Nearly 2,000 Westar customers lose power early Sunday
Westar Energy reported several power outages in west Lawrence early Sunday morning.
The areas affected, most near 6th Street and Kasold Drive, added up to 1,888 outages as of 2:36 a.m. Sunday.
Downed power lines were reported in the 4000 block of Overland Drive at about 2:30 a.m. At the time, the Lawrence area was receiving heavy rain but was not under any severe weather warnings or watches.
By 5:45 a.m., Westar had returned power to all of its Douglas County customers.
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