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Alternative high school graduation gives students hope
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Nearly 70 West Side residents earned their diploma from Austin Career Education Center earlier this year.
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New evidence uncovered in Yasmin Acree’s disappearance
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In a front-page story today, the Chicago Tribune reports it found the missing 15-year-old’s journal, which mentions a rape suspect who lived in the same building as Acree before she vanished.
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Fate of Austin high school confuses some
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Parents and students are still sorting out what happened last week and the future of Austin Business and Entrepreneurship Academy.
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Bank kicks off investment on West Side
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U.S. Bank and The Coalition to Save Community Banking celebrated Friday reaching agreement over how to continue the work of now-closed Park National.
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Dozens turn out to celebrate bank agreement
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A crowd filled the parking lot of the U.S. Bank branch at Madison Street and Austin Boulevard to learn about the community benefits agreement the financial institution has reached with The Coalition to Save Community Banking. We’ll be posting more details soon.
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Three high schools will continue on Austin campus
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The 5-year-old Austin Business and Entrepreneurship Academy will transition from a contract school to one run by Chicago Public Schools at the end of this school year.
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U.S. Bank to unveil agreement with its West Side neighbors
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The West Side community is invited to a public reception 10 a.m. Friday, at Madison Street and Austin Boulevard.
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Most TIF money since 2000 went to companies, nonprofits in the heart of Chicago
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Tax increment financing of private-sector projects bypassed parts of the West and South Sides, though some funding was approved for Austin.
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Author discusses her book set in 1970s Austin
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Hear Bernadette Jones read from the recently published “Choices.” And listen in on some of the discussion her work sparked at a recent reading.
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Austin charter school to close in June
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Students at Austin Business and Entrepreneurship Academy will be able to attend either of the other two schools located in the same building or go elsewhere within CPS.