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Chicago Police release age-enhanced photo of missing Austin teen
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Friends and family still hope that Yasmin Acree will be found.
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Chicagoans hearing a lot or a little about crime, depending on where they live
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Before you go to the polls Tuesday, you’ll want to listen to this story by Chicago Public Radio reporters Chip Mitchell and Odette Yousef.
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Students at Austin Polytechnical Academy remember missing classmate
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It’s been three years since 15-year-old Yasmin Acree disappeared. A special assembly at the school last week made clear how much she is missed.
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State attorney’s office, block clubs take aim at troubled buildings
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The center, located near the corner of Austin Boulevard and Chicago Avenue, wants to work with West Side residents to help make Austin safer.
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New group tackling crime, clutter in community
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An Austin couple started the new organization in August after the police didn’t respond to a fight outside their home. Learn how you can get involved.
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Street lights in some parts of Austin keep going out
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Residents should let Ald. Deborah Graham know what ward improvements they’d like for 2011.
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Cuts in the community policing program concern West Side residents
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Just two CAPS officers are working in the 15th District of the Chicago Police Department, down from five before this fall’s cuts. That’s causing some Austin residents to question the city’s commitment to the nearly 20-year-old program that brings officers and citizens together to fight crime.
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Convicted felon arrested in Austin
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Officers served a search warrant at the 40-year-old man’s house in the 4600 block of West Monroe. He was scheduled to appear in bond court today.
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Local residents want more police on the streets
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Cutbacks in the Chicago Police Department’s CAPS program will put more officers in the field, but some worry about community policing being scaled back.
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Retired Chicago police officer wants to be the next 29th Ward alderman
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Our partners at the Austin Weekly News talked with candidate Beverly Rogers. She’s challenging Ald. Deborah Graham in the Feb. 22nd election.