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Bird Causes A Massive LG Power Outage

A bird apparently caused the power outage in La Grange and surrounding areas Friday morning. The outage was caused by a “flashover” at the LCRA electric substation in La Grange, which supplies power to the City of La Grange and customers of Fayette Electric Cooperative from Nechanitz to Ellinger and Ammannsville. “Initial indications are the cause of the outage was a piece of wet string brought…

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