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Power Line Downed; Street Closed

Monday, March 18 by Jc Tinsley

Power Line Downed While details of the accident are not available at this time, a traffic crash resulted in a power line being downed late Friday night.According to a traffic advisory released by the Carmi Police Department shortly after 11 Friday night, Main Street between... Read More.

Solar Power Coming to Three Area Wal-Marts

Thursday, October 25 by Jc Tinsley

SOLAR POWER COMING TO THREE AREA WALMART STORES BENTONVILLE, AR/SAN JOSE, CA – Walmart announced Tuesday that it has reached an agreement with SunPower to have the commercial energy provider install solar systems at 19 stores and two distribution centers in Illinois.According to a news... Read More.

Two arrested in Clay County after power outage

Tuesday, December 5 by Jc Tinsley

Two Flora men are behind bars after Clay County officials say they were responsible for a power outage that disrupted service to almost 1600 Wayne-White Co-op customers last Monday night. The Clay County Sheriff’s Department announced Monday, that 36 year old Ryan... Read More.

Copper Thieves Cause Large Power Outage Monday night

Tuesday, November 28 by Jc Tinsley

Wayne-White Counties Electric Cooperative experienced a large power outage that occurred at 11:45pm Monday night and continued into early Tuesday morning, as the result of an attempted copper theft along the transmission line near Zif, in Clay County, near the Wayne County line. Tampering... Read More.

Illinois Policy Institute report: Legislative rules in Illinois give more power to its House speaker than virtually every other state in the nation

Thursday, January 5 by Jc Tinsley

A new Illinois General Assembly will be sworn in next week, but when it comes to legislative business in Springfield the same old rules still apply. A new report released today by the nonpartisan Illinois Policy Institute takes a deep dive into legislative rules in all... Read More.

Carmi power outage planned for Wednesday morning

Tuesday, June 14 by Jc Tinsley

The City of Carmi Light Department will have a scheduled power outage on Wednesday between 8 and 10 am. The outage will affect customers on West Main Street from Fairview Drive west. Crews will be replacing a broken pole on the main line. The... Read More.

Shimkus Statement on Dynergy Shutdown of Baldwin & Newton Power Stations

Thursday, May 5 by Jc Tinsley

WASHINGTON – Congressman John Shimkus (R, Illinois-15), a senior Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement in reaction to Houston, Texas-based Dynergy’s decision to shut down multiple central and southern Illinois coal-fired power plants:“The Democrats’ War on Coal has... Read More.