OE offers free water, ice through Sunday for East Side, Coitsville folks still without power

YOUNGSTOWN — Those without electric power can receive one bag of ice and up to two gallons of bottled water for free at all Mahoning County Giant Eagle stores through noon Sunday, Ohio Edison has announced.

About 1,400 Ohio Edison customers on the East Side of Youngstown, and in Coitsville and parts of Hubbard lost power Friday evening when lightning struck a transformer, the utility said.

Ohio Edison is a subsidiary of the Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp.

The electric company hopes to have power restored by midnight.