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Second chance resource fair Friday

By AustinTalks | October 1, 2015

Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin is hosting the free event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 2 at Another Chance Assembly Church, 5138 W. Division St.

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Man wanted for questioning in August killing apprehended in Austin

By AustinTalks | September 30, 2015

Dozens of police officers flooded the West Side Tuesday during a high-speed chase that ended in the 200 block of North Central Avenue.

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Some Austin schools to lose more money

By AustinTalks | September 29, 2015

Because fewer students showed up on enrollment day, there will be more funding cuts on the West Side.

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Head of Austin Chamber of Commerce mulling congressional bid

By AustinTalks | September 28, 2015

Amara Enyia has created an exploratory committee to consider whether to run for the 7th District seat now held by Rep. Danny Davis.

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West Side aldermen start to weigh in on mayor’s 2016 budget

By AustinTalks | September 25, 2015

The Chicago City Council will hold hearings next month before voting on the spending plan.

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Cheer on the runners and walkers in Saturday’s Austin 5K

By AustinTalks | September 24, 2015

A coalition of organizations are hosting the inaugural event, which is raising money for job training opportunities and entrepreneurship experiences for young people.

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Free men’s health fair Saturday

By AustinTalks | September 17, 2015

RSVP now for Saturday’s event at Loretto Hospital.

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Join today’s community bike ride

By AustinTalks | September 16, 2015

Meet tonight at 6 p.m. at BUILD Inc., 5100 W. Harrison St., for the 8-mile trek through Austin.

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Networking event tonight

By AustinTalks | September 15, 2015

The Austin Chamber of Commerce invites its members to an after-hours get together from 5 to 7 p.m. Sept. 15 in Forest Park.

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Budget town hall this week

By AustinTalks | September 13, 2015

State lawmakers Camille Lilly and Don Harmon will lead the discussion 5:30 p.m. Sept. 17 at Austin Town Hall.

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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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