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Incumbents win in 28th, 29th and 37th Wards

By Sarah Ostman | February 23, 2011

West Side voters backed recently appointed Alds. Jason Ervin and Deborah Graham, and reelected Ald. Emma Mitts.

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Chicago Police release age-enhanced photo of missing Austin teen

By AustinTalks | February 22, 2011

Friends and family still hope that Yasmin Acree will be found.

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Election Day has arrived

By AustinTalks | February 22, 2011

See what AustinTalks has reported about the 28th, 29th and 37th wards as you go to the polls Tuesday.

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Chicago pilot brings history of Tuskegee Airmen to Austin

By Patrick Smith | February 21, 2011

Melvin Knazze credits the legendary flight cadets with paving the way for his Navy career.

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West Side candidates participate in one last forum

By Sarah Ostman | February 21, 2011

Polls will be open Tuesday from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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Voters down to two choices in the 28th Ward

By Sarah Ostman | February 19, 2011

An Illinois appellate court ruled Friday that West Siders can’t vote for candidate Carmelita Earls, leaving Ald. Jason Ervin and William Siegmund on Tuesday’s ballot.

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Former 37th Ward precinct captain wants to move up

By Margaret Smith | February 19, 2011

Steven E. Pleasant is one of five candidates challenging incumbent Emma Mitts, someone he used to support.

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Chicagoans hearing a lot or a little about crime, depending on where they live

By AustinTalks | February 18, 2011

Before you go to the polls Tuesday, you’ll want to listen to this story by Chicago Public Radio reporters Chip Mitchell and Odette Yousef.

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37th Ward candidates square off at forum

By Karl Klockars | February 18, 2011

Hear what Tommy O. Abina, Maretta Brown-Miller, Shanika J. Finley and Ald. Emma Mitts had to say.

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Ald. Graham questioned over anti-violence grants

By Sarah Ostman | February 16, 2011

Five of the alderman’s challengers want some of the money returned because groups with ties to the Chicago City Council member received it.

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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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