UPDATE: This was posted on the CenturyLink Twitter feed at about 9 p.m. on Friday, December 28: “CenturyLink has been dealing with a network event. All consumer services impacted by this event, including voice and 9-1-1, have been restored. Any latency issues will clear in the next few hours.”
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UPDATE: An updated Tweet at about 10 a.m. central time says: “We are seeing good progress, but our service restoration work is not complete. Our teams are continuing their efforts to resolve these issues; and we will continue to provide updates throughout the day.”
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A problem that began just after noon on Thursday, December 27, has not been fixed yet, and it has affected at least one area city police department’s phone service.
According to a post about 6 a.m. central time on its Twitter feed, CenturyLink has discovered some additional technical problems as its service restoration efforts continue. CenturyLink says it continues to make good progress.
According to CBS News, the outage of service has affected customers in several states, including Missouri.
According to information called into KMMO, due to a technical outage, the Concordia Police Department is experiencing difficulties with its non-emergency lines. It says 9-1-1 services are not affected.
For non-emergency assistance, Concordia residents are being asked contact the Higginsville Police Department at (660) 584-2104, and the call will be rerouted to Concordia.
KMMO News will update this story when more information becomes available.