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Vol. 37 No. 14
April 5, 2023 ■ Also serving Garfield Park ■ austinweeklynews.com
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Public Safety Commission to hold police superintendent search town hall on West Side Commission wants to know what West Siders want in superintendent By IGOR STUDENKOV Staff Reporter
Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability (CCPSA) will be holding a town hall in Austin on April 11 at 6 p.m., to give West Siders a chance to share what they want to see in a new police superintendent. The town hall will be held at the Kehrein Center for the Arts, 5628 W. Washington Blvd., and it will be open to everyone, including local police officers. The commission is planning to hold several town halls in other parts of Chicago and online, but this is the first town hall where the locations have been set. During the commission’s March 30 meeting, held at Truman College, 1145 W. Wilson Ave., commission president Anthony Driver said they want to avoid presentation-style meetings and give residents a chance to talk, with commission members guiding the discussion and asking follow-up questions. See POLICE SUPT. on page 5
COURTESY CHICAGO ARTS AND MUSIC PROJECT
On Instagram and Facebook, students ask Lizzo to perform “Better in Color” with them.
‘Hey Lizzo, will you come sing with us?’ West Side orchestra students ask In a video shared on social media, students in a free after-school musical program invite Grammy-winning singer Lizzo to sing in their spring concert
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By FRANCIA GARCIA HERNANDEZ Staff Reporter
Students in an after-school orchestra program are asking their idol, Grammy-winning singer Lizzo to join their upcoming spring concert on Chicago’s West Side. See LIZZO on page 6
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