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Basketball league for teens offers more than hoops

By Katie Kather | July 8, 2013

Mentoring and spirituality are part of the weekly activities. A tournament will be held this week in Austin.

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Smoke out brings community and police together

By Tatiana Walk-Morris | July 3, 2013

The 25th District plans similar events this summer to help build relationships and reduce crime.

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Yoga studio opens in Austin

By Katie Kather | July 1, 2013

Personal sessions can be scheduled now for $10 and will be held at Bethel New Life.

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Church awards thousands of dollars in scholarships

By Tatiana Walk-Morris | June 28, 2013

Third Unitarian honored the 17 college-bound students earlier this month during a special ceremony.

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West Siders could buy cheaper gas closer to home

By Melissa Miller | June 25, 2013

The Chicago Plan Commission approved a proposal by the Food4Less at North and Cicero avenues to build a 10-pump station.

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May students bury time capsule

By Tatiana Walk-Morris | June 24, 2013

The event was one of the last for the West Side school that closed for good last week.

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Austin celebrates Juneteenth

By Tatiana Walk-Morris | June 21, 2013

West Side residents commemorated African-American heritage during a three-day event that featured a parade, performers and more.

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Austin youth center hosts open house

By Katie Kather | June 20, 2013

The 11-year-old program has been a haven for many, including Sebastian Longstreet, who shared his story at last week’s event.

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Last 8th graduation held at May Elementary

By Caitlin Cleary | June 18, 2013

A closing ceremony will be held Tuesday, June 18th at the school, one of four in Austin being shuttered by CPS this month.

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Juneteenth festival aims to unite community

By Tatiana Walk-Morris | June 13, 2013

The three-day event starts June 14 and runs through June 16.

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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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