Austin Weekly News

07/17/2025

He announced the news July 15 after filing to run for U.S. Congress in May, but will retire from politics if Danny Davis runs for reelection

07/16/2025

Chicago marked a major milestone on July 10 with the official naming of its first city-designated safe zone at Alt Space Chicago, honoring the Austin Safety Action Plan (ASAP) safe zone initiative.

Chicago's official naming of its first city-designated safe zone at Alt Space Chicago, honoring the Austin Safety Action Plan (ASAP) safe zone initiative.

07/15/2025

Around 30 residents, youth and community leaders came together on Saturday, July 12 for a powerful conversation about the future of Austin’s Central Avenue and its Creating Space location, sharing ideas and concerns as momentum builds to transform the corridor into a thriving, people-centered destination.

The community conversation offered neighbors a chance to help shape ongoing redevelopment efforts for Creating Space, a public art display.

07/11/2025

The City Club of Chicago hosted a panel highlighting Austin Coming Together’s Darnell Shields and the Aspire Center in Austin

The City Club of Chicago hosted a panel highlighting Austin Coming Together’s Darnell Shields and the Aspire Center in Austin

07/11/2025

West Suburban Medical Center abruptly and indefinitely shuttered its labor and delivery, postpartum and nursery units on July 3

West Suburban Medical Center abruptly and indefinitely shuttered its labor and delivery, postpartum and nursery units on July 3

07/07/2025

The grand opening of the Field School is Aug. 16, when middle schoolers will join elementary students on the campus that was previously Francis Scott Key Elementary

The grand opening of the Field School is Aug. 16, when middle schoolers will join elementary students on the two-building campus

07/05/2025

Congressman Danny Davis (D-7th) spoke out against federal health care cuts and urged senators to reject such reductions on Monday, holding press conferences at five safety-net hospitals on Chicago’s West Side.

Davis renounced President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Tax Bill, as it’s being discussed in the United States Senate, saying its passing would affect resources and services at hospitals like Loretto Hospital and West Suburban Medical Center, possibly to the point of their closures.

“Of all of the draconian cuts in the ‘Big Ugly bill,’ nothing is more devastating than the cuts that will devastate healthcare delivery in this country – as evidenced by the impact on these safety-net hospitals, not only in urban America, but even worse in rural America,” Davis said in a statement.

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07/03/2025

A new playground offers green and open space to Spencer Technology Academy students and the neighborhood, while managing stormwater

The Space to Grow playground offers open space to Spencer Technology Academy students and the neighborhood, while managing stormwater

07/02/2025

If the U.S. Senate passes the bill, it will cut Medicaid and Medicare funding, affecting underserved patients at five West Side safety-net hospitals

07/01/2025

Three members of the Brown Henry family were among the four people who died in the early morning hours of June 26 when a suspicious and intense fire gutted a mixed-use building on North Avenue. Also killed in the fire was Brad Cummings, 76, the longtime editor of The Voice newspapers serving the West Side.

Three members of the Brown Henry family were among the four people who died June 26 when a suspicious and intense fire gutted a building.

07/01/2025

After over a decade with the violence prevention nonprofit, he’s starting as CEO of the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago in July

06/30/2025

For decades, Mary Smith, the first woman to own and operate three funeral homes in Illinois, comforted the community through their losses. Now, after Smith died June 6, the West Side is mourning the trailblazer and respected community member.

For decades, Mary Smith, the first woman to own and operate three funeral homes in Illinois, comforted the community through their losses.