(UPDATE:) It now appears power has been restored to most of the affected customers 7:37am

More than 600 customers were left without electrical power in downtown St Joseph and points south.

The large outage area extends from approximately Messanie and Ninth to the north, to about Sixth and King Hill on the south.

There’s no official word on what caused the outage.  Click the image here to link to the KCP&L outage map.