John F. Gembara, grandson of the founder of Washington Federal Bank for Savings in Bridgeport, was found dead, reportedly of suicide, in a client’s home shortly before the bank was shuttered.
1913 was a good year for European immigrants and their children seeking home ownership on Chicago’s Southwest Side. That year saw the creation of two savings banks just three miles apart, one in Brighton Park and the other in Bridgeport.
I know about the first one, Grunwald Savings, because it was founded by my grandfather, Edward Obrzut and associates, to bring home ownership to their many striving, industrious fellow immigrants. Obrzut had several other business ventures, including building a number of the solid brick bungalows that still stand stately today on the Southwest Side. My mother grew up in one of those bungalows, with her six siblings, on South Komensky Avenue. I have a single memory of being in that house in about 1949. A year later, in 1950, my parents secured a loan fr
A federally run mass vaccination site at the United Center opened — an hour behind schedule — Tuesday morning amid widespread confusion over ever-shifting guidelines for who is eligible to
The city of Chicago is hoping to blanket residents 65 or older with more vaccine availability this month through home-based appointments and pop-up events on the South and West sides as 2 in 3 Chicagoans in that age range still await their first dose, officials said Wednesday.
Former Deputy Director of Gang Investigations James Sanchez stepped down, according to CPD.
This comes after Chicago police opened an internal investigation into some officers role in a party at a bar. More than 40 maskless people including some police officers were discovered in the bar s back room.
Guide s Sports Club in the city s Southwest Side Garfield Ridge neighborhood was cited last month for COVID-19 violations at that party.
An anonymous allegation claimed the party was for a retiring commander. The Tribune reported the resignation comes after the Jan. 7 party that was for Sanchez.
In a statement, the Chicago Police Department said it takes this incident seriously and Department members who are found to have violated the City s COVID orders will be held accountable.