From NewWave Communications comes word this afternoon that a damaged fiber optic line is affecting service for some of its customers in Southern Illinois.
Affected communities include Carmi, Grayville, Albion, McLeansboro, Valier, Sesser, Fairfield, Benton, Christopher, Buckner, Pinckneyville, Tamaroa, and Du Quoin.
"We are working on this as fast as we can to correct this outage," the company said on its Facebook page.
