New Austin HOPE Center brings pediatric specialty care to Chicago's West Side
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A long-vacant lot in Austin is being transformed into a new hub for pediatric healthcare, mental health services, and community support as the Austin HOPE Center prepares to open later this summer.

Man found dead inside garbage container in Austin: police

A man was found dead inside a garbage container in the Austin neighborhood on Sunday, according to police.

Chicago’s Memorial Day weekend ends without a shooting homicide for first time in years: CPD

Chicago saw dozens of shootings and several large violent incidents over Memorial Day weekend, even as the city recorded no homicides during the holiday period for the first time in at least a decade.

Feeding Austin with a community garden
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A church in Austin has teamed up with the Greater Chicago Food Depository. They are providing healthy meals to kids in the neighborhood. But it doesn't stop there. The leader is also teaching the children how to grow their own food in a community garden.

Heirs of Promise garden program helps Austin kids grow fresh food
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Kids in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood are learning how to grow fresh fruits and vegetables through the Heirs of Promise Garden Program. This visit is part of FOX 32 Cares’ effort to raise $15,000 for the Greater Chicago Food Depository — enough to provide 45,000 meals for kids this summer.

3 separate shootings leave 4 wounded on Chicago's South, West sides: police

Four people were wounded in three separate shootings across Chicago late Tuesday and early Wednesday, including a 17-year-old boy critically injured on the West Side.

Chicago man charged in West Side shooting that injured 2 women

A Chicago man was charged in a double shooting during an argument over the weekend in the city's Austin neighborhood.

Chicago burglary crew hit 25 businesses in less than a month

Chicago police are warning business owners across several neighborhoods after a string of overnight burglaries targeting cash registers and ATMS.

Chicago man charged with attempted murder in Austin home invasion: police

A Chicago man has been charged with the attempted murder of a 26-year-old woman during a home invasion in the Austin neighborhood, according to Chicago police.