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Clinical trials come to Loretto, opening door for new local treatments

By Connor S. Carynski | December 31, 2018

The Loretto Hospital has become the first safety-net hospital in Illinois to conduct clinical trials, making it a pioneer for Illinois hospitals that serve patients regardless of insurance status.

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Most West Side aldermanic candidates face petition challenges

By Suzanne McBride | December 21, 2018

The petitions of two of the three incumbent alderman – 28th Ward Ald. Jason Ervin and 37th Ward Ald. Emma Mitts – have not been challenged. But each of the challengers in both of those wards are having to defend the signatures they collected to secure a spot on the Feb. 26th ballot.

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Long-awaited quality-of-life plan unveiled in Austin

By Suzanne McBride | December 16, 2018

After two years of work involving more than 400 people, the plan was celebrated Saturday at Michele Clark Magnet High School. Now seven task forces each devoted to a key issue area will begin implementing the plan.

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Michele Clark HS petitions for IB program

By Connor S. Carynski | December 9, 2018

Michele Clark Principal Charles Anderson Jr. said many students who attend elementary school in Austin leave the community for high schools that offer an IB program, especially if they were already enrolled in the program. The hope is that having a high school program in Austin would keep some of those students in Austin.

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Candidates running for West Side aldermanic seats face challenges

By AustinTalks | December 4, 2018

The signatures filed by incumbent Ald. Chris Taliaferro (29th) have been challenged, while the petitions filed by Ald. Emma M. Mitts (37th) and Jason C. Ervin don’t face a challenge.

Cook County Board of Commissioners

Commissioner Brandon Johnson sworn in Monday

By AustinTalks | December 3, 2018

The newly elected commissioner and the rest of the Cook County Board is being sworn in Dec. 3 for four-year terms.

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West Side aldermen face challengers in February election

By AustinTalks | November 28, 2018

Candidates filed to challenge incumbent Ald. Jason Ervin (28th), Chris Taliaferro (29th) and Emma Mitts (37th) in the Feb. 26h local elections.

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West Side aldermanic candidates begin filing for the February ballot

By AustinTalks | November 20, 2018

Five candidates filed for the 28th, 29th and 37th Ward seats on the first day they could. Candidates have a week – until Nov. 26th – to file their nominating petitions with the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners.

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Exhibit showcases the homes, objects from Austin

By Blair Paddock | November 19, 2018

West Side residents recently gathered at Austin Town Hall to share significant objects from their own homes. The exhibit, produced by Illinois Humanities, profiles houses and their owners in lesser-known areas of Chicago.

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State Rep. Ford, other mayoral candidates to begin filing petitions next week

By Blair Paddock | November 16, 2018

Candidates wanting to replace Mayor Rahm Emanuel or serve as one of the 50 members of the Chicago City Council have until Nov. 26 to file their petitions.

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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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