AustinTalks - News and information covering Chicago's Austin neighborhood on the West Side

AustinTalks (http://austintalks.org/category/news/page/109/)

  • Home
  • About
  • Community
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Events
  • Donate
  • Global Navigation
Subscribe

News

  • Related Topics:
  • election
  • Austin
  • Community
  • West Side
  • health
News

Program brings classical music to kids

By Tatiana Walk-Morris | July 30, 2013

More than 100 children have participated in this summer’s day camp at Columbus Park.

News

Austin teens respond to Obama’s call for action after Trayvon Martin verdict

By Katie Kather | July 29, 2013

They share their experiences and views on several issues, including being profiled, black-on-black crime and white privilege.

News

College students return home to Austin

By AustinTalks | July 26, 2013

While it’s good to see family and friends, remaining safe can be a challenge, some tell the Chicago Tribune.

News

Austin residents remember 8-year-old girl

By Tatiana Walk-Morris | July 24, 2013

West Siders urged to report any suspected abuse or neglect after the death, which has been ruled a homicide.

News

Chicagoans call for justice during Trayvon Martin vigil

By Tatiana Walk-Morris | July 23, 2013

West Side ministers urge West Siders to participate in next month’s reprise of MLK’s March on Washington.

News

Community hosts “Back 2 School Throwdown”

By Tatiana Walk-Morris | July 21, 2013

Dozens attended the free event held last weekend at Columbus Park.

News

Community calls for peace at 14-year-old boy’s funeral

By Katie Kather | July 17, 2013

Family and friends mourn the death of Damani Henard, one of 17 people killed in Austin so far this year.

News

Lesbian couple beaten in Austin

By AustinTalks | July 12, 2013

An Austin man has been arrested in connection with the attack, which police are calling a hate crime.

News

Spotlight on Austin schools for how they’re welcoming new students

By Suzanne McBride | July 11, 2013

Hundreds of West Side youth will be attending new elementaries because of the CPS closures. The principals of two receiving schools explain what they’re doing to help smooth the transition.

News

Campaign highlights dangers of driving drunk

By Tatiana Walk-Morris | July 9, 2013

The consequences can be severe, warn the Prevention Partnership and the Chicago Police Department.

Load more posts

News

  • 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

Like Us on FacebookFollow Us on TwitterSubscribe via RSS

Search This Site

Browse Archives

© Copyright 2025, AustinTalks

Built with the Largo WordPress Theme from the Institute for Nonprofit News.

Back to top ↑