Baton Rouge residents one of last to get power restored in neighborhood after weekend outage

BATON ROUGE – A utility truck sat outside 87-year-old Barbara Woods’ home Tuesday afternoon as a technician worked to restore the power to her home and a few others in her neighborhood.

“There is a gentleman in my yard, and he is working on it, but he says he has to have help, so he is waiting for someone to come and help him,” Woods said.

Many of the residents on the other side of her neighborhood had power, but she was one of the few still waiting…

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