Human error by a plumbing contractor caused the Adair County Sheriff’s office to be without phone service for a few hours Friday.
Sheriff Jeff Vandewater says a worker in a small backhoe dug into the lines directly behind the Sheriff’s office at about 10 a.m. Friday morning. The company says it was an accident, claiming the ground was improperly marked.
Phone service was returned to the Sheriff’s office by 1 p.m. Sheriff Vandewater thanks the Madison County Sheriff’s office for answering all 9-1-1 calls during the outage.