The news and design staff of Wednesday Journal, Austin Weekly News, Forest Park Review and Riverside-Brookfield Landmark has won 43 awards in the 2025 Illinois Press Association editorial contest it was announced last week.

The wins crossed categories of hard news reporting, features, special projects, photography, page design and websites.

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Today we invoke the language of the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. On April 3, 1967, at Riverside Church in New York City, Dr. King preached a message opposing the war in Vietnam. In April of 2026, we declare our opposition to our nation’s war in Iran for the same moral reasons.

First, we are convinced that peacemaking and understanding is always a bette...

The Chicago Department of Planning and Development is looking for a development team to build homes on the large, currently vacant property south of Austin High School, north of the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Pine Avenue.

The department is using an approach pioneered under then-mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Invest South/West initiative. The city solicits pr...

Austin Chamber of Commerce and Chicago Austin Youth Travel Adventures nonprofit are using $30,000 in state funding to hold an eight-week workshop to teach West Side youth how to turn their dreams into businesses.

The Youth Entrepreneurship Initiative is held on Monday afternoons from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Austin College and Career Academy high school, 231 N. Pine Av...

The Wellness Wing at PCC Austin Family Health Center, which opened in March, is offering patients and nearby residents access to fitness classes, wellness programs and a new space for community residents.

This initiative offers classes and programs that encourage daily physical activity and ongoing engagement, while also creating opportunities for patients to buil...