Area towns impacted by outage

Residents of Chenoa and surrounding areas were impacted by two power outages Tuesday evening, meaning part of their Election Day was spent in the dark.

The first was reported around 5:40 p.m. and impacted 1200 customers in Chenoa, according to Ameren spokeswoman Marcelyn Love. Power was fully restored by 9:15 p.m. and the cause was weather related.

Another outage impacted 700 customers in Flanagan, Chenoa, Gridley and El Paso with serve restored just before 8 p.m. This was also weather related.