56 in Brown County.
  • Johnson County REMC reported no customers without power.