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This building at 5061 W. Madison St. is owned by Kingdom Community Inc., a nonprofit run by West Side pastor John Abercrombie.

Tribune Watchdog: South Austin pastor lives lavishly while West Side project languishes

June 14, 2024 at 6:48 p.m.

West Side pastor John Abercrombie says his mission is to lift a struggling community and serve its most vulnerable residents. In addition to tending his church flock, he has made...

Tribune Watchdog: South Austin pastor lives lavishly while West Side project languishes

June 14, 2024 at 6:48 p.m.

West Side pastor John Abercrombie says his mission is to lift a struggling community and serve its most vulnerable residents. In addition to tending his church flock, he has made...

West Side ministers press city for improvements in Austin

November 3, 2021 at 7:24 p.m.

Responding to an ongoing Tribune investigation into City Hall development efforts, several prominent ministers are vowing to press the city for more planning programs and initiatives on the proud but...

West Side ministers press city for improvements in Austin

December 24, 2018 at 4:57 a.m.

Responding to an ongoing Tribune investigation into City Hall development efforts, several prominent ministers are vowing to press the city for more planning programs and initiatives on the proud but...

West Side alderman gives away money donated by controversial liquor store

November 3, 2021 at 7:20 p.m.

A West Side alderman Friday gave a youth football team the money donated to her political fund by a liquor store linked to a drug dealer. The Tribune reported Sunday...

West Side alderman gives away money donated by controversial liquor store

December 24, 2018 at 4:47 a.m.

A West Side alderman Friday gave a youth football team the money donated to her political fund by a liquor store linked to a drug dealer. The Tribune reported Sunday...

A girl walks by an empty lot at 4703 W. Madison St. where officials committed TIF money and city-owned land worth a total of $1.7 million toward a badly needed grocery store project. But the developers walked away. Now a new team is proposing an even larger Save-A-Lot store a block away, and asking City Hall for $2 million.

City gives felon six-figure grant to open liquor store

June 18, 2018 at 5:19 p.m.

Fed up with package liquor stores marked by street fights and curbside drug dealing, West Side residents more than a decade ago won a moratorium banning new liquor licenses on...

Watchdog: Store with ties to felon latest problem for blighted neighborhood

August 24, 2021 at 3:41 p.m.

With backing from the local alderwoman and money from City Hall, a new liquor store opened earlier this year in South Austin -- one more purveyor of alcohol, cigarettes and...

City gives felon six-figure grant to open liquor store

August 24, 2021 at 3:46 p.m.

Fed up with package liquor stores marked by street fights and curbside drug dealing, West Side residents more than a decade ago won a moratorium banning new liquor licenses on...

Fugitive captured after 15 years is sentenced for 1996 murder

November 3, 2021 at 7:17 p.m.

Onetime fugitive Giovanni Spiller, who was captured last year after 15 years on the lam, was sentenced Wednesday to 35 years in prison for the 1996 gun slaying of a...

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