Pullman

Crime

Second man dies days after Pullman shooting

Dwayne Cook Jr., 35, died Sunday — nearly a week after a shooting in the 700 block of East 104th Street killed another man and wounded a third man, authorities say.

By Sun-Times Wire

Crime

One dead, 2 wounded in Pullman shooting

Three men were in the 700 block of East 104th Street about 11:43 a.m. Monday when someone came out of an alley and shot at them before fleeing in a black pickup truck, police said. One man was pronounced dead at the scene.

By Sun-Times Wire

Crime

32 shot, 7 killed in deadliest weekend of 2024

Two people were killed and four wounded in separate mass attacks in Austin. The toll surpassed that of the weekend of March 15, when 23 people were shot and five killed.

By Sophie Sherry and Violet Miller

Crime

Man shot on Bishop Ford expressway dies

Illinois State Police troopers responded to a call of a shooting on Interstate 94 near 103rd Street around 2:45 p.m. Wednesday.

By Sun-Times Wire

The Pullman National Monument Visitor Center in Pullman, Monday, September 5, 2022.

News

Historic Pullman Foundation names new executive director — 'I’m coming back to a community that I truly love'

Robert Montgomery, the new executive director, was raised minutes from Pullman in the Rosemoor neighborhood. The foundation’s goal is to make Pullman a draw for visitors from across Chicago and the nation.

By Cindy Hernandez

Comfort Agboola (right), a teacher at the Edgar Allan Poe Classical Elementary School in the Pullman neighborhood, cries as she is surprised with the news that she won the Milken Educator Award on Friday.

Education

South Side middle school teacher is sole Illinois winner of 2023-24 ‘Oscars of teaching’

Comfort Agboola of Edgar Allan Poe Classical Elementary School, one of 75 recipients of the Milken Educator Awards nationwide, makes learning fun, her students say.

By Mohammad Samra

Jasmina Amalya Cazacu, who goes by Diosa, created this mural, titled “Among the Stars,” which adorns a garage door at My Cheer Now, 12002 S. Doty Ave.

In Pullman mural at cheerleading gym, the artist puts her model’s head in the clouds

By Katie Anthony

Artist Joe “CUJODAH” Nelson’s mural in Pullman honors the Pullman porters.

Mural captures Pullman porters’ history

By Katie Anthony

Jacqueline Coles holds up photos of her son James Cole when he was in high school at her home in Morgan Park, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. Her son James Coles was shot and killed during a drive by in the West Pullman area.

Crime

Family mourns dancer fatally shot near mother’s home: ‘I never thought I’d have to bury my son’

As James Coles left his mother’s Morgan Park home to see a friend, Jacqueline Coles grabbed him by the wrist and told him to be careful. Hours later, she stood outside Christ Medical Center as doctors tried in vain to save him.

By Mohammad Samra

Chef Dominique Leach is photographed in the dining room of her Pullman restaurant Lexington Betty Smokehouse. Leach is competing on the current season of “BBQ Brawl” on the Food Network.

Food and Restaurants

Powerhouse Chicago chef Dominique Leach giving it her all on Food Network’s ‘BBQ Brawl’

The chef/owner of Lexington Betty’s Smokehouse serves up her unique style of barbecue while competing on the cable channel series.

By Lisa Shames | For the Sun-Times

A parade member waves a flag during the 11th Annual Juneteenth Community ReCommitment Celebration, “Paint the Hood Orange”, outside the National A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum, 817 East 104th St, Monday, June 19, 2023. | Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Chicago

Pullman Juneteenth celebration looks to the past, present and future

At the Paint the Hood Orange gathering, community members reflect on the history of enslaved Americans, the violence in Chicago and constructive paths forward.

By Allison Novelo

Chicago

‘I love you, brother’ — Crowd mourns fallen Chicago firefighter Jermaine Pelt

Pelt, 49, died April 4 while battling an extra-alarm fire in West Pullman. His funeral was Friday morning at House of Hope in Pullman.

By Mitch Dudek

Chicago

5 South Side groups awarded $1 million in grants will offer free services to ‘transform health care’

Groups like Dion’s Chicago Dream and Trek World USA have been given grants from South Side Community Health Organization.

By Mariah Rush

Crime

Shots fired inside Pullman neighborhood Walmart, but no injuries

Officers responded to a call of shots fired at the store Saturday evening.

By Sun-Times Wire

Anna Johnson (left) and Marie Collins-Wright outside Pullman Innovations, a company that they say fills their South Deering neighborhood with foul smells.

Polluters like Southeast Side plant often get a pass on air-quality violations in Chicago, Sun-Times finds

By Brett Chase

Rev. James Meeks, left, hands the torch to incoming Pastor Charlie Dates on Sunday at Salem Baptist Church of Chicago. Mayor Lori Lightfoot, the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. and Ald. Anthony Beale were among the dignitaries on hand.

Religion

The Rev. James Meeks conducts final service at Salem Baptist Church: ‘A bittersweet day’

The Rev. James Meeks stepped down as senior pastor of the Roseland-area church Sunday on its 38th anniversary. His next mission: building 1,000 homes in Roseland.

By David Struett

Police are searching for a group of men who allegedly robbed and sexually assaulted a woman August 28, 2021, in Lawndale.

Crime

3 shot in Walmart parking lot in Pullman

Three people loading groceries into a vehicle in the 10900 block of South Doty Avenue were wounded Wednesday night when someone in a dark vehicle opened fire, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

Alfonso Quiroz, who worked at the Pullman Company for 22 years until it closed in 1981. A black lunch box he used is now on display at the Field Museum for its “Calumet Voices, National Stories” exhibition.

Field Museum’s new exhibition tells stories of the Calumet region’s environment, history

By Michael Puente | WBEZ

A Red Line train travels toward the 95th Street station on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022.

City Hall

City Council OKs mass transit TIF to help bankroll Red Line South extension

The new transit tax increment financing district will fund about one-fourth of the cost of extending the CTA Red Line to 130th Street.

By Fran Spielman

A rendering of the proposed Veteran Roasters restaurant and brewpub in Pullman, with the Chicago skyline in the distance.

Business

Coffee roaster that employs veterans plans Pullman restaurant

Veteran Roasters’ proposed $7.4 million venture is a continuation of private development that has taken over the area’s old industrial land.

By David Roeder