The Illinois Emergency Management Agency is reminding students, parents and community members about a new program and free resources available to help improve school safety in Illinois. Safe2Help Illinois is a free information sharing platform that is available 24/7. In the absence of a trusted adult, students can use a[Read More…]

PHOTOS WITH SANTA – Kids and families who took pictures with Santa Claus this weekend at Flossmoor’s holiday event can see their photo on the village’s Facebook page. There are nearly 90 images of holiday cheer, so check them out! DREAMING OF A SLIME CHRISTMAS – Join the Holiday Chemistry[Read More…]

BUTTER RUN – Join H-F Racquet and Fitness Club for its 18th annual year of burning the post-Thanksgiving Day bloat with the Butterball Burner 5k Fun Run. No membership needed; all ages and abilities are welcome. 9 a.m. Friday. Register online. LEAF PICKUP – This is the final week of[Read More…]

The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District will save $1.21 million by refinancing short- and long-term debt. Aaron Gold of Speer Financial, Inc. told park commissioners at the Nov. 16 board meeting that the district’s bonds were sold the week of Nov. 8. “It was a very successful financing with low rates,” he[Read More…]

Thanksgiving is the leading day for home fires involving cooking equipment, with four times the average number occurring, according to the state fire marshal’s office. Ranges and cook-tops account for almost three out of every five home fires reported involving cooking, with ovens accounting for 13% of those fires. According[Read More…]

In Homewood, one in four people face food insecurity, a fact that surprised Nick Koster when he first learned it. “Even in a community like Homewood, which you would consider to be well off, you never know what people are struggling with, the private battles people are facing — whether[Read More…]

The Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs, in partnership with Serve Illinois, announced on Monday, Nov. 1, the 2021 Serving Those Who Served program, a week of service projects created to thank service men and women, veterans, and their families across the state. Activities will begin Nov. 4 and end on[Read More…]

Open Enrollment for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Health Insurance Marketplace began Monday, Nov. 1, and will continue through Jan. 15, 2022, according to state officials. There are eleven insurance carriers for plan year 2022, up from eight in plan year 2021, and five in plan year 2020. This year,[Read More…]

Homewood Assistant Village Manager Napoleon Haney is moving on but not very far. Haney started Oct. 1 as village administrator in Olympia Fields, Homewood’s neighbor to the south. Village Manager Jim Marino announced Haney’s departure at the Sept. 28 Board of Trustees meeting. He thanked Haney for his four years[Read More…]