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West Side gathering to discuss the dream

By AustinTalks | April 2, 2014

The 46th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s death will be commemorated Friday night at New Tabernacle of Faith Baptist Church.

Community

Participate in national walking day

By AustinTalks | April 2, 2014

Meet at Columbus Park tonight at 5:30 p.m. to do a 5K walk sponsored by the Westside Health Authority and the American Heart Association.

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Monday is the deadline to enroll for health care

By AustinTalks | March 26, 2014

There are several locations on the West Side where you can get signed up between now and Monday night.

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Something good happened in Austin

By Malcolm Crawford | March 24, 2014

West Side residents celebrate the grand opening of the expansion of Betty’s Daycare Academy.

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Don’t become a victim of identity theft

By AustinTalks | March 20, 2014

The 25th Police District will sponsor a free workshop 10 a.m. Saturday, March 22 at 5555 W. Grand Ave.

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College scholarship deadlines approaching

By AustinTalks | March 19, 2014

Business majors should apply by March 31 for the North Avenue Business Association award, while the deadline for students wanting to be a One Million Degrees Scholar is April 10.

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Funeral for missing teen’s mom set for Sunday

By AustinTalks | March 7, 2014

Services for Rose Starnes will be held Sunday at Greater St. John Bible Church. She died seven years after Yasmin Acree disappeared.

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Austin school closed last year on endangered building list

By AustinTalks | March 6, 2014

Preservation Chicago included Francis Scott Key Elementary School, which now sits empty.

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25th District offers computer course Saturday

By AustinTalks | February 27, 2014

The Chicago Police Department will show residents how to use its web site to stay safe. If you can’t make it this weekend, another class will be offered March 29.

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Services held today for 3-year-old fire victim

By AustinTalks | February 24, 2014

Clothing and household items are being accepted for the boy’s family.

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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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