Following a Cook County grand jury indictment, an Indiana man is now facing five felony counts in the aftermath of a shooting in downtown Flossmoor this summer. Bryan Oedzes is now charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm, three counts of a hate crime and unlawful use of a weapon,[Read More…]
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Village reaffirms incentives for Lassen’s project with amended agreement
Plans for improvements to Lassen’s Sports Bar and Grill have been scaled back, but Homewood trustees approved an amended agreement Tuesday, Oct. 25, reaffirming a $203,500 investment in the project. Renovation plans for the popular eating and drinking establishment are still on the drawing board, but business owner Chris Rieckerman[Read More…]
No longer underdogs, undefeated Vikings prepare for Glenbard West
For the Homewood-Flossmoor football team, it’s been a decidedly impressive – and undefeated – season of triumph over the odds. Not only because of the team’s sheer domination on the field. It is simply because the H-F team (10-0), now ranked eighth in the state, was never supposed to be[Read More…]
Flossmoor initiates program to save time during emergency calls
Saving your own life has never been easier. Flossmoor firefighters say their free File of Life program can save valuable minutes by providing first responders – usually paramedics or police – with a mini-medical history when they make emergency calls to homes in the village.
H-F High joins national initiative to give diverse students greater academic challenges
Homewood-Flossmoor High School has been selected to participate in the Lead Higher Initiative, making it one of the country’s select high schools preparing economically and racially diverse students for greater academic challenges. Homewood-Flossmoor is among the 117 new schools selected for participation in the Lead Higher Initiative in the 2016-17[Read More…]
New local vegan group plans restaurant events, educational efforts
Vegging Out, a new local initiative for plant-based eating, has announced collaborations with two Homewood restaurants, each to be launched with a special plant-based meal. The first event will be a three-course vegan dinner on Friday, Dec. 5, at The Cottage on Dixie. The second will be Vegan Night on[Read More…]
Change needed, residents tell District 161 school board
Flossmoor School District 161 Superintendent Craig Doster, on a leave of absence for the last two weeks, was not present at Tuesday’s Board of Education committee meeting. Frances LaBella, the district’s assistant superintendent for business, has been coordinating operations since the start of Doster’s leave, and she represented District 161’s[Read More…]
James Hart School students performing Saturday at music educators festival
James Hart School singers and musicians have been selected to perform Saturday as part of the program finale of the Illinois Music Educators Association (IMEA) Elementary and Junior High Music Festival. The 13 Hart students will join with students from across the southwest region of the Chicago area. The public[Read More…]
Veterans Day prayer service at St. Joseph Church
St. Joseph School in Homewood invites all active duty military, veterans and their families to a special Veterans Day prayer service at 1:30 p.m. on Nov. 11 at the parish church, 17951 Dixie Highway. Faculty, staff and students will join together with Rev. Dan Jarosewic, associate pastor at St. Joseph’s,[Read More…]
H-F students accept clothing donations for Jones Community Center
If you have a gently used item of clothing, the DECA student organization at Homewood-Flossmoor High Schools asks you to make a donation in the annual Thanksgiving clothing drive. Winter wear, pants and shirts, and white polos and blue pants and skirts for school uniforms are especially appreciated, said Olivia[Read More…]
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