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Time for a new Austin high school

By Rep. La Shawn Ford | December 22, 2015

A community meeting to discuss the consolidation of Austin Polytechnical, Austin Business and Entrepreneurship and VOISE Academy will be held Jan. 13.

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State lawmakers holding meetings on public education

By AustinTalks | November 10, 2015

Rep. Camille Lilly will be at Austin Town Hall Nov. 19th.

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Tara Stamps says she’s the independent voice for the 37th Ward

By Reema Amin | April 3, 2015

The first-time candidate hopes Tuesday to beat the 15-year incumbent.

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Third Unitarian Church luncheon raises scholarship funds

By Cara Ball | February 16, 2015

College-bound students will share in $20,000; this is the 41st year of the program.

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Teachers for Social Justice to host curriculum fair Saturday

By T.J. Kremer III | November 20, 2014

Registration is still open for the event, which will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at North Grand High School, 4338 W. Wabansia St.

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Coalition determined to get elected school board

By T.J. Kremer III | October 14, 2014

More than 50 people gathered Monday outside McNair Elementary to announce a campaign to get the issue on the February ballot.

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Local students to see fewer familiar faces this year

By Keyanna Johnson | September 2, 2014

About 65 teachers and staff lost their jobs on the West Side in the latest round of CPS layoffs.

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West siders discuss issues with U.S. Rep. Danny Davis

By Reema Amin | November 11, 2013

Topics raised by 7th Congressional District residents included an elected school board, violence and drug dealing.

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Last 8th graduation held at May Elementary

By Caitlin Cleary | June 18, 2013

A closing ceremony will be held Tuesday, June 18th at the school, one of four in Austin being shuttered by CPS this month.

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West Side residents not giving up

By Mario Lekovic | May 25, 2013

In response to the unprecedented 50 school closing action by the Chicago Board of Education, parents and community activists said they will continue to fight.

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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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