Allen County officials offer update as over 7,500 residents are without power

SCOTTSVILLE, Ky. – With over 7,500 residents without power in Allen County due to Sunday’s storms, judge-executive Dennis Harper has provided an update on the timeline of the fixes.

Since accumulating anywhere from a half to three quarters inch of ice Sunday, around half of Allen County citizens have been without power as of Monday afternoon.

Tri-County has been hard at work since early Sunday morning to restore power and has even called in favors from Warren County and out of state contractors for assistance.

With temperatures in the teens and even potentially falling below zero, first responders and officials in Allen County are doing everything they can to help the community.

“If you don’t have electricity, you don’t have a way to keep warm, we have have warming centers here in the county. If you can’t travel the roads, roads are still pretty treacherous and places you can’t travel the roads we have our sheriff’s office and our city police department and Allen County rescue squad going out and picking up people, bringing them into our into our warming centers,” Allen County judge executive  Dennis Harper stated.

Harper also asks to be patient with Tri-County Electric as they work to restore power throughout the area. If you are in need of transportation to the warming centers, call the Allen County Dispatch Center at (270) 237-3611.