Fayette County

911 call operations restored in Lexington after outage

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Lexington city officials are asking residents to call 3-1-1 or text 9-1-1 due to a provider outage Thursday, June 5. Getty Images/iStockphoto

Lexington residents in need of emergency assistance can once again call 911 for emergency services following an outage Thursday afternoon.

In a release around 1 p.m., officials said a “provider issue” left the city’s 911 emergency system nonoperational. Incoming calls were ringing, but not reaching operators.

As of 3 p.m., call services have been restored, the city said in a press release. Operators reached through the emergency line dispatch fire, medical services and other first responders.

The city said 911 operators monitored the calls during the outage and attempted to reach callers using a different system.

This story was originally published June 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM.

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Jackie Starkey
Lexington Herald-Leader
Jackie Starkey is a former journalist for the Herald-Leader
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