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Family, friends remember Burbank woman as hunt for husband continues

The crash occurred just before 11 a.m. outside Kraft Foods’ Nabisco bakery at 7300 S. Kedzie Ave., Chicago.

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Some of the mourners at St. Rita of Cascia Church, 6243 S. Fairfield Ave., Chicago, wore black T-shirts bearing a photo of Carerra and the words “In Loving Memory,” along with her birth and death dates.

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35 hours ago

Slain Newlywed Laid To Rest

The crash occurred just before 11 a.m. outside Kraft Foods’ Nabisco bakery at 7300 S. Kedzie Ave. One or more vehicles knocked down a large sign outside the plant, according to an eyewitness.

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More than 200 mourners were at St. Rita of Cascia, 6243 S. Fairfield Ave., Chicago for Carrera’s funeral. The procession had left the church and was heading to St. Mary’s Cemetery at 87th Street and Pulaski Avenue.

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36 hours ago

Crash during funeral procession for murdered bride

The crash occurred just before 11 a.m. outside Kraft Foods' Nabisco bakery at 7300 S. Kedzie Ave. One or more vehicles knocked down a large sign outside the plant, according to an eyewitness.

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More than 200 mourners were at St. Rita of Cascia, 6243 S. Fairfield Ave., Chicago for Carrera's funeral. The procession had left the church and was heading to St. Mary's Cemetery at 87th Street and Pulaski Avenue.

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40 hours ago

2 cars in funeral procession crash

The crash occurred just before 11 a.m. outside Kraft Foods’ Nabisco bakery at 7300 S. Kedzie Ave. One or more vehicles knocked down a large sign outside the plant, according to an eyewitness.

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More than 200 mourners were at St. Rita of Cascia, 6243 S. Fairfield Ave., Chicago for Carrera’s funeral. The procession had left the church and was heading to St. Mary’s Cemetery at 87th Street and Pulaski Avenue.

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Parents Choice

My son attends a school for children with disabilities that is included in the grid for the NATO summit, the school sent out a notice last week giving us options for school attendance. I have decided to keep my son out of school on Friday and Monday. I am working on my "gut" feeling and as a parent I want to protect my son. I am all for the cause, the leaders know we are dis satisfied about jobs cut and foreclosures but you have some protesters that truly are game for violence and destruction, the web is blowing up with threats of violence.

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  • I say follow your gut and stay away from the foolishness. Some of these protesters do not care about anything or anyone else other than their jilted agendas.

  • Yup, go with your gut and keep your child at home.

6 days ago

Updated 3 days ago

I don't know! Can it?

Can better parenting make Englewood safer for kids?
Ran across this story on line. But it is a question for not only Englewood but most of our communities. Like I previously stated on last week, we have kids on our block that are under 5 yo playing up and down the street without supervision.
Some years back I recall DCFS stepping into families telling the parents that they were not permitted to phyically discipline (some kids need it) their children...

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Can better parenting make Englewood safer for kids?
Ran across this story on line. But it is a question for not only Englewood but most of our communities. Like I previously stated on last week, we have kids on our block that are under 5 yo playing up and down the street without supervision.
Some years back I recall DCFS stepping into families telling the parents that they were not permitted to phyically discipline (some kids need it) their children and in a few instances parents were arrested for doing so, also parents were told they could not invade a childs privacy (their bedroom in your house).
Parental guidance is a must for all children, there are parents/guardians in some cases that refuse to see the wrong and turn a biind eye to the kids hanging out. "my son is a good boy, he goes to school everyday", but is he a student at the school is actually attending classes or is he just hanging out.
Last summer when we had a incident in my community that resulted in a shooting death, one parent said "my son is going away to college, so you all can stop blaming my house for alot of the crime around here".
Now don't get me wrong I was so happy to hear that he was going off to school if he had needed a ride I would have taken him there myself, but unless the son is an Einstein, completed a 4yr university in 4 months he is still hanging out, business as usual.
What type of parent are you when you socialize and hang out in the club with your children and their friends?
I don't do "it takes a village to raise a child". I am not the parent to your kids you had them you raise them, I don't need the village because there may be a child molester in the village.
"I want to be friends with my kids", NO, I am the parent keep it real we will not party and hangout together, I think respect is lost when you remove the parent bar and lower it to the friend bar.

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  • I think that many of the parents are less than 20 years older than their children, meaning that it is a level of maturity that has not been reached yet...
    Personally, DCFS guidelines about children privacy and whatnot is just plain hooey! My child is 18, not allowed to close her room door unless she is changing her clothes! I randomly inspect her room, phone and etc. HOW ELSE WILL YOU KNOW WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON!

  • @Casey Thomas....AMEN!

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Jobs?

Does anyone know of any places hiring? I have an A.A degree in Psychology., and currently in school for my B.A.

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  • C homeowner

    I'll keep my eyes peeled....

  • I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but an AA in psychology isn't going to help much in the current market -- there are folks out there with PhD's earning 30k or less. Of course, there are also PhD's earning a lot more than that, but the ones...

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    I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but an AA in psychology isn't going to help much in the current market -- there are folks out there with PhD's earning 30k or less. Of course, there are also PhD's earning a lot more than that, but the ones I know are corporate psychologists and not working in a therapeutic capacity at all. Have you given any thought about what you want to do with your psych degree? To address your more immediate concerns, what work experience do you have so far? That might be more germane to your immediate job search. What kind of work are you looking to do? How far are you willing to commute? Do you have a car or are you relying on public transportation? The answers to those questions will help in offering you some useful suggestions.
    It's still a tough economy out there -- the previous administration left one heckuva mess for President Obama to clean up, and he's been doing a great job but we're not out of the woods yet. Still, it's better than it was in 2009. If you can answer the questions I've posed here, perhaps I can offer some useful ideas for your job search. I also wish you good luck.

  • With an AA in Psychology you can look for positions using people skills. You didn't mention if you're looking for a full-time position or a part-time, in any case, I did see some openings in the neighborhood.

    MIDWAY has 4-6 different positions available. Candidates must be bilingual. MIDWAY is located...

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    With an AA in Psychology you can look for positions using people skills. You didn't mention if you're looking for a full-time position or a part-time, in any case, I did see some openings in the neighborhood.

    MIDWAY has 4-6 different positions available. Candidates must be bilingual. MIDWAY is located at 4400 South Archer Avenue (half a street west of Kedzie - on White Castle Side of the street).

    Call Roxanna at (312) 609-9421.
    You can send your resume to RoxannaCortez@yahoo.com.

    I'm not if the email is .... Roxanna.Cortez@yahoo.com
    or .... Roxanna_Cortez@yahoo.com
    or simply ...... RoxannaCortez@yahoo.com

    Send your resume to all email addresses listed above to make sure it goes through.

    Good Luck to everyone to responses.

May 08

Updated 5 days ago

Long-time resident, trying to help keep it livable

Gotta keep after them

Please, keep calling 311 or Ald Foulke's office when you see graffitti.....especially the gang stuff.
Also, when will they fix the lights on Marquette park's drive, at the west end of the park just past the playground?? Been out since January. Keep calling & complaining, the volume of calls will get results.

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  • 30+ yrs Long-time resident, trying to help keep it livable

    Yes. We can't wait for someone else to do what needs to be done. & don't worry about hoodlums finding out who called 311.
    They can't find out simple requests for service.

6 days ago

Updated 5 days ago

Don"t get it twisted

I was going into a CVS store (79th Western) last week, this guy was asking for money well after no one gave him any he told another beggar, "they would feel hurt if I just snatched a purse". I thought to myself "don't let this pretty face fool you". Walgreens and CVS need to stop these people from standing on the property begging.

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  • Another reason we need to have the right for concealed carry, to protect ourselves from scum like this.

    The crooks know that law abiding citizens cannot carry a weapon.
    Their approach to crime would change if they had to guess who was packing and who was not.

5 days ago

Man Claims Now-Dead Priest Molested Him As Altar Boy Decades Ago

As WBBM Newsradio’s Bob Conway reports, plaintiff Martin Yanick, now 40, alleges that the late Rev. John Jordan began molesting him back in December 1983, when he was an 11-year-old altar boy at St. Adrian Parish, at 7000 S. Fairfield Ave. near Marquette Park.

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May 13

Updated 6 days ago

6 Dead, At Least 20 Wounded In Weekend Violence

About 11:30 p.m., an 18-year-old woman was walking with a group of friends in the 6400 block of South Talman Avenue when a shooter inside a light-colored sedan opened fire. She was shot in the left thigh and taken to Holy Cross Hospital in “stable” condition.

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...Marek Kaczmarczyk, 43, of the 4500 block of Milwaukee Avenue, who was beaten to death after two men bound him and two women and ransacked...

• Joshua Gonzalez, who was in his 20s, who was found dead with a gunshot to the head about 12:15 a.m. Sunday in the 1600 block of North Mozart Street. Gonzalez, of the 2000 block of North Whipple Street, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the medical examiner’s office.

• Joshua Gonzalez, who was in his 20s, who was found dead with a gunshot to the head about 12:15 a.m. Sunday in the 1600 block of North Mozart Street. Gonzalez, of the 2000 block of North Whipple Street, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the medical examiner’s office.

...who was found dead with a gunshot to the head in her apartment in the 6400 block of South Maryland Avenue about 8 a.m. Saturday. Police said her front door had been kicked in and...

• Felix Lares, 24, was fatally shot while he was standing in a gangway in the 2700 block of South Homan Avenue in the Southwest Side Little Village neighborhood about 8:50 p.m. Friday. A gunman got out of a light-colored pickup truck and opened fire, police said.

Lares, of the 3000 block of South Trumbull Avenue, was shot in the head and chest and pronounced dead at the scene at 9:42 p.m.

...a shooting at 10:51 p.m. Friday while standing on a corner in the 7900 block of South Paulina Avenue in the Englewood neighborhood. Three males got out of a light-colored sedan and opened...

...a light-colored sedan and opened fire, striking the victims, police said. Reeves, of the 8200 block of South Marshfield Avenue, was shot in the back and taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn...

• An unidentified man believed to be in his 30s was found dead about 7:30 a.m. Saturday with a gunshot wound to the head in an alley on the 6200 block of South Rhodes Avenue in the Woodlawn neighborhood, police said.

The weekend violence began Friday afternoon on the West Side in the 4100 block of West Wilcox Street, where a 26-year-old man was shot in the abdomen at 4:08 p...

...a 15-year-old boy who was standing in a strip mall lot in the 5000 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue along with a 47-year-old woman when both were shot at 9:05 p...

A 16-year-old boy was shot about 9:20 p.m. after several suspects approached him in the 7900 block of South Avalon Avenue, police said. He was taken to Jackson Park Hospital with a gunshot wound to the shoulder, and was listed in “stable” condition.

Twenty minutes later, and also on the Southwest Side, a male was critically wounded in the 3400 block of West 83rd Street police said. Authorities think he may also have been stabbed in the attack, which left him critically wounded at Christ Hospital.

About 12:10 a.m., three people were shot in the 6700 block of South Claremont Avenue, less than a mile from where the 18-year-old woman was shot, also in the Southwest Side Marquette Park neighborhood.

A 19-year-old man was shot at 12:18 a.m. in the 1400 block of North Maplewood, police said. He was shot in the leg during an apparent gang-related drive-by shooting, and taken to Saint Elizabeth Medical Center in “stable” condition.

...realized he was shot about 12:25 a.m. after he heard gunfire in the 3300 block of West Washington Boulevard, police said. A friend dropped him off a Rush University Medical Center with a gunshot...

Five minutes later, two men in a group of people were shot in the 8200 block of South Richmond Avenue, police said. One man, 21, was shot in the right calf while the other man...

About 1 a.m. on the West Side, a 26-year-old man was walking in the 3600 block of West Chicago Avenue when a shooter walked up and opened fire, police said. A friend took the man to Norwegian-American Hospital, where he was in “stable” condition with a gunshot wound to the leg.

Saturday night, a man was wounded when he was shot in the Englewood neighborhood. The 23-year-old man was shot in the 7800 block of South Hamilton Avenue about 6:55 p.m., police said. Paramedics took the man to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in serious condition.

...of the city in the Rogers Park area. He was on the sidewalk in the 1500 block of West Howard Street at 10 p.m. when he heard gunshots, police said. The 25-year-old later...

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  • kenji my email is: chicagokenji @ gmail

    NATO and Humboldt may be related this weekend if neighborhood knuckleheads will intentionally try to test beat car response times.

  • ep2986 25th Year In Logan square.

    Nothing to do with NATO, this happens every weekend more when the weather gets warmer!!

6 days ago

Marketing Asst at Greater Southwest

2012 Community Tours

2012 SUMMER COMMUNITY TOURS
Trolley tours for the Chicago and West Lawn neighborhoods

Experience the finest of the Southwest side! Enjoy an inexpensive tour on a San Francisco style trolley ride through the Chicago and West Lawn neighborhoods. With Kathy Headley of the Southwest News Herald and the Chicago Lawn Historical Society as guide for the day, she’ll help you uncover some of the fascinating history behind these two diverse spaces.

For just $10, you’ll receive a two-hour tour, lunch...

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2012 SUMMER COMMUNITY TOURS
Trolley tours for the Chicago and West Lawn neighborhoods

Experience the finest of the Southwest side! Enjoy an inexpensive tour on a San Francisco style trolley ride through the Chicago and West Lawn neighborhoods. With Kathy Headley of the Southwest News Herald and the Chicago Lawn Historical Society as guide for the day, she’ll help you uncover some of the fascinating history behind these two diverse spaces.

For just $10, you’ll receive a two-hour tour, lunch at a local restaurant, a recyclable tote and t-shirt, and an autographed historical book written by Kathy Headley.

IMPORTANT DETAILS
There will be two tours this summer.

Dates and times are as follows:
Thursday, July 12 from 10am-1pm
Thursday, July 26 from 10am-1pm

RESERVE A SEAT TODAY
Call Caitlin Gath at 773-362-3391 or email at c.gath@greatersouthwest.org. Space is limited, so please reserve your space ahead of time! Payment accepted in cash only on day of tour. Questions? Call Caitlin at 773-362-3391.

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May 09

Updated 6 days ago

Maybe its just me but, your children are your responsibility

For the last 2 days my door bell has rang and each time it's one of the kids on my block, he has to be about 2 years old. He is outside with his older brother who is somewhat impaired. I have advised them to go home (I live in the middle of the block they live 2 houses off the corner). It bothers me because on today the toddler is pointing to my neighbors dog who is in the...

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For the last 2 days my door bell has rang and each time it's one of the kids on my block, he has to be about 2 years old. He is outside with his older brother who is somewhat impaired. I have advised them to go home (I live in the middle of the block they live 2 houses off the corner). It bothers me because on today the toddler is pointing to my neighbors dog who is in the yard and barking. I told him to go home and not to go near the gate where the dog is because if he sticks his hand through the fence he is going to get bitten.
Why don't people watch their kids when they are outside, in my opinion these kids are walking post kids for a child molester.
When my children were young, I supervised them. I too have a child that is impaired. I have been living in my home 15yo and no one on my block can ever say they have seen my son outside unsupervised. And now that he is older he likes to sit on the deck so I have a camera's that monitor my yard.

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  • Princess & Sugar bear Our Love Nest

    People are having kids like its going out of style...Everywhere you look theres parents with like 6 kids.Thats not a problem the problem is learn to be responable for alll of your kids..Parents go and have more and more kids and what happens is that the older kids that are...

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    People are having kids like its going out of style...Everywhere you look theres parents with like 6 kids.Thats not a problem the problem is learn to be responable for alll of your kids..Parents go and have more and more kids and what happens is that the older kids that are still kids end up raising there lil siblings..It becomes a chain these kids will have kids and the same will happen.. My mom is a teacher and she tells me alll the time its soso hard dealing with the parents..Lil kids look neglected and you could tell theres no help for lil onces at home..Then the trouble makers its hard no obedience at home let alone at school..I'm not a parent i'm only 24 years old i understand its hard to juggle a home,kids,bill,dinner,go stores ecta but if what you need is sometime to do alll this and more hire someone a babysitter to take you kids to the nearest park,zoo, somewhere to let some energy off..These kids are full of energy thats alll they need is to let it out runnn and scream..lol dont we need that as adults sometimes to just be let out of our cages..I'm sure someone will babysit for $5 and hour or so or parents with parents ex: i'll watch your kids take them with my kids to park this weekend and the another parent takes them the following weekend or weekday..Work together.. =)

  • Princess & Sugar bear Our Love Nest

    sorry responsible**

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