Are we on?

A power outage knocked a good chunk of Blytheville into darkness shortly before noon today.

The apparent culprit was a tree that fell on a power line in the Hearn Street area. Early reports indicated that it would take a couple of hours to restore power; however, the lights were back on at the CN after about 20 minutes.

That said, we are told that Entergy crews will be taking several hours to clear the tree limbs from the power lines, and intermittent outages could continue into the afternoon.

If you can read this, congratulations ... your power is back on.