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Produce market sees growth in third year

By Katie Kather | August 8, 2013

Fresh food is available every Friday through the end of August.

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West Side leaders speak out at CPS budget hearing

By Katie Kather | August 5, 2013

Audience members voice frustration over no elected officials being present at the meeting.

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Community continues fight against EZ Pawn

By Katie Kather | August 2, 2013

Residents learn the status of a lawsuit filed to stop the business from opening along North Avenue.

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Austin teens respond to Obama’s call for action after Trayvon Martin verdict

By Katie Kather | July 29, 2013

They share their experiences and views on several issues, including being profiled, black-on-black crime and white privilege.

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Community calls for peace at 14-year-old boy’s funeral

By Katie Kather | July 17, 2013

Family and friends mourn the death of Damani Henard, one of 17 people killed in Austin so far this year.

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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.

Business

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.

Community

Join the Austin Community Walk Club

By AustinTalks | June 25, 2013

Informational meeting tonight at the Austin Community Resource Center (the former YMCA). Walks and workshops held each week over nearly four-month program.

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Witnesses fear sharing what they know

By John Stavola | June 7, 2013

That’s one reason many homicide cases in Chicago remain unsolved, but some also blame mistrust residents have of police.

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Community members rally against closings

By Mario Lekovic | March 23, 2013

The CPS list released late Thursday confirmed four Austin schools are slated to be shuttered.

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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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