Fire leads responders to discovery of man's body
A man with a fatal gunshot wound was discovered by first responders in a car outside a home on the 10200 block of South California Avenue on Jan. 31. He was found after firefighters were called to a fire at the home at 5:40 a.m., according to a police report from the 22nd District of the Chicago Police Department. The man was identified as Henry Zavoille, 79, of the same address, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office. His...
Hargesheimer named to lead 22nd District
by Caroline Connors
A veteran member of the Chicago Police Department (CPD) has been selected to lead the 22nd District.
Commander Robert Hargesheimer, a 39-year member of the CPD, began his first day at the district on Jan. 24, approximately one month after the retirement of former Commander Mike Kuemmeth. Hargesheimer was assigned to the post by CPD Superintendent Garry McCarthy.
Hargesheimer, 62, comes to the 22nd District from the youth investigation unit of the CPD, where he served as commander since 2005,...
Charlie Knock, 74, longtime parish leader at St. Christina
by Caroline Connors
Charlie Knock won’t be running this year’s annual Lenten fish fry at St. Christina Roman Catholic Church, but his presence will still be felt by all who walk through its doors.
Knock, a longtime Mt. Greenwood resident, died Jan. 26 at his home. He was 74.
“Charlie inaugurated the fish fries and ran them for 11 years; they were so well organized that he said they had gotten to the point where they could run themselves,” said Knock’s friend and...
