*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Journal news service The cause of this year's massive power outages in the St. Louis area and Southwestern Illinois is rooted in ...

Trees are the No. 1 cause of power outages in Ameren Corporation's service area, including Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois. After outages left more than 1 million customers without power last ...

ST. LOUIS -- Ameren Corp. executives have said two massive power outages in the last four months could not have been prevented. But an Illinois commission warned last year that cuts in tree-trimming ...

SPRINGFIELD - The man responsible for keeping power flowing to much of downstate Illinois rejected claims Monday that his company shortchanged its tree-trimming efforts in an attempt to strengthen its ...

Whenever dark clouds start forming overhead and heavy winds kick up, it can be easy for Metro East residents to start developing flashbacks of the 2006 wind and ice storms where thousands of homes had ...

ST. LOUIS, April 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ameren was named a 2024 Tree Line USA utility by the Arbor Day Foundation to recognize its dedication to proper urban forest management in the utility's ...

CARTERVILLE, Ill. (WSIL) -- Hundreds of resources are helping restore electric to the community following a winter storm which swept through the area on Sunday and Monday morning. Wil Stephens shared ...