In the wake of winter storm Goliath crews are still working to restore roadways and power to homes.
As of 5:50 p.m. Knox County has 6% of residents without power, down from 13% yesterday.
Stark County has gotten the worst of it though, still with about a quarter of Ameren customers with no electricity.
Knox County maintenance crews have been working on clearing tree limbs from roads but in some cases have been delayed when debris is tangled with power lines.
Add to that the Spoon River overflowing, flooding parts of Knox Highways 11, 17 and 28.
Knox County Maintenance Foreman, Dale Mundwiler tells WGIL he doesn’t expect that to be remedied soon.
“The National Weather Service says the Spoon (River) will be in tomorrow night down at London Mills but from what I’ve seen I think it’ll be a little later,” Mundwiler says.
Mundwiler estimates that tree clean up will be completed with in two days but says all roads are now open.
After all of those headaches this morning a dusting of winter weather made trouble for area drivers.
“In the early morning hours we had a significant amount of ice here on the roadways which causes hazards and people to have crashes,” says State Police Commander of District 7, Jon Dively.
Dively tells WGIL there were a smattering of vehicle accidents on U.S Route 34 near Oneida this morning.
In one case it led to an individual being transported to OSF St. Mary’s Hospital.
City crews will be picking up any downed tree limbs on properties that are less than 10 feet in length and taken to the curb before Jan. 4.
