Friday, February 15, 2008

God's little helpers

Marion Baptist Church is offering free assistance for anyone in Crittenden County who needs help trimming or clearing trees, limbs or storm debris from their yards. Call the church at 965-5232 for more information. Anyone taking advantage of this assistance will need to stop by the church at 131 East Depot Street and fill out some paperwork today before 5 p.m., or from 9-5 Saturday.

Kenergy just released its latest outage numbers. Crittenden still has 400 people without service. Lyon has about 100 and Caldwell 450 customers without power. In the company's 14-county area, there are still 4,200 homes without electricity as of 1:30 p.m., Friday.

Additionally, the Cave-in-Rock Ferry is closed due to high water on the Ohio River.