Power was restored to many customers in the Homewood-Flossmoor area on Tuesday following widespread outages after a derecho storm moved through on Monday afternoon. However, there are still scattered outages throughout both villages, including one in Homewood near Ridge Road and Riegel Avenue that is affecting 621 customers, according to[Read More…]
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Strong storm on Monday leaves H-F residents without power
A large portion of a tree is down at a home on Balmoral Crescent in Flossmoor, part of an area along and south of Flossmoor Road that appeared to bear the brunt of a derecho storm system that swept through the area about 4 p.m. on Monday. (Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle)[Read More…]
Power out in Halsted area Wednesday
Power was lost to about 660 customers in the Halsted Street area Wednesday afternoon, according John Schoen, a spokesman for ComEd. The outage was caused by a broken utility pole, Schoen said, but he was unsure what caused the damage to the pole.