McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — An electrical outage has shut down a North Texas county courthouse and delayed government proceedings for at least a day.
The Collin County Courthouse in McKinney was closed Tuesday. A message on the county’s website cited a power outage and said all county offices and court cases were postponed until Wednesday, when electricity should be restored.
County spokesman Tim Wyatt says the four-story courthouse, where about 300 people work, lost power Monday night. Wyatt says a high-voltage cable is being replaced.
A spokesman for electric provider Oncor (ON’-kohr) says the problem involves failure of some equipment that is the customer’s responsibility. Justin Ozuna (oh-ZOO’-nuh) says Oncor has disconnected power to the courthouse until county officials make repairs.
Collin County, with a population topping 850,000, is just north of Dallas.
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Online:
http://www.co.collin.tx.us
