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Storm Causes Extensive Damage to ComEd System, Resulting in …
CHICAGO, Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ — Following a series of destructive thunderstorms that downed power lines and severely damaged electrical equipment, ComEd crews have restored service to more than 370,000 customers and are continuing work to restore an additional 222,000 customers who remain without power. Despite a […]
According to Wikipedia: “Whiting is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. Whiting is home to the largest oil refinery in the midwestern USA. [1] The population was 5,137 at the 2000 census.” That is, it’s in the extreme northwest corner of Lake County (Indiana, as opposed to the Lake County just north of […]
Chicago’s infamous housing projects get tourist treatment on …
Block after block, street after street, the town in western Cook County claims to have the nation’s largest concentration of Chicago-style bungalows, and now it has set out to make the most of it.
To the tune of $131,000, Berwyn has begun an extensive campaign to get residents […]