Phone Outage Isolates Churubusco

Verizon telephone customers in Churubusco are cut off from the rest of the world this morning. Dispatchers at the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department say people on the Churubusco 693 exchange are able to call each other, but they cannot call outside their exchange and they cannot call 911. Dispatchers say that until the problem is resolved, instead of calling 911, people in Churubusco should call the local number for the Churubusco Police Department if they have an emergency. That number is 693-2609. A spokesman for Verizon tells Q101 that technicians are attempting to determine what caused the problem and it’s too early to know how soon service will be restored.