U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly will join with residents at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, June 29, for a National Day of Action to Stop Gun Violence. The rally will be at Federal Plaza, Adams and Dearborn Streets in Chicago. Kelly will join with fellow Democratic congressmen and gun law advocates in[Read More…]

Multi-colored hair may be coming to Parker Junior High School. School officials are proposing an end to the ban on “unnaturally colored hair,” Parker Principal David Kennedy said at Monday’s Flossmoor District 161 school board committee meeting. However, it’s unlikely that extreme colored hair will be allowed in kindergarten through[Read More…]

Flossmoor’s venerable and recently renovated Fire Engine No. 4 will be featured in the village’s Fourth of July parade. (Provided photo) The H-F community will celebrate the nation’s birthday with parades that showcase local organizations and a big party that brings the whole community together.    A youngster does a flip   while marching[Read More…]

The community will have two hours on Thursday, June 30, to share their views about the dismissal of Homewood-Flossmoor High School Principal Ryan Pitcock. The 6:30 p.m. special meeting of the District 233 board of education will take place in the high school’s Mall Auditorium in the South Building. The[Read More…]

William and Shonda Harrison will be permitted to park their specially modified pickup truck in the driveway of their Flossmoor home. Flossmoor trustees approved the zoning request at the June 20 village board meeting. In a separate action at the meeting, the board turned down a zoning request from Goodwill[Read More…]

Wes Hamilton was an offensive lineman for the Minnesota Vikings in the 1970s and ’80s, but on Saturday, June 25, he played quarterback, making a hand off to Homewood-Flossmoor School District Superintendent Von Mansfield.    H-F District 233   Superintendent Von   Mansfield, right, takes the   handoff from H-F alumnus   Wes Hamilton,[Read More…]

This column originally appeared in the Chronicle’s June 16 print edition. Down here in Munchkin Land we mostly mind our own business. Sure, we know the world around us is big and exciting, and the Yellow Brick Road can take us to innumerable adventures. Some of us have even been[Read More…]

Flossmoor has hired an assistant village manager.  Allison Dietch will be responsible for human resources policy and staff development, risk management and information technology and communications management. She begins her new job on July 6.   Dietch Dietch currently works for the Village of Downers Grove, where she has served[Read More…]

The Illinois Legislature’s failure to fund schools will “ruin” Homewood District 153’s financial structure, according to Superintendent Dale Mitchell. The failure of state government to adopt a budget and establish a school financial plan will further erode District 153 financial health. The inability of the legislature to act also means[Read More…]

Filling the principal’s position at Homewood-Flossmoor High School may take some time so the board is looking at several options, including an interim principal, said Richard Lites, president of the H-F school board. At a special meeting on Tuesday, June 21, the board dismissed Ryan Pitcock as principal after eight[Read More…]