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Austin teens receive college scholarships

By Keyanna Johnson | June 2, 2014

Third Unitarian Church awarded $14,000 to 14 students. This is the 40th year the congregation has given the awards.

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Business owners support one of their own

By AustinTalks | May 16, 2014

Customers flocked to Lake Street and Pulaski Road last weekend to support the owners of a Subway shop that opened in November.

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Another West Sider running for mayor

By AustinTalks | May 15, 2014

Longtime police officer Frederick Collins is challenging Rahm Emanuel in the February 2015 municipal election.

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Questions being raised about new charter in Austin

By AustinTalks | May 13, 2014

Americans United for Separation of Church and State sent a letter to CPS asking that final approval be denied to Chicago Education Partnership and By the Hand Club for Kids.

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West Side schools to get money for capital projects

By Rep. La Shawn Ford | May 7, 2014

The funding will pay for play lots, air conditioning and other improvements.

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Neighborhood group fighting for police data wins latest round in court

By Reema Amin | May 6, 2014

The lawsuit was filed three years ago by the Central Austin Neighborhood Association and American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois.

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Nursing homes push for legislative proposal

By AustinTalks | May 5, 2014

The Health Care Council of Illinois held an event Sunday at Jackson Square Nursing Center.

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Head of Austin Chamber running for mayor

By Jessica Wenck | April 30, 2014

Thirty-year-old Amara Enyia is challenging Rahm Emanuel in a campaign she hopes puts the focus on uniting neighborhoods across the city.

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West Side alderman in the spotlight

By AustinTalks | April 29, 2014

The Daily Whale web site recently sat down with Ald. Deborah Graham (29th) to discuss her tenure on the Chicago City Council.

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Chicago Board of Education votes to fire teachers, staff at McNair

By AustinTalks | April 24, 2014

The school will be turned over later this year to non-profit operator AUSL.

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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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