Local Storm Winds Topple Trees, Leave Tens of Thousands Without Power by Gary Kopycinski on June 24, 2010 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Local: Park Forest’s Sandra Zoellner Retires After 21 Years of Service June 17, 2026 Save the date for The Prairie Party at theNate June 17, 2026 Governors State Has New Soccer Complex and New Men’s Coach June 17, 2026 George Manno (right) watches as neighbor Paul Silic (in white) works to cut a tree limb that had fallen on Manno’s car.. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski)