Stanford NewsLocal news for Stanford, IL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Crews bring power back online in area- February 5, 2008 "People called and told us the power was out, and they knew that we were striving to get the power back on as quickly as possible" Several school districts and thousands of people remained without power until Monday morning after overnight outages caused by unusual winter thunderstorms Sunday night. via Pantagraphhttp://www.topix.net/city/stanford-il/2008/02/crews-bring-power-back-online-in-area?fromrs... Corn Belt Energy experiencing outage in Tazewell and McLean County- February 4, 2008 By Eric Stock About 2,000 Corn Belt customers in the Armington, Hopedale, Stanford, Minier, Tremont and Mackinaw areas are still without power following a series of outages last night that initially left ... via Httphttp://www.topix.net/city/stanford-il/2008/02/corn-belt-energy-experiencing-outage-in-taze... Many Central Illinois students, workers got Friday off- February 2, 2008 "The safety of our employees is first and foremost." ' Major employers in the Twin Cities and many area schools shut their doors for the day Friday after snowfalls ranging from 6 to 10 or more inches blanketed the area by early morning. via The Pantagraphhttp://www.topix.net/city/stanford-il/2008/02/many-central-illinois-students-workers-got-f... |