Roseland

A Chicago police officer and two other individuals were injured Saturday afternoon after a car struck the officer’s unmarked squad SUV, according to police. The crash was reported at approximately 4:24 p.m. in the 11100 block of South Michigan Avenue in the Roseland neighborhood on the city’s Southeast Side. According to police, the unmarked Chicago Police Department vehicle was...

A three-year-old boy shot himself in the foot after finding an unattended gun at an apartment Friday afternoon on Chicago’s Far South Side, police said. At around 3 p.m., police were called to Roseland Community Hospital and met with a 23-year-old woman who told them the boy had been shot. Following an investigation, officers determined the shooting happened in...

A man was injured in a shooting Friday in Roseland on the Far South Side. The 27-year-old was riding a dirt bike at 12:46 a.m. in the 11000 block of South Wentworth Avenue when someone opened fire from a white vehicle, according to Chicago police. He was shot in the arm and taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn…

A woman was killed and another woman seriously injured in a head on crash in Roseland on the South Side. About 2:35 a.m. a 28-year-old woman was driving a black Ford SUV east on 115th Street, when she swerved into oncoming traffic in the 600 block of West 115th Street and struck a Honda Civic, Chicago police said. The 28-year-old…

As Chicago looks for new ways to fight a recent spike in crime, a South Side aldermen has suggested adding a so-called “cop house,” or community-oriented policing home, on a block looking for stability. Ald. Anthony Beale said he has secured grant funds and corporate sponsors, who would buy a home and repurpose it into a community center where Chicago…

Dr. Howard Bolling may be 81 years old, but he has no plans on retiring, even after looters gutted his pharmacy in Chicago’s Roseland neighborhood. NBC 5’s LeeAnn Trotter has the story.

Dr. Howard Bolling may be 81 years old, but he has no plans on retiring, even after looters gutted his pharmacy in Chicago’s Roseland neighborhood. “Many items were taken, mostly inventory, but the thing that hurts the most was my information,” Bolling said. “They stole the computer, which had all of the data of my customers.” Roseland Pharmacy has been…

The “WOKE-up” group marched peacefully to support damaged businesses in Chicago’s Roseland neighborhood. At the same time, a food drive is helping families in the area and distributing masks to those in need. NBC 5’s Kye Martin reports.

After looters damaged a popular Roseland donut shop, some community members decided to step up and make a difference. NBC 5’s LeeAnn Trotter reports.

A police chase that started in south suburban Matteson Sunday ended in Roseland on Chicago’s South Side. Matteson police said they notified Illinois State Police that they were pursuing a stolen vehicle wanted in connection with an armed robbery driving northbound on I-57 near Vollmer Road, according to an ISP statement released. ISP were following a red Jeep on...

Police are searching for someone who recently broke into several vacant buildings in West Pullman and Roseland on the Far South Side, including several buildings being rehabbed. In each incident, the burglar was able to get inside the vacant buildings and steal appliances or construction materials, Chicago police said. The burglaries happened between Jan. 18 and Feb. 7 in: The…

Leaders of a church on Chicago’s Far South Side made a commitment to rebuild Monday in the hours following a devastating fire that destroyed their building. Sandra Torres reports.

The building that houses Beacon Light Ministries, a church and food pantry on Chicago’s Far South Side, was destroyed in a fire Monday evening. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports on what’s next for the church and its community.

Leaders of a church on Chicago’s Far South Side made a commitment to rebuild Monday in the hours following a devastating fire that destroyed their building. The building that houses Beacon Light Ministries in the 11000 block of South Michigan Avenue was deemed a “total loss,” fire officials said. When firefighters arrived on the scene at around 12:30 p.m., they…

Thanks to the kind efforts of community members, the holidays are a little bit brighter for a Calumet Park family who lost their father earlier this year. Earlier this year, Derrick Gholston was killed when he tried to stop two armed robbers who stormed into a Roseland barber shop in September. Gholston, a beloved food truck operator, was the father…

A local company looked to bring some Christmas cheer to a family who lost their father to gun violence this year. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter has the story.

Authorities are conducting a homicide investigation into the death of an 11-month-old boy from Roseland on the South Side. D’Siyah Thomas died Tuesday morning at LaRabida Children’s Hospital due to complications from inflicted head trauma, according to autopsy results from the Cook County medical examiner’s office. His death was ruled a homicide. Few details have been released about the...

U.S. Postal Inspectors offered a $10,000 reward on Monday for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a woman who they believe may be linked to a string of thefts from mail trucks in the Chicago area.

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service offered a $10,000 reward on Monday for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a woman who they believe may be linked to a string of thefts from mail trucks in the Chicago area. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.