Outage darkens parts of city Saturday night

Several blocks of downtown Lincoln were without power Saturday night after a tree fell on a transmission line near 22nd and P streets.

Lincoln Electric System spokesman Russ Reno said an area from L to R streets and from 10th to 20th streets was without power from just before 10 p.m. until about 11:30 p.m.

During the outage, several Lincoln Police officers worked to direct traffic and identify traffic lights that were not functioning.