Nov 25, 2007 6:53 pm US/Central
Catch Up On The News With Weekend Wrap-Up
CHICAGO (CBS) ―
Here are some headlines from the news in the Chicago area over the weekend.
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Police Focusing On Petersons' Cars •
Remembering Mayor Harold Washington •
Sending Support To Our Troops Thru Care Packages •
Family Wants Tougher Charges For Cop In Crash •
BP Still Searching For Way To Cut Discharge •
Burned Woman's Family Asks Killer To Turn Self In Police Focusing On Petersons' Cars 
The search for Stacy Peterson resumed Saturday, as authorities wondered whether a large blue barrel might hold the answer to her disappearance.
Volunteers gathered to search lakes, rivers and other bodies of water in the Bolingbrook area, after revelations that Stacy's husband, former Bolingbrook police Sgt. Drew Peterson, was seen loading a large barrel into his sport-utility vehicle.
The barrel contained chlorine used to clean the family's pool. Stacy Peterson's sister, Cassandra Cales, recalls seeing the large blue barrel in the Peterson garage before her sister vanished.
The missing barrel may be the reason why investigators are now focusing their search efforts around lakes and rivers close to the Peterson home. Sources close to the family say Illinois State Police are looking for a man who was helping Drew Peterson load the blue barrel into the back of his SUV, which has since been confiscated by police.
Investigators are now asking the public if anyone saw Drew Peterson's dark blue 2005 GMC Yukon Denali and Stacy Peterson's purple 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix on Sunday October 28, when Stacy Peterson was last seen alive -- or the next day, Monday, October 29. It's clear the cars are central to the investigation. Sources say a cadaver dog may have hit on one of the vehicles. It's something that's been discussed on the Internet for weeks. But investigators won't confirm it.
The FBI will join the search at the request of the Illinois State Police, who has reassigned investigators from around the state to assist with the case and has classified the investigation as a top priority.
More on this story Remembering Mayor Harold Washington 
Harold Washington was Chicago's first African-American mayor, a champion of reform within government, and a hero to many in Chicago to this day.
In CBS's four-part series, we examine the history and legacy of Mayor Washington, from his election in 1983 through the turmoil that followed his death less than five years later.
More on this story Sending Support To Our Troops Thru Care Packages 
Families and individuals in need received food for Thanksgiving, but our troops overseas also need a touch of the holiday spirit right about now – and a group of volunteers are making sure they get the support they deserve via Operation Care Package.
Organizers say Operation Care Package is able to happen because of the kindness of others. Schools, churches, businesses and private individuals take part in it. More than 5,000 stockings have been donated, along with thousands of non-perishable food items.
Volunteers have turned an office space in Joliet into a packing center for the troops. Toiletries, DVDs, and disposable cameras are being shipped. Even $45,000 in phone cards have been donated, so Marines, soldiers and sailors can stay in touch with their loved ones.
More on this story Family Wants Tougher Charges For Cop In Crash 
Family members of two men killed in a car crash involving an allegedly drunk cop, want the officer to face tougher charges. The families made the announcement Saturday evening as they gathered to lay their loved ones to rest in Berwyn.
One of the victim's sister says the fact that the officer involved in the crash has only been charged with a DUI is offensive.
Thanksgiving morning, 22-year-old Miguel Flores and his life-long friend, 21-year-old Erick Lagunas, were once again hanging out, when their lives were cut short by a driver accused of being drunk.
Chicago police say the driver who crashed into them in the 2900 block of North Damen, was actually one of their own – a 33-year-old tactical officer named John Ardelean who was off duty at the time of the crash.
Family members who gathered Saturday for the victims' funeral say learning the man was a police officer is just one of the things adding insult to injury during this devastating time.
"The police has not even, to this day, contacted us, nobody has gone to my house. No police has not called me," said Nancy Flores, Miguel Flores' sister. "The police has not answered any of our questions."
More on this story BP Still Searching For Way To Cut Discharge 
Every day, 20 million gallons of industrial waste carrying everything from hard hats to thick globs of oil flow from BP's Indiana refinery to its last stop before Lake Michigan: a 30-acre wastewater treatment plant.
Three months ago, the London-based oil company said it would scrap the Whiting refinery's planned $3.8 billion expansion if it could not find ways to cut the amount of additional waste that project would send into the lake.
Now, as the clock ticks toward a decision on whether the project can proceed, BP PLC says it has not yet figured out how to cut its expected higher discharges. Officials say they have scoured BP's more than dozen refineries spread across the globe and come up empty-handed.
"We know how to run refineries and treat waste and so when we say we haven't found a way, it's not like there's a few engineers in Whiting that haven't found it," said Whiting refinery manager Dan Sajkowski. "Our whole system has not made clear what the answer would be."
More on this story Burned Woman's Family Asks Killer To Turn Self In 
There was a vigil Sunday for one of the two victims found strangled and burned earlier this month on the South side.Those murders remain unsolved.
The family of 21-year-old Theresa Bunn said it was important to put her to rest at the vacant lot where her burned body was found. Flowers from her funeral held Saturday were placed alongside a big photograph of the smiling woman who was eight months pregnant.
"I'll never get over it," said Bunn's aunt Victoria Jackson. "I just wish they'd catch the killer who took her baby and her life away from all of us."
Their grief was mixed with anger.
Bunn's mother said she just wants the person who did this to her daughter, to turn himself in.
CBS 2 Web Producer Darcel Rockett, the Associated Press and the STNG Wire contributed to this report.
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