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High winds knock tree limb onto utility pole on James Street

James St, South Pekin, IL 61564 - 6/11/2026 04:19 PM

As discussed during the dispatch call, dispatchers received a report that high winds broke a tree limb, which struck a utility pole in the 900 block of James Street. No fire was reported.

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Tazewell IL Law Dispatch Group Calls
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Pole in the 900 block of James.
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Looks like a hit by lightning.
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There's a limb down.
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Melodie Wright (Dee) Melodie Wright (Dee)

It wasn't lightning that struck, it was the high winds that caused the tree limb to break, that knocked the light from the pole. I was out there & saw the whole thing. It wasn't lightning out yet.

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