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Chicago’s overnight winter parking ban starts Thursday

By AustinTalks | November 30, 2022

The ban is enforced on 107 miles of main streets throughout the city from 3 to 7 p.m. through April 1. Violators will face more than $200 in fines and fees.

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West Sider ministers offer condolences, prayers for Highland Park victims

By Rev. Ira Acree | July 10, 2022

Members of the Leaders Network traveled Friday to Highland Park to offer their support and prayers – and to renew their commitment for an assault weapons ban.

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Donald Trump, the big lie and doublethink

By Dwayne Truss | January 31, 2017

Longtime Austin resident Dwayne Truss warns his fellow citizens to not be confused or misled by the new president.

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West Side lawmaker wants to ban red light cameras

By AustinTalks | February 5, 2015

Rep. La Shawn Ford recommends that a task force be created to study the best practices and require Chicago to show it can improve its system.

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Family of slain Chicagoans stand by coalition’s petition for gun legislation

By AustinTalks | August 28, 2012

A 9:30 a.m. Aug. 28 breakfast meeting followed by an 11 a.m. press conference is planned at The New Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church, where families of victims will support and speak for the coalition’s call to reinstate the assault weapons ban and the passage of gun legislation under HB 5831.

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Ald. Mitts looking to ban sagging pants

By Ellyn Fortino | May 18, 2012

If passed, the city’s indecent exposure ordinance would be amended to prohibit wearing pants three inches below the hip in public places.

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Student V.O.I.S.E. – Speak the truth

By V.O.I.S.E. Academy | January 3, 2011

What age is too young to have sex? Should cell phones be allowed in school? Code Blue takes on these issues.

News

  • 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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