Power Back On In Lincoln Park After Sweltering Night
The buzz of air conditioners is back for nearly 3,000 Lincoln Park neighborhood residents who lost power overnight.
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The buzz of air conditioners is back for nearly 3,000 Lincoln Park neighborhood residents who lost power overnight.
A former worker said bodies were not properly stored in coolers, but instead were placed in the garage in winter and cooled with frozen water packs in summer.
Teams were working to restore power to a section of southwest suburban Lemont following a power outage caused by a car that crashed into a utility pole.
The turkey was in the oven, the side dishes were simmering and 14 family members were expected to celebrate Thanksgiving at David Zaya's Northwest Side home when the power went out Thursday morning.
About 4,000 Commonwealth Edison customers on the Far North Side were without power for about an hour Saturday.
Morning storms caused quite a headache for firefighters, utilities crews and some residents Saturday in north suburban Skokie.
The Chicago Bears had some more trouble getting practice in on Wednesday, when a power outage forced them to move practice to a nearby high school in Bourbonnais.
A Mylar balloon is to blame for hundreds of power outages on Chicago's north side.
It's been a frustrating cycle this summer, with serious storms leaving those without power really suffering during heat waves. On Monday, some north suburban Glenview residents gave ComEd an earful.
ComEd has restored power to 145,000 customers affected by Wednesday night's storm, but about 17,900 are still without power as of 8 p.m. Thursday, the utility says.
When the power went out on Monday, 250 animals and volunteers were left in the dark, without air conditioning, refrigeration and water.
Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl met Friday with representatives from ComEd to discuss the utility company's response to power outages last week and again from Thursday night.
A brief power outage at O'Hare International airport, shut down ticketing computers and forced security to hall screenings for about 20 minutes on Monday.
A lockdown was lifted Thursday morning at the Cook County Jail, after part of the facility lost power during the blizzard this week.
A Gary, Ind., family is facing a Christmas with no heat or electricity after a mix-up over utility service.
