Voice of Change: Books, coffee and community at Rose Cafe
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You've heard of food deserts but you may not have heard of book deserts. Those are areas where kids and their families have very limited access to books and other reading materials. In the Roseland neighborhood, two teachers said, ?You know what we gotta do something about it.?

Semi crashes, rolls off bridge on Bishop Ford Expressway at 103rd, injuring 2

Two people were injured early Wednesday after a semitrailer struck a stopped vehicle and then rolled over off the side of the Bishop Ford Expressway near Roseland.

$10k reward for info in shooting of 5-year-old Chicago boy

Community leaders are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of suspects wanted in a Nov. 16 shooting that left a 5-year-old boy critically injured in Roseland on the South Side.

Cops search for SUV in shooting of 5-year-old on Far South Side; reward offered

Police are searching for an SUV believed to be used by the shooter whose stray gunfire hit the head of a 5-year-old playing inside a Far South Side home Monday evening.

Boy, 5, shot in head in Roseland: police

A 5-year-old boy is in critical condition after being shot in the head Monday night on Chicago’s South Side.

Boy, 13, accidentally shoots 12-year-old in Roseland home: police

Police said the 13-year-old was "handling" a gun and the 12-year-old was shot. He was hospitalized in serious condition and the 13-year-old was taken in for questioning.

23 shot, 6 fatally, in Chicago weekend gun violence

Six people were killed and 17 others injured in shootings across Chicago over the weekend.

Man shot dead in Roseland on Far South Side

Someone pulled up in a car and shot the man, 32, multiple times in the body and at least once in the head on Saturday. So far this October, more than 40 people have been shot and killed in Chicago.

Man shot to death, 2 hurt in Roseland

A man was killed and two other people were injured in a shooting Friday in Roseland on the Far South Side.

Man, 57, missing from Roseland found safe

Ricky James, a 57-year-old man who was reported missing from Roseland on the South Side, has been found safe, Chicago police said.

One dead, one wounded in shooting in Roseland

Two men were shot in a backyard in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood on Sunday. The 18-year-old was struck multiple times and killed, one of more than 550 people shot and killed in Chicago so far this year.

3 shot in Roseland

Three people were wounded in a shooting Monday in Roseland on the South Side.

Man missing from Roseland

A 29-year-old man has been reported missing from Roseland on the Far South Side.

2 officers hurt while responding to person with knife in Roseland

Two Chicago police officers suffered scrapes and bruises Monday while arresting someone armed with a knife in Roseland on the Far South Side.