Christine Annang, manager of social work at Franciscan Health in Olympia Fields, calls her staff Sherlock Holmes, after the famed literary sleuth known for his deductive reasoning prowess, because she says they “do a little investigating to get the right resources to the patients.” Editor’s note: This story is the[Read More…]
Author: Angela Denk
History-making senator addresses Women’s League of Voters
U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) helped the Homewood-Flossmoor chapter of the League of Women Voters mark March as Women’s History Month by pointing to her history-making moment of bringing her newborn onto the floor of the U.S. Senate, becoming the first U.S. senator to do so. Duckworth addressed the audience[Read More…]
District 161 discussing mask flexibility in light of court ruling (free)
Students in Flossmoor District 161 may see a big change in COVID-19 safety protocols soon. The district’s board met on Feb. 14 to begin talks on dropping mask requirements after a circuit court judge in Sangamon County ruled neither Gov. J.B. Pritzker nor the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH)[Read More…]
Homewood welcomes Justine Bruno to village hall
The village of Homewood has brought on a new assistant village manager. Justine Bruno Justine Bruno, a Philadelphia native who earned a master’s in public administration from Arizona State University, spent her first day on the village’s payroll on Feb. 7. Bruno filled an opening left by Village Manager Napoleon[Read More…]
Homewood trustees approve request for salt funds
The Homewood board of trustees approved a request for approximately $69,000 of motor fuel tax funds to be allocated for supplemental street salt to meet the village’s ongoing needs. The most recent snowfall — 10.7 inches according to the National Weather Service — proved a challenge to the village in[Read More…]
Homewood moves forward with major zoning code update
The Homewood Planning & Zoning Committee met on Thursday, Jan. 27, for a public workshop session led by Houseal Lavigne & Associates (HLA), the urban planning and design firm the Village engaged in June 2021 to update Homewood’s zoning ordinance code. This is the first update to the code since[Read More…]
A history of Homewood’s future neighbors, the Poarch Band of Creek Indians
Wind Creek Hospitality, the Alabama-based company that has been pre-approved by the Illinois Gaming Board to operate a casino and hotel just off Interstate 80 where Homewood and East Hazel Crest meet, started out in a bingo hall. Built on a reservation belonging to the Poarch Band of Creek Indians[Read More…]
Homewood Planning and Zoning Commission recommends permit for baseball training facility
Local ball players rejoice: spring training is closer to beginning. On Thursday, January 13, the Village of Homewood’s Planning and Zoning Committee voted unanimously to recommend a special use permit to Crete resident Karl Hearn to open Homewood Baseball Academy, a 3,000-square-foot indoor baseball training facility, in the business strip[Read More…]