Opinion
Elected official meets with Facebook to discuss ways to stop violence acts from being livestreamed
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Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin urges the social media giant to hire West Siders to monitor images and videos posted.
Austin
Suburban businessman adds $5,000 to reward fund seeking arrest of 15-year-old’s killer
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Family and faith leaders continue to push for community’s help in solving the murder of Steinmetz High School freshman Demetrius Griffin Jr.
Chicago gun violence
Gun violence summit this weekend will highlight “endangered” neighborhoods
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Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin has organized Saturday’s event at By the Hand. The public is also invited Thursday, July 7th to a community meeting sponsored by the Greater Austin Independent Political Organization.
Community
Two wrongly convicted of murder will share their stories Saturday
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State Rep. La Shawn Ford and The Voice newspaper are co-sponsoring the event, which includes free legal advice.
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Community will gather tonight in unity as shootings continue
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West side residents will meet at various corners in Austin at 6 p.m. tonight and every other Wednesday in June and July to take a stand against violence.
News
Man wanted for questioning in August killing apprehended in Austin
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Dozens of police officers flooded the West Side Tuesday during a high-speed chase that ended in the 200 block of North Central Avenue.
Opinion
Chains versus policy
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The past continues to affect African-Americans today, writes columnist John W. Fountain III.
Community
The Black Star Project honors 108 youth killed in Chicago, 10 in Austin last year
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The organization asks who will mourn for the hundreds of people killed in the city in 2012.
News
One year later, case remains open in shooting death of Austin police officer
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One gunman and a getaway driver were charged with first-degree murder, but police are still searching for a second gunman and another suspect.
Community
Austin featured in ‘Violence hits home for aldermen’
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In the Sept. 16 Chicago Sun-Times piece, Ald. Emma Mitts and others express concerns about living in communities plagued by violence.