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Major Brooks County power outage delays schools

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AEP is reporting a power outage affecting over 2,000 customers in Brooks County.

As a result, all Brooks County ISD schools will run on a delay.

Due to power outage, all school staff will report to campus at 9am and students will start at 9:30am.Bus routes will start @ 8:30am.

Posted by Brooks Countyisd on Thursday, September 20, 2018

Teachers and staff are to report at 9 a.m. and students will begin classes at 9:30 a.m.

The Falfurrias Police Department says the outage is caused by a “problem with the power plant” and say crews are on scene working on the issue.

🚨PUBLIC NOTICE🚨POWER OUTAGE ON WEST SIDE OF FALFURRIAS DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH OUR LOCAL POWER PLANT. CREWS ARE ON…

Posted by Falfurrias Police Department on Thursday, September 20, 2018

To check the status of the outage online, visit the AEP website here.

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