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Faulty Cable Blamed For Local Power Outage

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published January 5, 2017 at 5:37 AM EST

Power has been restored to the 6 thousand people who lost service last night on the south and east sides. American Electric power blames a faulty underground cable near Sycamore and Front Streets for causing the outage.
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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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