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Six candidates challenged in 29th Ward race

By Reema Amin | December 12, 2014

Hearings are being held by the Chicago Board of Elections to determine whose names will appear on the Feb. 24 ballot.

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Twelve candidates seeking the 29th Ward seat

By Reema Amin | December 3, 2014

Only two other of the city’s 50 wards had more people submitting their petitions for the Feb. 24th election.

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Five candidates file for 37th Ward race

By Reema Amin | December 2, 2014

Leroy Duncan, Maretta Brown-Miller, Otis Percy and Tara Stamps are challenging Ald. Emma Mitts.

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Several West Siders considering 29th Ward run

By AustinTalks | November 21, 2014

Candidates have until Nov. 24th to file their petitions to challenge Ald. Deborah Graham.

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37th Ward hopefuls want to invest in schools, jobs

By Reema Amin | November 14, 2014

Four candidates are collecting signatures to challenge longtime Ald. Emma Mitts, who is seeking re-election Feb. 24.

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Young activist seeking 28th Ward seat

By Austin Weekly News | October 10, 2014

Marseil Jackson, 26, joins teacher Tammie Vinson in challenging Ald. Jason Ervin in the February 2015 election.

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Family of man killed in Austin plans to resubmit evidence

By Christa Smith | February 25, 2014

Lawyers for Freddie Wilson’s five children want more answers from the Independent Police Review Authority. The Chicago City Council recently approved a $4.5 million settlement.

Community

City program to fight illegal dumping launches

By AustinTalks | September 5, 2013

Residents who call 311 could receive a reward.

Community

Unruly teens have West Side aldermen worried

By AustinTalks | April 9, 2013

Parents of children who break curfew could be subject to mandatory counseling sessions.

Community

Austin featured in ‘Violence hits home for aldermen’

By AustinTalks | September 18, 2012

In the Sept. 16 Chicago Sun-Times piece, Ald. Emma Mitts and others express concerns about living in communities plagued by violence.

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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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