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Faith leaders helping bring credit union to Austin, a ‘game changer’ for West Side

Partnership will bring local checking, savings accounts and other financial services for the first time in years to Austin, where nearly 1 out of every 3 adults don’t have a checking or savings account, according to the Chicago Health Atlas.

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West Side glassblowing studio for youth impacted by violence plans holiday bazaar

The Project Fire program at Firebird Community Arts in East Garfield Park uses glassblowing as a way to heal trauma victims.

Chicago Sun-Times

On the margins of downtown San Antonio, a maligned neighborhood mobilizes to save itself

Born of segregation and redlining, the near West Side has long been mostly Latino, mostly low-income. Redevelopment pressures are closing in, and neighbors are working to keep it affordable for some of the city’s poorest residents.

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Remembering one of Chicago’s worst tragedies: Our Lady of the Angels school fire

Sixty-four years ago this week, 92 children and three of their teachers died in the Our Lady of the Angels School fire on Chicago’s West Side. The anniversary takes me back to a fifth grade classroom in another Catholic school two miles to the south, the day after the fire.

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World Cup brings together Southwest Side elementary schoolers: ‘We needed this’

Students at Nathanael Greene Elementary in McKinley Park have used soccer’s global tournament as an opportunity to study the world beyond Chicago.

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Chicagoans with disabilities inflamed over Chicago Fire’s West Side deal

The group says turning a 26-acre site on the Near West Side into a soccer training facility will make it harder for those with disabilities to find housing.

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US-England World Cup match draws a crowd to West Side bar

Inside, some fans sported USA jerseys and scarves, standing all game and growing hoarse as their team pressed England hard in the second half of the game, which ended in a draw.

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Over 50 businesses taking part in Southwest Side’s Small Business Saturday event

“You don’t have to go down to Michigan Avenue to shop, you can shop right here on the Southwest Side,” said Rodney Watt, director of development for the group organizing the event, now in its 10th year.

Chicago Sun-Times

Halloween mass shooting victims in Chicago struggle to heal, call for more support

CHICAGO — Three children among 14 people who were shot and survived Halloween night are moving on with their lives, completing schoolwork, attending day care and even celebrating a 12th birthday nearly a month after the West Side mass shooting, relatives said.

Chicago Tribune

Alligator Records founder Bruce Iglauer honored in Washington for 50th anniversary of Chicago blues label

Alligator was Bruce Iglauer’s “brainchild,” born after Iglauer, 75, fell hard for the blues he heard at clubs on Chicago’s South and West Sides in his twenties.

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Studio for artists with disabilities expands into ceramics after $300,000 donation

South Side nonprofit Project Onward expects to have around 25 ceramicists working out of the new studio.

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Chicago police search for hit-and-run driver who killed woman crossing street on West Side

Monica Eason, 42, was hit around 8:30 p.m. Monday in the 900 block of South Pulaski Road, according to police.

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After pushback from Little Village, Lawndale, Park District OKs changes to permit process for big events

Community members united to demand that big music festivals leave Douglass Park, which links Little Village and Lawndale.

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City’s latest plan to rebuild South and West sides is admirable, but don’t forget the big picture

Promoting more housing options is a good move, but the public infrastructure that makes a city attractive — good schools, dependable public transit, a solution to crime — is also needed.

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6 South and West Side grocery stores to be revamped, new COVID strains gain ground and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

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Wicked Town street gang boss, shooter convicted of racketeering conspiracy

The trial of Donald “Lil’ Don” Lee and Torance “Blackie” Benson stretched across more than nine weeks and repeatedly exposed jurors to evidence of brutal murders.

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5 killed, 7 others wounded in shootings Monday across Chicago

The gun violence included a double homicide reported about 45 minutes after another homicide a few blocks away on the Lower West Side.

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Black-owned company gets OK for $13.5M city subsidy to buy, revamp 6 South, West side grocery stores

Ald. Jason Ervin (28th), chairman of the City Council’s Black Caucus, said the Save A Lot name that will be revived by stores operated by Yellow Banana has been seriously damaged by store closings.

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$5M settlement to family of teen killed by Chicago police clears City Council panel

The settlement advanced Monday would go to Alice Martin, mother of 17-year-old Michael Elam Jr., fatally shot in his back after he ran away following a 2019 traffic stop.

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2 Lower West Side shootings that left 3 dead may be connected, Ald. Sigcho-Lopez says

The separate attacks Monday appear to be connected to an entrenched gang conflict that’s flared up, the alderman says.

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New biker war brewing in Chicago as Mongol Nation pushes onto Outlaws Motorcycle Club turf

Five people were shot last weekend at a Southwest Side bar amid escalating violence between the rival biker gangs. “There’s a lot of bad blood brewing,” one biker says.

Chicago Sun-Times

Widow’s West Side home gets needed repairs: ‘This is a godsend’

‘I could not afford this, not after my husband died,’ said Rosetta Scott, 78, who lives in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood. Her home was one of six being fixed up recently in the neighborhood, with funding from Lowe’s.

Chicago Sun-Times

Human remains found by trash collectors in Austin

The remains had apparently been brought to an alley on the West Side and dumped there, a source said.

Chicago Sun-Times

After West Side mass shooting, leaders offer hope, call for more funding to combat violence: ‘We are not destroyed’

U.S Rep. Danny Davis called for “a massive infusion of cash money, resources to really reconstitute urban communities on the West Side of Chicago” and across the country — “the same kind of money” being sent to support Ukraine’s fight against Russia.

Chicago Tribune

At least 14 people, including 3-year-old, shot in Halloween night drive-by shooting on Chicago's West Side

CHICAGO — At least 14 people were shot, including a 3-year-old and two other minors, during a drive-by shooting Halloween night in East Garfield Park on Chicago's West Side, police said.

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