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SUMMER BREEZE CONCERT – Let your hair blow in the Summer Breeze Concert, presented by the Prairie State College Jazz Pioneers. The free, family-friendly show is from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Barnes & Noble College Auditorium. HOMEWOOD VILLAGE BOARD – Homewood Village Board of Trustees meets tonight at[Read More…]
The visit by the University of Chicago Medicine Aeromedical Network (UCAN) helicopter is one of the most popular parts of the Homewood National Night Out festivities each year, drawing long lines of kids and parents waiting to peek inside. This year, the National Night Out crowd at Irwin Park on[Read More…]
LIVING WITH ALBINISM – Learn what it’s like for one young boy Living with Albinism during an online program at 7 p.m. Monday. The online event is presented by Homewood Library. Register online. ART COMMISSION MEETING – The Flossmoor Public Art Commission meets at 7 p.m. today at village hall.[Read More…]
A coalition of groups organized as Vote Yes for Clean Air, Clean Water and Wildlife in Cook County is supporting a Nov. 8 referendum to increase funding for the Forest Preserves of Cook County. The ballot question asks voters to support a 0.025% tax increase that will increase a homeowner’s[Read More…]
Residents of Prairie State College District 515 are invited to apply to fill a vacancy on the board following the resignation of Christopher Baikauskas. The person chosen for the position will serve out the rest of Baikauskas’ term until the next school board election on April 4, 2023. Candidates will[Read More…]
Traffic stops for speeding on July 11 and Aug. 3 each resulted in arrests for alleged illegal firearm possession, according to posts on the Homewood Police Department Facebook page. A handgun, ammunition and mask were confiscated during a traffic stop on July 11. (Provided photo) On July 11, an officer[Read More…]
For the second straight Flossmoor Village Board meeting, public comment was dominated by criticism of the village’s police department and demands for administrators to do more in the wake of Madeline Miller’s death. Miller was killed July 10 by police responding to a report of a domestic disturbance at 1437 Joyce[Read More…]
A group of protesters filled the sidewalk outside Flossmoor Village Hall for a second time before the board meeting Monday, Aug. 1, calling for police accountability in the shooting death of Madeline Miller. Some of Miller’s 10 siblings also attended the protest that later continued into the Flossmoor Board of[Read More…]
Every castle needs a throne, so kids built one from a discarded chair for their Royal Swaggy Potato Knights castle in Flossmoor. It was a beautiful place with walls that stood about five-foot tall, decorated with multi-colored hues. A horse was painted on a likely drawbridge. For fun, the castle[Read More…]
CAR WASH FUNDRAISER – Support the H-F High School Band Program by taking your car to get washed for a suggested donation of $5. The HF Band Parents Association sponsors the event, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the school’s North Building. PARK DISTRICT PROGRAM GUIDE – The[Read More…]
