In a steady light rain, ComEd Vice President of Operations Jeremy Smith briefed reporters in the Homewood-Flossmoor High School parking lot Thursday afternoon while crews in the background worked to repair downed lines and poles along Kedzie Avenue. Smith said continuing bad weather and the severity of destruction were factors in the effort to restore power to the region after a derecho moved through the area Tuesday. The storm system produced s…
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