Nearly 20,000 electric customers in the Killeen area â just under 30% of all customers served in the Killeen area â remained without power Tuesday, and there is no timetable for its return.
Houses and buildings in the surrounding areas, such as Copperas Cove and Harker Heights also remained dark â some for more than 24 hours.
One Copperas Cove resident, Ashley Price, said she and her family had to flee Copperas Cove for a family memberâs home in Leander who still has power.
âIt was just unbearable,â Price said. âIt was 49 degrees in our house.â
Price said her familyâs power went out on Saturday, before the winter storm pushed through. Many others in Killeen and Copperas Cove reported their power going out between 2 and 5 a.m. Monday, and it was still out on Tuesday.
From the Mayor s Office: Special election on March 16, 2021
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Mark your calendar. The special election to fill two vacant seats on the City Council will be on Tuesday, March 16, 2021.
The City Council set the election date to fill the at-large seat from Ward 1 left vacant after the death last month of Councilor Jay Ciccone, and to fill the at-large seat in Ward 2 left vacant by the election of Jake Auchincloss to the U.S. Congress.
Nomination papers can be picked up at the City Clerk’s office at City Hall starting next Tuesday, Dec. 28, and must be returned by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. Candidates for City Council at-large seats need signatures of 150 registered Newton voters certified by the City Clerk’s Office for their name to appear on the election ballot.