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CPS votes to close 50 schools, four in Austin
Asif Wilson, a 7th and 8th grade science teacher at Horatio May Elementary Community Academy, will soon be unemployed. His five-year tenure with the school officially ended Wednesday when the Chicago...
Trial date set for Ford's federal bank fraud case
State Rep. LaShawn Ford appeared in federal court today where Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer set a trial date for April 22, 2014 on alleged bank fraud charges leveled against the West Side Democrat.
Ohio case gives hope to Yasmin's family
Rose Starnes turned on the television, the morning of May 7, and saw hope. News reports recounted the daring escape of Amanda Berry and the subsequent rescue of two other missing women from a...
Women student co-op opens for business in Chicago
At the age of 18, Brandi Scott is a business owner. She is part of a student-run business cooperative that hopes to hit a high note in the music industry. Scott is one of four female owners of Mech...
Photos: Brick-laying ceremony at Austin Memorial Garden
Longtime Austin community leader MaryAnne Simmons was one of five remembered during a brick-laying ceremony at Austin Memorial Garden on May 18. Located at Washington and Laramie, the garden was...
Austin youth participated in Youth Democracy and Violence Prevention Day 2013 in Springfield on May 14. See more photos
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AARP Experience Corps selects Chicagoan Myrna I. Torres as Chicago Executive Director
Today, AARP Experience Corps announced its selection of Myrna I. Torres as executive director for their new and fast growing Chicago operations, which will provide in-classroom tutoring in 15 Chicago...
A business boot camp for veterans and families
V-SPANN, an organization focused on establishing a centralized communications network for military veterans, families, and interested civilians asked Ms. Soodek to add business startup boot camps to...
New Faith Baptist Church to host expungement summit
Adult and juvenile expungement summit at New Faith Baptist Church int'l.
Breakthrough Film Club to premiere full-length film at Westinghouse
It takes a lot to share your history publicly, but the kids in the Breakthrough Film Club are not camera shy. On May 25, the film club members will debut the efforts of their spring session –...
Student-run cooperative opens in Chicago's Austin neighborhood
Four African-American high school students at the Austin Polytechnical Academy (APA) in Chicago are applying their computer-aided manufacturing skills to a new worker-run business. The cooperative,...
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