Paul M. Jargstorf, 73, of Johnsburg, Illinois, died on Jan. 17, 2021 in McHenry. Born on Oct. 3, 1947 in Melrose Park, the son of Henry and Barbara Jargstorf, he grew up at 1440 Circle Ave.
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St. Bernardine parish remains a dynamic, multi-cultural, financially stable and physically beautiful place of worship
Your “view” of the St. Bernardine parish church and community is short sighted and worse, it is inaccurate.
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Nexus of power
Oak Park, River Forest, Forest Park, Austin and Maywood are turning into the power vortex of Illinois government. The selection last week of state Rep. Chris Welch to be Speaker of the Illinois House, replacing, at long last, Mike Madigan, fuels the local influence.
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Curt Eisenstaedt, 60
Curt Eisenstaedt, 60, of Forest Park, died on Dec. 24, 2020. A proud member of IBEW Local Union #134, he had an adventurous spirit, with a love of animals and kids, who inspired a loyalty in his friends that was always fiercely returned.
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Police de-escalate
Last Friday afternoon, Forest Park police responded to a call at Harvard and Marengo of a young man waving a gun through the sunroof of a car. By the time police arrived, that person had moved inside the apartment building at that intersection and into an apartment he shared with his grandmother.
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Police administer Narcan to man on el train
Police were called to the CTA el station at 711 Desplaines Ave. on Jan. 14 at 4:16 a.m. when a man was found unconscious on the train with blood near him. Officers found him with his head tilted back.
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Backers, former opponents enthused by Welch as Speaker
When Emanuel “Chris” Welch was a student at Proviso West High School in the late 1980s his classmates liked him and were impressed by him.
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Welch unseats Madigan, capping historic week for Black Caucus
SPRINGFIELD – One of the most transformative six-day periods in the history of Illinois government came to an end Wednesday with the election of Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch, D-Hillside, as the state’s House speaker – the first Black man to hold the title.
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St. B’s future
Once a cultural and spiritual center of Forest Park, it becomes clearer that the days of St. Bernardine’s Catholic Church are numbered. With attendance at Sunday Mass withering, donations dropping and the parish school long closed, it seems more than likely that the archdiocese’s touted Renew My Church program will renew St. B’s out of existence when final decisions are made in March.
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A taste of Cameroon on Madison
Zev Siegl, co-founder of Starbucks, is a global speaker focused on inspiring entrepreneurs to make thoughtful and innovative decisions to set up new ventures for long term success.