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1.26.2024 | What You Need To Know This Weekend

CABIN FEVER BYOB BINGO — An adults-only bingo night for anyone age 21 and up with progressive cash prizes from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight at FCC Community House, 847 Hutchison Road. Bingo cards are $5 per game and $2 per additional card, cash only. Five games will be played. Doors[Read More…]

1.25.2024 | What You Need To Know Today

HOMEWOOD PLANNING AND ZONING The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 25, in village hall, 2020 Chestnut Road. Find the agenda here. Attend virtually here or call 312-626-6799. Use ID 991 8481 1606 and passcode 573812. The commission will consider a request for a special use permit from  Dionne Townsend to add[Read More…]

1.24.2024 | What You Need To Know Today

PURSUING THE DREAM — Journalist and suffragist Ida B. Wells will be remembered at the eighth annual “Pursuing the Dream” event at Homewood-Flossmoor High School. Her great-granddaughter, Michelle Duster, will be the event’s keynote speaker. The program, at 7 p.m. in the Mall Auditorium, 999 Kedzie Ave., is dedicated to celebrating[Read More…]

1.23.2024 | What You Need To Know Today

FLOSSMOOR VIADUCT DRAINAGE PROJECT — Flossmoor Public Works Department will host an open house from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight so residents can ask questions and learn about the Flossmoor Road Viaduct Drainage Improvement Project, set to begin this summer with a new storm sewer line from the viaduct to near[Read More…]

Obituary: Michael ‘Mike’ Thomas

Michael “Mike” Thomas, 72, of Schererville, Indiana, formerly of Homewood, passed away on Dec. 20, 2023. He is survived by his loving wife, Ginni; sons Matthew (Summer) Thomas and Patrick Thomas; grandchildren Finley, Campbell and Merrick; brother Tom (Claudia) Thomas; sister Diane (Tony) Pittari; and many nephews, nieces, cousins and[Read More…]

H-F Baseball Boosters Hot Stove benefit is Saturday

Homewood-Flossmoor High baseball standout Bryce Gray will be the guest speaker for the H-F Baseball Boosters Club Hot Stove fundraiser on Saturday, Jan. 27. The event at Balagio Ristorante, 17501 Dixie Highway in Homewood, opens at 6 p.m. with a cocktail hour and time to bid on various raffle prizes[Read More…]

H-F Park District to host Youth Hockey Day at ice arena

Youth hockey fans have an opportunity for a “puck-tacular day of Youth Hockey fun,” according to an H-F Park District promo, starting at 2:15 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 21, at the H-F Ice Arena, 777 Kedzie Ave. The event will include raffle baskets, a poster-making station, a food truck and shoot-the-puck[Read More…]

1.19.2024 | What You Need To Know This Weekend

JUST ENOUGH TO GET BY: CLASSICAL MUSIC — Professional opera singer Rosemary Joyce will lead a session for adults from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday at Homewood Public Library, 17917 Dixie Highway, on how to connect with classical music without feeling intimidated, overwhelmed or undereducated. STEM SATURDAY — Science learning and fun[Read More…]

1.18.2024 | What You Need To Know Today

FLOSSMOOR PLAN COMMISSION — Members will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18, in village hall, 2800 Flossmoor Road. Find the agenda here. The commission will hold a public hearing on a request for a special use permit from Andrea Forte of Flossmoor to operate a day care at 19509 Governors Highway.[Read More…]

Obituary: Rowe Ellen Crowley Moore

Ellen Moore (born Rowe Ellen Crowley) passed away peacefully in her sleep at a retirement home in Coralville, Iowa, on January 9, 2024. She was 86 years old. Rowe Ellen was born at St James Hospital in Chicago Heights, Illinois, on November 3, 1937. Her parents were Claire Francis (Gierman)[Read More…]

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