BENTON – Phone outages have been reported again today throughout Franklin County. Some of the cellular networks have also been affected.

Franklin County Emergency Management Director Ryan Buckingham issued a Nixle alert Thursday morning saying 911 has been tested and is working, however, 7-digit lines are intermittently down. 

Non-emergency phone calls to public safety will need to wait until 7-digit lines are restored. Do not call 911 for non-emergency issues.

It’s not known when the phone issues will be resolved at this time.