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Columnist Mary Mitchell spotlights dog deaths in Austin

By AustinTalks | September 6, 2011

Sun-Times writer talks with owner of decapitated dog who hopes to save other pets.

News

New principal at ABEA plans to stick around

By Chloe Riley | September 2, 2011

Wayne Issa takes the helm at Austin Business and Entrepreneurship Academy.

News

Local man hopes new theater will be West Side Second City

By Jon Graef | September 1, 2011

The plans call for a 50- to 60-seat theater and technology center at Madison and Mayfield avenues.

Community

Westside Health Authority awarded $75,000 grant

By Cody McSellers-McCray | August 23, 2011

The money will support an initiative to reduce breast cancer among African-American women.

News

Elected officials rally to save West Side post offices

By AustinTalks | August 22, 2011

Ald. Jason Ervin and state Sen. Annazette Collins will hold a rally today at 9 a.m. outside one of the targeted sites, the Mary Alice Henry Post Office at 4222 W. Madison St.

Opinion

Austin left out of new loan program to combat foreclosure

By Otis Monroe | August 18, 2011

Otis Monroe says it’s time local residents find elected officials who do a better job of helping local residents make their community better.

News

Loretto Hospital’s TIF project has yielded no jobs

By Ellyn Fortino | August 15, 2011

Ten positions were to be created by an emergency room renovation and expansion.

Community

Austin group wins $500,000 federal grant

By AustinTalks | August 11, 2011

Circle Family HealthCare Network (Circle) will use the money to open clinics at John Marshall High School and Proviso West High School.

Community

Austin Green Team holds garden tour

By Austin Weekly News | August 4, 2011

The annual event showcases the beauty of Austin.

News

Homicides are up in Austin

By AustinTalks | August 3, 2011

Deaths for the first half of the year are down citywide, according to RedEye. The Chicago Reader analyzes gun registrations.

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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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