6:10 p.m.

About 260 members in Effingham and Fayette counties lost power shortly before 6 p.m. when a car struck a utility pole near Southwestern Electric Cooperative’s Altamont Substation.

The outage is affecting members west of Altamont and east of St. Elmo, from Beecher City south to I-70.

Crews have been dispatched and are on site, making repairs.