Thousands Still Without Power

Co-Mo Electric Cooperative reports power has been restored to about half of the 13,000 homes and businesses left without electricity after Tuesday’s storm:

Co-Mo’s John Agliata says crews from 19 other electric cooperatives and Ameren Missouri are assisting in the massive power restoration effort:

But, even with the additional manpower, it still may be the weekend before all service is restored:

As of 6:00 p.m. Thursday, there were 5,610 outages were in the Co-Mo service area.