Austin

Company's April Fool's joke: pollution

West Side steelmaker Temtco was listed as one of the country's top polluters. The company's response: Stay away from the plant -- It's radioactive. A top exec later says the nuke comment was a joke.

7 months ago | Alex Parker

New Austin high school focus of meeting

The Austin community is rallying to get a new high school built in the neighborhood. Too many of the teen there are transported to high schools miles out away from home, parents and advocates say

11 months ago | Paul D. Bowker

Program helps older adults reach computer literacy

For the past six years, a community technology center in the Austin neighborhood has helped older adults learn to navigate the requirements of a computerized world.

1 year ago | Craig Kanalley

City students show ISAT gains

Standardized test scores at city elementary schools rose for the seventh consecutive year and hit “historical” levels never seen before. CPS still lags behind students elsewhere in Illinois.

1 year ago | Paul D. Bowker

School officials rally to discourage boycott

Chicago school officials rally to try to counteract plans for a first-week of school boycott. Boycott proponents and school officials agree on the need for more state funding for education.

1 year ago | Paul D. Bowker

Lightford hears plea for elected LSCs

At a public hearing on education, parents and members of local schools councils make their case to the Senate Education Committee chair for LSC members to be seated by election instead of appointment.

1 year ago | Paul D. Bowker

Family in teen disappearance raps cops

Yasmin Acree's family believes she was kidnapped from her Austin home Jan. 15. They found doors kicked in at the house, as well as a broken lock. Police ignored evidence, they say.

1 year ago | Shannon McGee

Warehouse upstages plans for new high school in Austin

Proponents of a state-of-the-art college prep school for Austin have their plans pinned to a 30-acre site occupied by a former candy factory. The city, however, approves other plans for the property.

1 year ago | Jennifer Slosar

Street sweeping scofflaws could be the next target of city cameras

Mayor Richard M. Daley has a proposal to put more Chicago residents into pictures, with street sweeper-mounted video cameras recording evidence against motorists who fail to move their cars out of the way.

1 year ago | Jennifer Slosar

City begins widespread meningitis vaccinations

After two recent deaths in Austin, health teams head to schools to administer shots. The city is also conducting free vaccination clinics at Columbus and Douglas parks.

1 year ago | Paul D. Bowker

17-year-old charged with homicide

1 year ago | Kwame Shorter

West Side to get first new Catholic school in decades

The city's zoning commission today cleared the way for construction of Christ the King Jesuit Preparatory School. Groundbreaking is scheduled for June.

1 year ago | Jennifer Slosar

Police probe fire, restaurant owner's death

Victim crashed car hours before blaze

1 year ago | Carrie Topolinski

Police officer injured in hit-and-run

Officer listed in serious condition

1 year ago | Carrie Topolinski

Officer in serious condition

Injured in W. Side accident

1 year ago | Geoff Dougherty