Note: This is the sixth in a 10-part series introducing candidates who are on the ballot for the first time in village board races in Homewood and Flossmoor. Flossmoor has a surge in trustee candidates this year. In 2023, four candidates ran for three four-year terms. This year, two incumbents[Read More…]
Author: Eric Crump
Election 2025: Introducing Craig Frank
Note: This is the Fifth in a 10-part series of stories introducing candidates who are on the ballot for the first time in Homewood and Flossmoor village board races. There is more competition for trustee seats than usual in Homewood. In 2023, five candidates ran for four seats. This year,[Read More…]
The Weeks | Feb. 9: Spornette Building project, Valentine’s events, Thornton Township tackles budgets, Willow 100 days
This week | Stuff to do | Plan ahead | Last week THE WEEK > Your government Flossmoor Public Art Commission will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10, in village hall, 2800 Flossmoor Road. The agenda is available here. Flossmoor School District 161 Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday,[Read More…]
Election 2025: Introducing Belgee Falkner
Note: This is the fourth in a 10-part series introducing candidates who are on the ballot for the first time in village board races in Homewood and Flossmoor. Flossmoor has a surge in trustee candidates this year. In 2023, four candidates ran for three four-year terms. This year, two incumbents[Read More…]
Election 2025: Introducing Tiffany Cole
Note: This is the third in a 10-part series of stories introducing candidates who are on the ballot for the first time in Homewood and Flossmoor village board races. There is more competition for trustee seats than usual in Homewood. In 2023, five candidates ran for four seats. This year,[Read More…]
Election 2025: Introducing Kevin Dorsey
Note: This is the second in a 10-part series introducing candidates who are on the ballot for the first time in village board races in Homewood and Flossmoor. Flossmoor has a surge in trustee candidates this year. In 2023, four candidates ran for three four-year terms. This year, two incumbents[Read More…]
Column: Cook County officials commit to protecting programs, values from Trump administration onslaught
The first chapter in historian Timothy Snyder’s 2017 book, “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century,” is “Do Not Obey in Advance.” Corporate America, especially its leaders from the billionaire class, apparently didn’t find time to read Snyder’s slim volume, because even before Election Day, they began to obey[Read More…]
Election 2025: Introducing Brady Chalmers
Note: This is the first in a 10-part series introducing candidates who are on the ballot for the first time in village board races in Homewood and Flossmoor. The last time Homewood Mayor Rich Hofeld had competition was in 2009. This year, newcomer Brady Chalmers will compete for the job.[Read More…]
Residents get a look at preliminary plan to improve Kedzie Avenue
Area residents had a chance Jan. 29 to get a look at early plans and offer their suggestions for improving Kedzie Avenue from 159th Street in Markham to Vollmer Road in Flossmoor. The plans so far, which have been in development since 2022, were laid out long maps stretching over several tables[Read More…]
Harvey mayor bows out of Thornton Township supervisor race
The tumultuous race for Thornton Township supervisor took another turn early Tuesday, Feb. 4, as Harvey Mayor Christopher Clark announced he was withdrawing his candidacy. “My unwavering commitment to the City of Harvey and its ongoing recovery demands my full attention, and I believe that prioritizing this effort is in[Read More…]
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