ComEd: Power Back For 99% Of Customers
ComEd expects to restore service Thursday to most of the thousands of customers who lost power in Tuesday's blizzard.
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ComEd expects to restore service Thursday to most of the thousands of customers who lost power in Tuesday's blizzard.
Conditions at both Chicago airports are improving Wednesday night after a blizzard forced airlines to cancel thousands of flights in and out of the city.
The city is telling motorist who abandoned their cars on Lake Shore Drive during the blizzard Tuesday or Wednesday to call 311 for the location of their towed vehicle.
Neither rain nor sleet can stop mail delivery -- but 20 inches of snow will bring it to a halt.
Chicago Public Schools will be closed for a second day on Thursday in the wake of a blizzard that dumped 20 inches of snow on the city.
The blizzard appears to have claimed two lives in northwest Indiana Tuesday night.
A 58-year-old man died Wednesday after collapsing while shoveling snow in front of his home in west suburban Lyons.
A Logan Square couple has a real story to tell about the birth of their daughter during the height of the blizzard.
Metra is not merely delaying trains as the blizzard slams Chicago. Entire lines have been shut down.
A maximum of security division of the Cook County Jail lost power overnight as the blizzard raged.
Bitterly cold wind chills approaching minus 21 degrees are forecast to blow into the Chicago area starting Wednesday night, just as the massive blizzard leaves town.
Not everyone is content to watch the snow pile up. Some came out with their shovels right away.
Hundreds of locals are flocking to downtown hotels instead of braving the elements on the road.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle has declared a state of emergency as the great Blizzard of 2011 clobbers the area.
While the snow will soon begin to die down in the immediate Chicago area, Northwest Indiana will continue to get socked with lake-effect snow.
In west suburban Naperville as the Blizzard of 2011 raged on, the snow drifts amounted to 6 feet, and police had to abandon their squad cars as they became snowed in.
The airports were virtually shut down Wednesday morning, as the Blizzard of 2011 hammered Chicago with its snowy wrath.
The Blizzard of 2011 will go down in history as at least the third biggest snowstorm Chicago has ever seen, but it's not over yet.
State Police across northeastern Illinois continue to urge drivers to stay off area highways early Wednesday, while emergency crews brave blizzard conditions to reach stranded motorists.
The American Red Cross has opened ten shelters in the Chicago area to house stranded travelers and people displaced by Tuesday's powerful blizzard.
State Police are reporting that I-80 will soon be closed in the far south suburbs, from Morris west to Ottawa, because of "impassable" blizzard conditions.
The city is responding Tuesday night to multiple buildings damaged by the blizzard -- including Wrigley Field, where a portion of the roof blew off.
Abandoned vehicles have slowed the city's efforts to reopen Lake Shore Drive, which was closed Tuesday night because of poor driving conditions and numerous accidents.
Metra is canceling several trains due to the dangerous weather conditions.
As Chicago gets into the thick of the blizzard, 19,500 customers are left without power, Commonwealth Edison is reporting Tuesday evening.
