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MLK service will raise money for scholarships

By AustinTalks | January 11, 2012

Third Unitarian Church will hold the annual celebration Sunday at 11 a.m. The benefit luncheon begins at noon.

Community

Congressman Davis seeks hearing on abandoned properties

By AustinTalks | January 11, 2012

A recent federal report finds that taxpayers are paying for the surge in vacant properties.

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Public hearings scheduled for new Chicago City Council map

By AustinTalks | January 10, 2012

Chicagoans can weigh in Wednesday at two sites.

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Deadline to apply for Gates Millennium Scholarship almost here

By AustinTalks | January 9, 2012

Applications are due by midnight Wednesday.

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Two Chicagoans charged in officer’s death

By AustinTalks | January 7, 2012

A bond hearing is scheduled today for the men who were picked up earlier this week and questioned about Clifton Lewis’ murder.

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Hundreds attend officer Clifton Lewis’ funeral

By AustinTalks | January 6, 2012

Mourners heard moving testimonies from several, including his fiance, Latrice Walker.

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Hunt still on for killer of Austin police officer

By AustinTalks | January 5, 2012

Clifton Lewis’ funeral will be held today. If you have information about his killers, please call 1-888-YPO-SHOT.

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City officials hope flags at one Austin corner will make drivers more aware

By AustinTalks | January 3, 2012

The intersection of Central Avenue and Walton Street was one of 10 chosen across Chicago as part of the “It’s Up To You” campaign to lower the number of pedestrian injuries and deaths.

Community

Start 2012 with a week of free exercise

By AustinTalks | January 1, 2012

Work out at no charge at the Chicago Park District’s 71 fitness centers.

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Hunt continues for killer of Austin police officer

By AustinTalks | December 31, 2011

A reward is being offered for information leading to the arrests and conviction of the robbers responsible for Officer Clifton Lewis’ murder.

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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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