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Movie shows how girls are targeted for prostitution

By Sarah Ostman | May 25, 2011

There will be a discussion and a free screening of “Very Young Girls,” which starts at 5:30 p.m. today.

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Slain teen’s parents need your help

By Sarah Ostman | May 19, 2011

Devin Dyer’s family is offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest in their 18-year-old son’s death.

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Become a homeowner for $7,000?

By Sarah Ostman | May 6, 2011

A seminar on Saturday at Bethel New Life will will show West Side residents how.

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West Side official seeks prostitution-free zones in West Garfield Park

By Sarah Ostman | April 22, 2011

Critics say Ald. Jason Ervin is taking the wrong approach.

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Decline in West Side’s population could mean drop in political power

By Sarah Ostman | April 19, 2011

Attend free redistricting workshops this week and next to learn more about the process and how it will affect you. An Illinois Senate redistricting committee will hold another hearing later today.

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Austin Head Start kids march against violence

By Sarah Ostman | April 16, 2011

Wearing T-shirts that said “Don’t shoot” and “I want to grow up, live, love, laugh,” dozens of young children took to the streets Thursday.

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Chandler in, Dixon out in the 24th Ward

By Sarah Ostman | April 6, 2011

The former three-term alderman will return to the Chicago City Council in mid-May, along with many other new members.

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Incumbent touts small victories in the 24th Ward

By Sarah Ostman | April 4, 2011

Ald. Sharon Dixon hopes to hang onto the seat she won from her opponent four years ago. The election is Tuesday.

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Ousted alderman trying for comeback in 24th Ward

By Sarah Ostman | April 3, 2011

Michael Chandler hopes to regain his seat in Tuesday’s runoff. He wants another shot at representing South Austin and Lawndale.

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First of four state-funded anti-violence programs to begin soon

By Sarah Ostman | March 29, 2011

Meetings are being held this week for applicants interested in working for Mentoring Plus Jobs.

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  • Expungement, record sealing event helps West Siders get jobs after leaving prison

    Austin resident Anthony Jefferson has been working over the past six years to expunge his criminal record. With help from the Monroe Foundation, he's moving toward the clean slate he wants to achieve to secure employment.

  • Get free groceries, other help from these Austin groups

    On a recent Thursday, volunteers from What About Us Charitable Enterprises spent the morning filling dozens of grocery bags with fresh food and staples that soon filled the arms of West Side residents in need. Dorin “Pastor Mac” McIntyre, executive director and co-founder of What About Us Charitable Enterprises and pastor of Mount Olivet Missionary Baptist Church, is one of many helping Austin residents struggling with food insecurity.

  • 29th Ward residents invited to holiday events on Tuesday

  • 29th Ward residents invited to propose how to spend $450,000

    Austin residents are invited to participate in this year's participatory budgeting cycle. The annual process lets ward residents ages 14 and up decide how to spend a portion of the aldermanic menu money.

  • Forty Acres Fresh Market marks important moment this week in bringing store to Austin

    Austin moves one step closer this week to getting a new grocery store with the groundbreaking of Forty Acres Fresh Market in the heart of the Soul City Corridor. Another effort to expand food offerings on the West Side continues with the Austin Community Food Co-op, which held a virtual info session last week on its efforts to bring a grocery store to the area.

  • Healing in nature workshop set for Saturday

    The Westside Cultural Alliance continues its "See, Feel and Heal" nature series Saturday at Garfield Park Nature Area, 100 N. Central Park with a workshop on making memory boxes. The workshop sessions focus on art and nature as vehicles of healing through art therapy, which provides wholistic healing for the body, mind and spirit.

  • Illinois residents can apply for help with paying gas, electric bills

    Applications are now open for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for qualified residential customers who are over the age of 60, have a disability or have children under the age of 6 to receive financial assistance to pay their energy bills. LIHEAP is a federally funded bill payment assistance program that helps low- and fixed-income families pay their utility during the winter heating season.

  • West Siders turn out for chili cook off in Austin’s Soul City

    Over a dozen local chefs competed in the second annual "It’s Getting Chili in Soul City" event on Saturday. A team of five who make up the Austin African American Business Networking Association board – Malcolm Crawford, Shirley Fields, Sharmine Rickett, Ronald Smith and Marshawn Felton – created the chili contest last year.

  • Chicago Marathon runner raises money for West Side girls

    Over the last 20 years, Ashley Graham has run 56 marathons - including the Chicago Marathon five times. Several of those marathons she raised money for charity - and this year was no different.

  • Stop by Austin farmers market this week

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