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Another 9-1-1 Outage Reported in Region Update

Sunday, August 18, 2024 at 1:40 PM

By Scott McCaulley X @smcckc

Photo Courtesy Taney County Sheriff's Office

For the second time in a week, 9-1-1 services go out in parts of southwest Missouri.

Sunday 9:00 PM UPDATE

Ozarks First reports services have been restored in some areas of Stone and Taney Counties while Christian County still reports outages. According to several of the impacted agencies, the cause of the outage was a fiber cable cut in the Kansas City area. All agencies impacted have posted alternate numbers on their Facebook Pages.

A story recapping this second 9-1-1 outage can be found on the Ozarks First Website. 

Original Story 

According to posts on several first responder sites, services went out late this morning in areas of Christian, Stone, and Taney Counties. 

While Stone County Emergency Services post on their Facebook Page that service has return, other outages may still be taking place in the region.

The Taney County Sheriff's Office posts that that people in the county needing services call the 9-1-1 offices directly at 417-546-7250.

Residents in Branson can call the Police Department Non-Emergency Number at 417-334-3300.

 

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