Relief swept through one Central Ohio home as the lights flickered back on after days in the dark, ending a stretch without heat and electricity.
Peaches Power in Shawnee Hills, Delaware County, Ohio. Relief swept through one Central Ohio home as the lights flickered back on after days in the dark, ending a stretch without heat and electricity that had been especially difficult for senior couple.
March 16, 2026 Relief for the Hooper couple when the lights returned, ending a several day stretch without heat and electricity. March 16, 2026 Alfonso Hooper said his household had been without power for the past couple of days, leaving them unable to cook or stay warm. “We gotta have a light to just try to eat now. No stove, no heat, no nothing,” Hooper said. The outage also cast a shadow over a milestone at home. Hooper said Monday was his wife’s 77th birthday, and much of the celebration happened without power as temperatures continued to drop. “We’re seniors. My wife is 77 and I’m 76, and it’s just hard on us seniors to endure this with the heat and stuff and the electricity being off,” Hooper said. Alfonso Hooper's wife celebrated her 77th birthday in the dark this year. AEP Ohio restored their power Monday, ending a several day stretch without heat and electricity. March 16, 2026 Hooper said the uncertainty of how long the outage would last took an emotional toll. “And it came around again today and we just {were] devastated. My wife was in tears. She said, ‘Guess what? The electric went out again,’ and we just got back in after three days." - Alfonso Hooperin cold and snowy conditions to restore service across Central Ohio. The company said most major outages should be resolved by Monday night. March 16, 2026 “We understand that it’s frustrating. We’ll be here with you throughout the duration. Our crews are working 24/7. With more than 4,000 line and tree personnel, we’ve already worked around 150,000 hours,” said Dylan Brown of AEP Ohio.AEP Ohio said crews may need to take extra breaks because of the cold, but they will continue working to restore power for customers like the Hoopers, so families can return to normal routines, and celebrations can finally happen with the lights on.Several Central Ohio counties declare snow emergencies Some counties have declared snow emergencies on Monday evening as some snow showers with patchy accumulations roll through.A Columbus family is pleading for answers after a crash in South Linden over the weekend killed both of their parents, 71-year-old Franklin Ward and 52-year-oldPolice in Bucyrus say they may have saved a child’s life after stopping a Marion County Children Services caseworker who was headed to a home visit.Newly released documents show a podcaster connected to former Ohio State University President Ted Carter had plans to produce a 50-episode podcast series using
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