electricity

So far, the company has shut off electricity to 25 businesses for non-payment.

It was sometime around 2:00 this morning when the sound of my smoke alarm beeping brought me to my feet.

Customers will be getting lower bills just in time for the peak AC season.

Storms yesterday afternoon and Sunday night into the wee hours of Monday morning have once again reeked havoc on the Ark-La-Tex

The authorities warn that if you receive a phone call that sounds a bit like this - report it to the police, Swepco, or the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center right away.

Be warned, these grifters are suspected to be well prepared, with phony work gear and paperwork.

The trio has been charged with catching fish illegally by using a shocking device and fishing without a fishing license.

One of, if not the, most well known scientists on this planet thinks that we may actually be able to harness this catastrophic power.

The Memorial Day weekend storms that swept through East Texas and Western Louisiana caused widespread damage throughout Gregg, Harrison and Panola Counties along with DeSoto Parish in Louisiana. With high winds and two confirmed EF-1 tornadoes in the storm path, downed trees have caused a lot of damage to the power infrastructure.

Nearly 14-thousand New Orleans residents and businesses were without power because of balloons becoming entangled in electrical equipment.

Broadmoor and Riverside were still having power issues this evening.  SWEPCO tells the central office it has most of the main circuits back up in the parish and crews are currently checking each of the schools where problems were had today.