Roseland

Emergency crews surround a home where four people were killed at 105th and La Salle in December 2016. A fifth victim died 10 months later.

Crime

Man gets life sentence for killing 5 in Far South Side home invasion

Cook County Judge William Gamboney handed down the sentence Thursday against Lionel Parks.

By Matthew Hendrickson

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News

Man found shot to death in Roseland

The 29-year-old suffered multiple gunshot wounds in the 9500 block of South Wentworth Avenue, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

Crime

Man shot to death in Roseland

He was shot outside of a commercial business in the 1000 block of South Michigan Avenue, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

12-acre parcel Morgan Park tent city shelter migrants Chicago encampment

Immigration

Far South Side residents divided on migrant camp landing on their turf

Ald. Ronnie Mosley led a meeting about a potential site at 115th and Halsted in Morgan Park Wednesday.

By Michael Loria and Emmanuel Camarillo

Crime

Man, 21, fatally shot in Roseland Monday

Officers responding to a report of gunfire found the man with gunshot wounds to his head, chest and arm.

By Sun-Times Wire

Crime

Man fatally shot in Roseland

Police found the man in the 100 block of West 109th Place with multiple gunshot wounds.

By Sun-Times Wire

Crime

Boy, 15, killed in Roseland shooting

The boy was shot in the abdomen and the arm and was later pronounced dead at Roseland Community Hospital.

By Sun-Times Wire

News

Man fatally shot in Roseland

Police said they found Nathaniel Williams, 36, face down in first block of the West 111th Street.

By Sun-Times Wire

Crime

Woman fatally shot in Roseland

She was on a sidewalk in the 9600 block of South Perry Avenue when she was shot in the back of the head, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

Crime

Girl, 14, struck by gunfire in Roseland

The girl suffered gunshot wounds to the hip and buttocks and was listed in fair condition.

By Sun-Times Wire

Three people were killed in separate crashes across the Chicago area during a winter storm early Saturday.

Crime

Gunshot victim who was dropped off at Roseland Hospital dies

The man, 35, was dropped off with a gunshot wound early Sunday at Roseland Hospital, according to Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

By Sun-Times Wire

Crime

2 killed, 3 wounded in shooting during family gathering at Roseland park

The victims were at a Father’s Day gathering in a Roseland park when someone in a gray Honda sedan pulled up and began shooting at the crowd just before 8 p.m. Sunday.

By Sun-Times Wire

El conductor intentó reducir la velocidad del camión pero los frenos se “bloquearon”, lo que provocó que chocara con una casa en 7701 S. Damen Ave., según un reporte de accidente de tráfico. | Archivos Sun-Times

Metro/State

Man found dead in Roseland house fire

Officials responded about 11:50 p.m. to a fire in the 10300 block of South Calumet Avenue, where they found a 70-year-old man in bed. He was unresponsive.

By Sun-Times Wire

Los robos ocurrieron entre las 7:20 y las 8:20 a.m. el jueves, según la policía. | Archivos Sun-Times

Crime

One of 3 teens shot at CTA station boarded bus after attack, paid fare and took a seat, police say

The shooting occurred in the vestibule of the CTA station at 95th Street in Roseland. One of teens, 16, was critically wounded, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

Peacekeepers walk the streets of Roseland and West Pullman on Thursday, making a nightly canvass of “hotspots” for violence.

City Hall

‘Peacekeepers’ try to prevent violence using hard-won street smarts

For a $100 stipend, some Chicagoans who are statistically among the most at-risk of gun violence are working to change themselves and their neighborhoods.

By Andy Grimm

Crime

15-year-old boy killed, 14-year-old boy seriously wounded in Roseland shooting

The boys were walking on a sidewalk in the 100 block of 104th Place when someone fired shots about 10:15 p.m. Monday, Chicago police.

By Sun-Times Wire

Crime

Man shot to death in Roseland home

The man was at a gathering Saturday in the 8800 block of South Princeton Avenue when he was shot, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

Former U.S. Pres. Barack Obama shakes hands with an attendee after a conversation with Rev. Alvin Love in front of Obama Foundation scholars who are about to graduate from the University of Chicago and Columbia University at Lilydale First Baptist Church in the Roseland neighborhood, Wednesday, May 10, 2023. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times

Education

Obama shares words of advice with a new generation of community organizers

Barack Obama credits Lilydale First Baptist Church on the South Side — where he spoke with about 30 students — and its longtime pastor for helping him find his way.

By Lisa Philip | WBEZ

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Crime

2 men seriously injured in separate CTA train stabbings

A man was robbed and stabbed early Wednesday at a CTA Orange Line stop — hours after another man was stabbed on a Red Line train on the South Side.

By Sun-Times Wire

Crime

Man fatally shot in Roseland

The man, 40, was in the 100 block of West 113th Street when he was shot, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

Community organizer Ronnie Mosley votes last week at Wendell Green Elementary School in the 21st Ward.

Elections

City Council to get new youngest member with Mosley’s win in South Side’s 21st Ward

The victory of community organizer Ronnie Mosley, 31, was secured on Monday with the concession of retired firefighter Cornell Dantzler, who concluded the ballots that could still arrive in the mail would not be enough to erase Mosley’s lead.

By Tina Sfondeles

Richard Wooten and William Hall are running for a 6th Ward City Council post while Cornell Dantzler and Ronnie Mosley are facing off in the 21st Ward.

Elections

6th, 21st Ward candidates discuss future of South Side ahead of runoff: Time to ‘resurrect dreams of residents’

Four community leaders vie for City Council seats left open by the departures of longtime alderpersons Sawyer and Brookins.

By Mariah Rush

Ald. Carrie Austin (34th), shown at a City Council meeting in 2019, announced her retirement, effective March 1.

City Hall

Indicted Ald. Carrie Austin gets head start on political retirement

Austin retired effective March 1. Mayor Lori Lightfoot can appoint a two-month caretaker for her old 34th Ward boundaries or the Far South Side or leave the ward without an alderperson.

By Fran Spielman

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News

CTA bus crashes into currency exchange, injuring 4 people in West Roseland

The bus struck the building near 111th and Michigan Avenue, according to the Chicago Fire Department.

By Sun-Times Wire

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

News

2 teens, firefighter injured in extra alarm fire in Roseland home

The blaze started in a home in the 11300 block of South Edbrooke Avenue, according to Chicago fire officials.

By Sun-Times Wire

Health

Cook County poised for record number of opioid deaths; researchers warn hundreds more go uncounted

The medical examiner’s office has already confirmed 1,599 opioid overdose deaths for 2022, and it expects 400 to 500 of its pending cases will also be listed as death by opioid toxicity.

By Sophie Sherry and Tom Schuba

News

Hit-and-run driver kills man pushing man in a wheelchair

The 56-year-old man in the wheelchair was seriously injured when the two were hit Wednesday at 94th and Ashland, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

News

‘It means a lot to us.’ South Side church gives away cheer, hope and thousands of toys ahead of Christmas

In the spirit of the holiday, Pastor Kenyatta Smith’s Another Chance Church hands out more than 17,000 toys and puts smiles on children’s faces.

By Emmanuel Camarillo

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