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Questions about police deployment remain as shootings on the rise

By T.J. Kremer III | June 11, 2015

A nearly 4-year-old lawsuit filed by the Central Austin Neighborhood Association and the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois continues to make its way through the courts.

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Cook County commissioner unveils plan to end gun violence

By T.J. Kremer III | June 7, 2015

Residents shared their experiences at the event organized by Richard Boykin. Another meeting will take place June 13.

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Scholarship winners honored Sunday

By T.J. Kremer III | June 3, 2015

Twenty-four college-bound students will benefit this year from Third Unitarian Church’s longtime program.

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After victory party, real work in 29th Ward begins

By T.J. Kremer III | May 20, 2015

More than 100 people attended Ald. Chris Taliaferro’s reception hours after he’s sworn into the Chicago City Council.

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Austin high school part of city-wide talks to promote community

By T.J. Kremer III | May 18, 2015

Students from Christ the King Jesuit College Prep hosted one of The Chicago Community Trust’s On the Table dinners last week.

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Not clear how outgoing alderman has spent 2015 menu money

By T.J. Kremer III | May 13, 2015

Ald.-Elect Chris Taliaferro says he’s interested in giving 29th Ward residents more of a say in how the $1.3 million is spent each year.

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Emergency town hall meeting draws big crowd

By T.J. Kremer III | May 4, 2015

West Side residents and elected officials gathered Saturday to discuss combating gun violence.

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City officials, local leaders talk economic development

By T.J. Kremer III | April 29, 2015

West Side business owners are pushing Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration to invest in Austin.

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Summit offers solutions for criminal justice reform

By T.J. Kremer III | April 20, 2015

State Rep. La Shawn Ford organized the event, which brought together ex-offenders, officials, lawyers and concerned citizens.

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Regime change in the 29th Ward

By T.J. Kremer III | April 8, 2015

Chicago Police Sgt. Chris Taliaferro will succeed Ald. Deborah Graham in May.

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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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