COVINGTON, Ky. (WXIX) - For nearly three hours, businesses and residents along Main Street in Mainstrasse had to sweat it out, with some businesses closing, after a power outage in Covington Thursday evening. More than 1,000 people were affected as extreme heat gripped the Tri-State area. The outage began at about 5:30 p.m., impacting Main Street and the surrounding streets in Covington.