Fire guts ‘mom and pop’ catering firm that made meals for the elderly and also served Bulls, Blackhawks
"It’s gutted, it’s done," said Becky Walowski, an employee. "Thankfully the building was empty, it happened after everyone left … The last I heard, the roof collapsed. We don’t know how it started."
Fire guts ‘mom and pop’ catering firm that made meals for the elderly, also served Bulls and Blackhawks
Georgis Catering has been around for nearly 80 years, its business ranging from providing meals to the elderly to serving Chicago Bulls and Blackhawks on their private planes. On Thursday night, a fire destroyed the company’s building at 6339 S. Central Ave., just blocks from Midway Airport.
Fire guts 'mom and pop' catering firm that made meals for the elderly and also served Bulls, Blackhawks
Flames destroyed a well-known catering business Thursday night in the Clearing neighborhood on Chicago's Southwest Side.
String of home burglaries reported on Chicago's South Side
Chicago police are warning residents in two South Side neighborhoods after a series of home burglaries since the New Year.
Woman in crosswalk run over and killed in Chicago's Clearing neighborhood
Chicago police said that a man, 27, was driving a sedan southbound on Cicero Avenue at a “high rate of speed” when he changed lanes and collided with another car being driven by a 19-year-old woman.
Chicago funeral director to hold first visitation in new funeral home for his murdered son
Friday’s visitation will be the first in Manny Martinez’s new location in the Clearing neighborhood near Midway Airport. But the funeral won’t be for a stranger — it will be for his son, Daniel Martinez, a Chicago native and a veteran of the U.S. Marines who was stabbed to death outside a Boston bar on March 19.
Chicago girl, 13, missing from Clearing neighborhood since Sunday
Missing 13-year-old Neveah Montesdeoca was last seen Jan. 30 in Chicago's Clearing neighborhood, police said.
Chicago boy who suffered third-degree burns in fire that killed his grandmother still recovering
It’s been two months since a deadly house fire left a 7-year-old with third-degree burns to his arms and hands. Now, he’s recovering at home – thanks to a special “spray-on skin” treatment.
Chicago mom recounts rescuing 7-year-old son from fire: 'My mama bear response'
“I’m terrified of fire, so me going into the fire was my mama bear response. I didn’t want him hurt at all,” Compean said. “I was trying to save him. Thank God, I faced my own fear.”
Neighbor rescues boy from Chicago house fire, grandmother killed
A woman is dead and three others were injured after a fire broke out in the basement of a Clearing home Monday morning.
Neighbor rescues Chicago boy from fatal fire after pit bull alerts him
A neighbor's dog heard the screams from the home and alerted his owner, Renaldo Vera. Vera was then able to head to the home and help rescue the child and an adult.
Clearing fatal fire: Pit bull alerts neighbor who then rescued child from burning home
A neighbor's dog heard the screams from the home and alerted his owner, Renaldo Vera. Vera was then able to head to the home and help rescue the child and an adult.
Man rushes to help neighbors after house sets on fire
A neighbor was alerted by his dog of the fire and was able to help rescue a child and adult before CFD got on scene.
Fire in Clearing leaves 3 people in critical condition, 1 dead
Three people are in critical condition after a fire broke out in the basement of a home in Clearing.
Authorities investigating death of 2-month-old boy in Clearing
Chicago police and state child welfare officials are investigating the death of a 2-month-old boy found unresponsive in his bed Friday morning in Clearing on the Southwest Side.
Off-duty Chicago police officer dies by suicide, autopsy confirms
An off-duty Chicago police officer died by suicide Wednesday morning in the Clearing neighborhood on the Southwest Side — the third such death by a member of the department this year.
12-year-old girl reported missing from Clearing
A 12-year-old girl has been reported missing from the Clearing neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago.
Authorities release names of 2 women killed in Clearing house fire
Authorities have released the names of two women who died in a house fire early Thursday in Clearing on the Southwest Side.
Child, woman escape fire by falling from 2nd-floor window
A woman and young child escaped from a burning apartment building in the Clearing neighborhood Wednesday by falling from a second-floor window.
Teen boys charged with Clearing carjacking
Two teenage boys, 15 and 17, have been charged with carjacking and allegedly threatening to shoot a woman Saturday in Clearing on the Southwest Side.