At 4:30 p.m. , there are 44 members of Flint Energies still out of power.

That's down from a peak of more than 10,000 who have been out since the storm on Tuesday morning. Crews are working at each of the 11 locations where the 44 outages exist, a Flint Energies news release says.

All these locations are in rural areas west of I-75. Full restoration of power is expected before dark tonight.?

The fourth annual Houston County Teacher Hall of Fame induction is Sunday, April 17 at 2:30 p.m.

A ceremony will take place in the board meeting room, with a reception to follow in the foyer.

Former superintendent of schools Matt Arthur is the keynote speaker.

The Hall of Fame honors extraordinary classroom teachers who made a significant difference in the lives of their students.  The six teachers who will be honored this year are: 

WARNER ROBINS/REYNOLDS/UPATOI – There are currently 393 Flint Energies members at 40 separate locations without power this morning.  All of the outages are in rural counties west of I-75. Flint Energies, the not for profit electric cooperative, is estimating full power restoration by Wednesday afternoon.

“After beginning work around 2 am on Tuesday morning, we had seven crews work all night in this area,” said Sr. Vice President Jimmy Autry. “All total, 10,012 members experienced power outages at some point due to this storm. Approximately 8900 members was the maximum number of member out of power at any one time.”

All totalled, Flint crews responded to power outages in 218 unique and separate locations due to trees down, power line down, or other issues. There were power outages scattered across the entire 17-county service area from Columbus to Warner Robins.