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Former Austin resident starts non-profit for local veterans

By Ellyn Fortino | January 30, 2013

Disabled veteran Homer Bizzle shares the positive work of America Cares Too and the challenges of finding funding for its mission.

News

Christ the King students stage sit-in

By Ellyn Fortino | January 28, 2013

More than 200 students called on the school’s leadership to listen to their concerns.

News

Wisconsin college students visit Austin

By Ashlee Rezin | January 25, 2013

Carrol University students spent a week visiting with Catalyst Circle Rock students and exploring Austin and other city neighborhoods.

News

New pawn shop likely coming to North Avenue

By Ellyn Fortino | January 24, 2013

EZ Pawn is set to be the fifth North Avenue pawn shop between Ridgeland and Hayes Avenues.

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More than a dozen Austin schools underutilized, CPS data show

By Ellyn Fortino | January 22, 2013

CPS will hold two community meetings Jan. 31 and Feb. 13 in the Austin-North Lawndale network for feedback about what neighborhood schools could close.

Community

Meet the creator and cast of the Interrupters

By AustinTalks | January 21, 2013

As part of its Martin Luther King Jr. celebration, Christ the King Jesuit College Prep will screen the Interrupters with a presentation from the cast and creator Monday at 12:30 p.m.

Community

State Rep. Ford’s annual family health challenge

By AustinTalks | January 19, 2013

The event is Jan. 21 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Percy Julian Middle School in Oak Park.

Community

Community calls on West Side Walmart to support Obama’s gun control initiative

By AustinTalks | January 18, 2013

Residents and community groups will meet at 11 a.m. Saturday in front of the West Side Walmart, 4650 W. North Ave.

Opinion

Now is the time for an Illinois Education Facilities Planning Board

By Valerie Leonard | January 18, 2013

Valerie Leonard says the state should create a planning board to regulate the development and expansion of schools in Illinois.

Community

State of the 29th Ward address Wednesday night

By AustinTalks | January 16, 2013

The Jan. 16 ward meeting is at 7 p.m. at the Columbus Park Refectory, 5701 W. Jackson Blvd.

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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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