Austin Weekly News

6 days ago | austinweeklynews.com | Jessica Mordacq

May marked the halfway point of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s four-year term. In honor of the milestone, Johnson, an Austin resident, sat down with Austin Weekly News to outline what he’s accomplished so far in his neighborhood and the strides he still hopes to make – all while his local community shapes his citywide administration. “The influence that Austin has had on my leadership has been centered around family and community as a whole.

1 week ago | austinweeklynews.com | Jessica Mordacq

Every third Friday of the month, men from Chicago’s West Side and western suburbs meet at MacArthur’s Restaurant in Austin to network and break bread together. Though there’s a meeting agenda and minutes, it’s also a place for men to discuss whatever is on their hearts. The group is Westside Men’s Network and, more than a decade after its creation, it’s refocusing its efforts and reaching out to younger people.

1 week ago | austinweeklynews.com | Hector Cervantes

The 2025 Bank of America Chicago 13.1 half marathon will take place on Sunday offering a free festival, youth races, wellness activities and a community pop-up in Garfield Park, drawing thousands of runners and visitors to the West Side. Now in its fourth year, the race will follow the same course used for the past three years, with only minor adjustments. The race winds through Chicago’s West Side, starting and finishing in Garfield Park.

2 weeks ago | austinweeklynews.com | Jessica Mordacq

Across Chicago, about 1,000 students from over 80 high schools are graduating this year with at least a semester’s worth of transferable college credits from one of the City Colleges of Chicago under their belts. Of those Chicago Public School students, 211 are graduating with an associate degree – 13 of whom are doing so for the first time at Austin’s Michele Clark Academic Preparatory Magnet High School.

2 weeks ago | austinweeklynews.com | Jessica Mordacq

Frustrated tenants of two apartment buildings on Parkside Avenue in Austin have organized a tenants’ union with demands for better maintenance, safety and service from their landlord, Infinity Partners, an investment firm based in Atlanta, Georgia. Residents of 143 S. Parkside Ave. and 130 S. Parkside Ave.