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West Side loses advocate for education

By Keyanna Johnson | June 8, 2014

Visitation will be held June 9 for James Deanes, who died last week. His funeral will be Tuesday.

Opinion

Community groups urge CPS to halt all school actions

By Valerie Leonard | May 28, 2014

Chicago Citizens United to Preserve Public Education also wants the district to nullify the turnaround efforts at Ronald E. McNair Elementary and two other schools.

News

Questions being raised about new charter in Austin

By AustinTalks | May 13, 2014

Americans United for Separation of Church and State sent a letter to CPS asking that final approval be denied to Chicago Education Partnership and By the Hand Club for Kids.

News

West Side schools to get money for capital projects

By Rep. La Shawn Ford | May 7, 2014

The funding will pay for play lots, air conditioning and other improvements.

Opinion

New proposed high school yet another slap in the face to African-American students

By Dwayne Truss | April 28, 2014

Local resident Dwayne Truss laments Mayor Rahn Emanuel’s plan and urges West and South Side residents to fight back for the sake of their children.

News

Chicago Board of Education votes to fire teachers, staff at McNair

By AustinTalks | April 24, 2014

The school will be turned over later this year to non-profit operator AUSL.

News

LSC elections held Monday and Tuesday

By Christa Smith | April 6, 2014

There will be voting at 15 Austin schools from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. April 7 and 8.

News

CPS decides to turn Austin school over to private group

By AustinTalks | March 24, 2014

Ronald E. McNair Elementary will be operated by the Academy for Urban School Leadership starting with the 2014-2015 academic year.

News

Austin high school missing key teachers

By AustinTalks | March 21, 2014

Chicago Public Radio interviewed students at the Austin Business and Entrepreneurship Academy, who worry the situation will hurt their chances of getting into college.

News

Deadline extended for Local School Council applicants

By AustinTalks | March 13, 2014

Applicants have until 3 p.m. Friday, March 14 to turn in materials that will get them on the April 7 and 8 ballot.

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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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