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Marchers circle City Hall over Laquan McDonald case

By Terry Dean | December 7, 2015

Protesters continue to demand more action, reform after release of video showing teen being shot to death by police.

News

West Side leaders call for calm with release of police shooting video

By Terry Dean | November 24, 2015

Elected officials, clergy urge residents to peacefully protest and avoid violence after they see the footage of Laquan McDonald’s death.

News

West Side aldermen join call to oust police chief

By AustinTalks | October 7, 2015

The Chicago City Council’s Black Caucus wants Mayor Rahm Emanuel to fire Superintendent Garry McCarthy.

Opinion

It’s time to stop listening and start hearing

By Genola Duncan | August 9, 2015

Austin resident Genola Duncan wants to know why a longtime CAPs facilitator was forced to step aside.

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Police chief’s “listening tour” coming to Austin

By AustinTalks | June 21, 2015

The 15th District meeting will be held at 6 p.m. July 15 at Mars Hill Baptist Church.

Opinion

Playing politics with crime

By C. Dwayne West | January 4, 2013

C. Dwayne West calls on Chicago’s mayor and police superintendent for more youth and community-leader investment to help prevent neighborhood crime.

News

Austin residents encourage unity to revive community

By Sarah J. Pawlowski | October 8, 2012

Local leaders and advocates talk about solutions to the problems behind the violence plaguing the West Side. Some say building hope – like youth centers and community gardens – is a step toward finding peace.

Community

Missing teen’s birthday inspires a call to action

By AustinTalks | October 28, 2011

Yasmin Acree’s family and local ministers urge police to stay vigilant, both on her case and the recent robberies and assaults on the West Side.

News

Chicago’s top cop talks crime

By Sarah Ostman | July 21, 2011

Austin residents packed a meeting room earlier this week to hear Garry McCarthy’s take on fighting crime.

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Chicago Police proposal would have shifted more officers to West Side

By AustinTalks | June 15, 2011

Former Superintendent Jody Weis told the Chicago Sun-Times that his plan showed the city had enough officers if properly deployed.

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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