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Nearly 100 weapons collected at Austin gun turn-in event

By Terry Dean | April 25, 2017

Saturday’s event at Hope Community Church netted 65 firearms. So far this year, 458 weapons have been collected in this way by the Chicago Police Department.

Passions rise as local leaders tackle issues facing black men

By Terry Dean | February 28, 2017

Solutions to unemployment, gun violence, poverty spark intense debate at town hall convened by Congressman Danny Davis.

Town hall on violence draws hundreds, sparks solutions

By Terry Dean | July 12, 2016

Audience members, who included several elected officials, lamented the police shootings last week in Louisiana, Minnesota and Texas.

As gun violence continues to surge in Austin, residents look for answers

By T.J. Kremer III | September 21, 2015

Nearly 30 people have been killed in Austin so far this year and dozens of others have been shot.

Participatory budgeting in 29th Ward put on hold

By T.J. Kremer III | June 18, 2015

New Ald. Chris Taliaferro says that kind of citizen input will have to wait for next year’s budget.

Gun violence summit gets mixed reactions

By T.J. Kremer III | June 16, 2015

Many who attended the June 13 meeting agreed with Commissioner Richard Boykin’s plan to enforce the curfew law and get weapons off the streets, but some objected to his idea to charge defendants as domestic terrorists.