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AT&T Outage Leaves Region Without 911 Services

Murray State Police, Facebook

Kentucky State Police along with other regional law enforcement agencies are reporting a region-wide outage of 911 services. 

Murray State Police issued this statement earlier today with alternate contact options: "Due to a statewide outage of AT&T service, please contact MSU Police Department at 270-753-0022, Murray Police Department at 270-753-1621 and Calloway County Sheriff's Office at 270-753-3151 until further notice."

The Kentucky State Police provided the following information if citizens encounter an emergency:

" Post 1 personnel is requesting the public in the Post 1 district who cannot get through by calling 911 to utilize the following phone numbers: 502-395-1698, 502-395-1691, 502-682-0379, 502-682-1025. The public can also call the Mayfield Police Department dispatch line at 270-856-3749 and 270-856-4013."

The outage throughout the region isreportedly due to the downtown Nashville explosition that occurred early on Christmas morning. 

Chad Lampe, a Poplar Bluff, Missouri native, was raised on radio. He credits his father, a broadcast engineer, for his technical knowledge, and his mother for the gift of gab. At ten years old he broke all bonds of the FCC and built his own one watt pirate radio station. His childhood afternoons were spent playing music and interviewing classmates for all his friends to hear. At fourteen he began working for the local radio stations, until he graduated high school. He earned an undergraduate degree in Psychology at Murray State, and a Masters Degree in Mass Communication. In November, 2011, Chad was named Station Manager in 2016.
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