All's quiet after storm blasts area

The first major snowfall of 2008 closed schools and many government offices today and kept Illinois State Police on their toes. Apparently fearing a repeat of the snowstorm that dumped about 13 inches on our area Feb. 12, 2007, many central Illinoisans took the advice of officials and stayed put Thursday night.

"It was very, very quiet," Tracy Wingler, Champaign County highway maintenance supervisor said of activity in the emergency operations center overnight. "I don't think we had any really serious accidents at all. My men haven't said anything about cars being in their way as they try to get roads open."

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