District 205 Superintendent Bart Arthur says that because power was restored shortly after 12:15 p.m., Churchill will remain open for the remainder of the regular school day.
The reported outages spiked to around 1,600 people at approximately 9 a.m. this morning.
The Galesburg Police Department reported that the outage effected traffic and stop lights near the corner of Fremont and Henderson St., as well as various other locations along Fremont.
No reports as to what caused the outage have been reported at this time. Authorities are continuing to investigate the source.