432-08-S  Applicant - Raffin Properties Inc; Owner - TBD; Premises affected - 875 E 112th St; Subject - Application for a special use for the establishment of an off-site parking lot for 224 private passenger motor vehicles to serve the property at 11201 S Ellis in a M3-3 district (9th Ward)

Published by Chicago Audio Journal on September 30, 2008.

432-08-S  Applicant - Raffin Properties Inc; Owner - Same; Premises affected - 875 E 112th St; Subject - Application for a special use for the establishment of an off-site parking lot for 224 private passenger motor vehicles to serve the property at 11201 S Ellis in a M3-3 district (9th Ward)

Published by Chicago Audio Journal on September 30, 2008.

...E., is 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the House of Hope, 752 E. 114th, Chicago. Admission is free, but those wanting luncheon seating must pre-register at $10 each...

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on September 18, 2008.

Circuit Judge Raymond Myles ordered Pena, 20, of the 10800 block of South Avenue B, and Lacy, 25, of Sauk Village, held without bail. Chico, 23, of the 11400 block of South Champlain Avenue, and Jones, 18, of the 8700 block of South Escanaba Avenue, were held in lieu of $1 million bail.

Published by Chicago Tribune on September 5, 2008.

The gathering begins Saturday with a dinner at Greenstone Church, 11211 S. St. Lawrence. Dinner will be followed by the Grand Hobo Concert, led by Gette. Sunday's activities...

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on September 5, 2008.

...Pena, 20, of the 10800 block of South Avenue B; Joseph Chico, 23, of the 11400 block of South Champlain Avenue; Raymond Jones, 24, of the 8700 block of South Escanaba Avenue; and Antoine Lacy, 25...

Published by Fox News Chicago on September 4, 2008.

...Pena, 20, of the 10800 block of South Avenue B; Joseph Chico, 23, of the 11400 block of South Champlain Avenue; Raymond Jones, 24, of the 8700 block of South Escanaba Avenue; and Antoine Lacy, 25...

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on September 4, 2008.

Bond information for the other two men charged -- Raymond Jones, 18, of the 8700 block of South Escanaba, and Joey Chico, 23, of the 11400 block of South Champlain - was not available Thursday afternoon.

Published by The Southtown Star on September 4, 2008.

...Jones, 18, of the 8700 block of South Escanaba, and Joey Chico, 23, of the 11400 block of South Champlain, according to John Gorman, a spokesman with the Cook County state's attorney's office...

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on September 4, 2008.

Buses will leave the House of Hope Church, at 752 E. 114th St., and seven other church locations. They will head to the Northfield freshman campus of New Trier High School and Sunset Ridge Elementary School.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on September 2, 2008.

Thursday's rally at Wendell Smith Elementary School, 744 E. 103rd St., took place about 2 miles from Meeks' Salem Baptist Church, 752 E. 114th St.

Published by Chicago Tribune on August 29, 2008.

A preliminary hearing for Pearson is scheduled for Aug. 26 at Far South Felony Court (Br. 38), 727 E. 111th St., Simonton said.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 21, 2008.

A preliminary hearing for Pearson is scheduled for Aug. 26 at Far South Felony Court (Br. 38), 727 E. 111th St., Simonton said.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on August 21, 2008.

"This shows support . . . from the whole Chicago area and how much he will be missed," said Pamela Gordon of Chicago, one of the hundreds who waited in line for hours to get in the church at 752 E. 114th St.

Published by Chicago Tribune on August 17, 2008.

Actor Samuel L. Jackson and Mayor Richard Daley are among the speakers expected to pay tribute to Mac at the House of Hope church on the city's South Side.

Published by NBC 5 on August 16, 2008.

The memorial starts at noon at Salem Baptist Church's House of Hope, which can hold 10,000 people. The doors open at 10:30 a.m. at House of Hope, 752 E. 114th St.

Published by Chicago Tribune on August 16, 2008.

Some slept overnight to guarantee a place inside the 10,000-seat House of Hope at 752 E. 114th St. Doors open at 10:30 a.m. for a memorial that starts at noon.

Published by Chicago Tribune on August 16, 2008.

Mayor Richard Daley also says he plans to attend Saturday's memorial at the House of Hope church on the city's South Side.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 16, 2008.

Erskin, who is a co-offender in the incident, is scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing in Far South Felony Court (Br.38), 727 E. 111th St., on Aug. 13.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on August 8, 2008.

A rash of shootings over the weekend claimed at least four people, including a 38-year-old woman at a Ukrainian Village bar, a 26-year-old man on a Roseland street, an 18-year-old in a drive-by shooting on the South Side and another 18-year-old in south suburban Chicago Heights. In addition, a 31-year-old man died of head trauma after an assault on a Southwest Side street.

Published by Chicago Tribune on July 21, 2008.

A rash of shootings over the weekend claimed at least four people, including a 38-year-old woman at a Ukrainian Village bar, a 26-year-old man on a Roseland street, an 18-year-old in a drive-by shooting on the South Side and another 18-year-old in south suburban Chicago Heights. In addition, a 31-year-old man died of head trauma after an assault on a Southwest Side street.

Published by Chicago Tribune on July 21, 2008.

Today, part of the block is a parking lot and an American Legion building, now used by the Historic Pullman Foundation.

Published by Chicago Tribune on July 14, 2008.

Shopping at the arcade began to decline at the turn of that century as rail lines and new neighborhoods further connected the Pullman community to Chicago. By the 1920s, the arcade had become obsolete and was demolished.

Published by Chicago Tribune on July 14, 2008.

DePaul University students are digging into the past of a Chicago community that was the brainchild of rail car magnet George Pullman.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 14, 2008.

The FBI says two men brought the kidnapped victim at gunpoint to a home in the Roseland neighborhood on 119th Street, bound him with duct tape and handcuffed him to a chair. They beat him, shot him in the leg and left a pit bull to keep him in place.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 12, 2008.

The South Side’s Roseland community, where CeaseFire began operating in October 2006, has seen the biggest increase in the number of shootings, from 15 between September 2006 and March 2007 to 22 during the same period one year later.

Published by Chicago Reporter on July 1, 2008.

So on Wednesday, the Chapman family will celebrate the day they made that decision. They'll have a small party, read stories and poems about life with Malachi, who has spinal muscular atrophy, and then launch nine red balloons into the air from the backyard of their Roseland neighborhood home on Chicago's South Side.

Published by Chicago Tribune on June 25, 2008.

Reverend James Meeks is calling for a safe summer and is asking for help to take his message of peace to the streets. Reverend Meeks is organizing a "Save our Streets" march for this Wednesday to protest the recent gun violence against children. He spoke to the congregation Saturday morning at 'The House of Hope' on 114th Street. He says the first step to end the killings "starts with the church."

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 22, 2008.

"Roseland is a [dangerous] community. Man, these people are just losing it," said Tracy Hallom, Dominice's father. "The biggest thing is . . . the neighborhood . . . the neighborhood is going to hell, man."

Published by Chicago Tribune on June 19, 2008.

Four Country Club Hills residents were taken to hospitals Saturday after the car they were riding in crashed into a concrete median wall in the southbound lanes of Interstate 57 near the Far South Side Pullman neighborhood.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 15, 2008.

Chicago's top hot spots for auto theft, according to the Chicago Police Department, are: Austin, Roseland, Englewood, South Shore, West Englewood, Near West Side, Auburn Gresham, Humboldt Park, Chicago Lawn, North Lawndale and Greater Grand Crossing.

Published by Chicago Tribune on June 13, 2008.

About 50 people were involved in the melee that left two people hurt, including a Chicago Police sergeant who suffered broken ribs. An unidentified girl was hit in the head with a lock and taken from the scene in an ambulance, authorities said. The fight started at about 1 p.m., just a few hours before the school's graduation ceremony at the House of Hope in Pullman.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on June 7, 2008.

There is no larger collection of historic rowhouses in Chicago than that in the Pullman neighborhood. 11310 S. Champlain was built in 1883 and, according to the listing, was the former home of Pullman Strike Organizer Jennie Curtis.

Published by Crib Chatter on June 2, 2008.

The final phase of a 194-unit seniors housing campus in Roseland will include units for "grand-families," grandparents who are raising grandchildren.

Published by Chicago Tribune on May 25, 2008.

Her case was far from unique in Roseland, a South Side Chicago community area.

Published by Chicago Reporter on May 20, 2008.

The most recent killing reported by Chicago Police came early Sunday when 22-year-old Victor Ortiz, of the 11300 block of South Langley Ave., was shot in the face. Just after 2 a.m., the killer pointed a gun at Ortiz while the two were in the 600 block of East 115th Street, police said. The gunman fired at least one shot and then fled in the car, witnesses told police. The victim died a short time later.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on May 12, 2008.

The most recent killing reported by Chicago Police came early Sunday when 22-year-old Victor Ortiz, of the 11300 block of South Langley Ave., was shot in the face. Just after 2 a.m., the killer pointed a gun at Ortiz while the two were in the 600 block of East 115th Street, police said. The gunman fired at least one shot and then fled in the car, witnesses told police. The victim died a short time later.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on May 12, 2008.

A 22-year-old man was shot and killed on the South Side early Sunday in what Chicago police said they think is a gang-related incident. Victor Ortiz, of the 11300 block of South Langley Avenue, was in the street on the 600 block of East 115th Street when he was shot in the head, said Chicago Police Officer Marcel Bright. Bright said a suspect was seen fleeing in a vehicle, and police are looking for that person.

Published by Chicago Tribune on May 11, 2008.

A 22-year-old man suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head in the Far South Side Pullman area early Sunday. About 2:05 a.m., witnesses saw a man fire a gun at the victim, striking him in the head in the 600 block of East 115th Street, according to a report from the police First Deputy Superintendent's Office. The gunman then fled in a car, the report said.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on May 11, 2008.

A 22-year-old man suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head in the Far South Side Pullman area early Sunday. About 2:05 a.m., witnesses saw a man fire a gun at the victim, striking him in the head in the 600 block of East 115th Street, according to a report from the police First Deputy Superintendent's Office. The gunman then fled in a car, the report said.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on May 11, 2008.

In this video, Joe Zekas walks us through the history of Roseland with the help of a community mural.

Published by YoChicago on May 8, 2008.

He wears a button on his lapel and a handkerchief in his suit pocket. The smiling face of his son, Blair, is on each. RonHolt, a life-long resident of Pullman, on Chicago’s South Side, had been active in the community for years. After Blair’s death, Ron Holt’s activism had a new focus: a non-profit coalition against violence, Purpose Over Pain.

Published by Medill Reports on May 6, 2008.

The mural pictured above is on the north wall of the Pullman Visitor Center.

Published by YoChicago on May 5, 2008.

Willie Gamble, a retired machinist who lives in Roseland, intends to work with IIT to develop action figures, educational materials and electronic toys and games based on his "Super Souls of Zantrier" comic book featuring black superheroes.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on May 4, 2008.

A 14-year-old boy and 36-year-old man exiting a bus near a church were shot Sunday afternoon in the Far South Side’s Roseland neighborhood.

Published by Fox News Chicago on April 28, 2008.

When he was dealing drugs in Roseland, on Chicago's Far South Side, Washington was standing on his corner by 6 a.m. selling mostly crack cocaine until 1 or 2 a.m., long shifts that could mean a net haul of $2,000 to $3,000 a day in cash. He carried a gun, and fought over "swerves," or customers, with rival gang members stationed on the other side of a viaduct in the neighborhood.

Published by Chicago Journal on April 17, 2008.

That wasn't the case Monday, when Anderson, who lives in the ABLA Homes neighborhood, told her 17-year-old son he wouldn't be returning to Crane. "It really wasn't an option," said Anderson, a mental health worker in Roseland.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on March 25, 2008.

The woman was first taken to the Morgan Park District police station, 1900 W. Monterey Ave., and then transferred to a female police lockup in the Calumet Police District, 727 E. 111th St., where she was held before posting bond, the officer said.

Published by NBC 5 on March 10, 2008.

The Realtor group's data compares average sales prices in city neighborhoods for the one-year period ending Nov. 1, 2006 against average prices in the year-long period ending Nov. 1, 2007. Besides Englewood and Belmont-Cragin, drops of more than 2 percent were recorded in West Englewood; New City; Chicago Lawn; Auburn Gresham; West Pullman; Roseland; South Chicago; Garfield Ridge; Dunning; Calumet Heights; Gage Park; South Shore; Norwood Park; and Portage Park.

Published by Chicago Tribune on March 6, 2008.

Another of the Bias stores went to first-time franchise buyer Lance Jones, 48, who got a store with a Pullman railroad car theme at 600 E. 115th.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on January 22, 2008.