Travel Advisory to Expire, Motorists Should Continue to Use Caution

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(Evansville, IN) – A Travel Advisory issued for Evansville and Vanderburgh County for Wednesday, December 26, will expire at midnight. Motorists are urged to continue using extreme caution when traveling city and county roadways.

The Civic Center and all city and county government offices will resume regular business hours on Thursday, December 27, 2012. The offices closed early Wednesday due to weather and road conditions.

City and County elected and appointed officials tonight held a fourth and final conference call related to the current snow event. The meeting included strategic city and county department heads, plus officials from local law enforcement, the American Red Cross, Vectren and the Emergency Management Agency.

It was determined that regular METS bus service will resume Thursday, December 27 at 6 a.m. METS stop operations were discontinued early Thursday because of the weather.

Most power outages have been restored throughout the Tri-State, according to Vectren officials. Power outages may be reported online at vectren.com/outage or by phone at 800-227-1376.

Snow removal operations will continue overnight and early Thursday morning in preparation for Thursday morning commuter traffic.

For the latest travel conditions on state maintained highways contact Indiana State Police at 800-852-3970.