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West Side officials, residents target illegal scrap metal recyclers

By Ellyn Fortino | June 22, 2012

An increase in thefts citywide has prompted five aldermen to push for changes to the city’s municipal code.

Community

Chicago police to hold citywide gun turn-in event

By AustinTalks | June 21, 2012

Truth & Deliverance International Ministries and Corinthian Temple Church of God in Christ are two of about 20 churches participating in Saturday’s event.

Community

Churches partner with CPS for Safe Haven, Safe Summer program

By AustinTalks | June 20, 2012

Beginning Monday, June 25, area faith-based organizations will offer daily play and learning activities to students until Aug. 3.

News

Chicago State University slated for West Side

By Ellyn Fortino | June 18, 2012

The school’s location and course offerings are expected to be announced by fall 2013.

News

African-Americans more susceptible to stroke

By Ellyn Fortino | June 15, 2012

Austin residents and the American Heart Association share risk factors and preventative methods for the condition that can lead to disability and death.

News

West Siders take part in healthy living walking challenge

By Ashlee Rezin | June 12, 2012

Saturday’s event, sponsored by the Westside Health Authority and Ald. Emma Mitts, featured a three-mile walk and other activities to keep participants moving.

News

May students use art to encourage peace in Austin

By Ellyn Fortino | June 11, 2012

The seventh and eighth-graders teamed up with Columbia College Chicago to produce music, videos, stories and poetry to express their feelings about violence on the West Side.

Opinion
John W. Fountain III.

Final school bells mark official killing season opener

By John W. Fountain III | June 11, 2012

With the summer’s heat on the rise, columnist John W. Fountain III writes about the expected increase in violent acts across the city, and urges residents and leaders to reassess measures being taken to address the problem.

News

Austin’s Community Action Council looks for feedback for new area magnet school

By Ellyn Fortino | June 8, 2012

Those interested in attending the Tuesday June 12 meeting at Spencer Technology Academy should RSVP.

News

Austin, May Academy loses 13-year-old honor student in hit-and-run accident

By Ellyn Fortino | June 7, 2012

The funeral for Sade McGee will be held at Corbin Colonial Funeral Chapel, 5345 W. Madison St., Friday at 12:30 p.m.

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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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