Homewood COVID-19 cases climb, Flossmoor flat. Homewood’s confirmed cases of COVID-19 jumped 10 percent over the weekend, going from 122 on Saturday to 134 on Sunday. Flossmoor’s number has remained at 54 for several days. The number of new cases in Illinois was more than 2,000 for the third day in[Read More…]

The Flossmoor village board unanimously approved a liquor license for Dunning’s Market & Deli at the April 20 board meeting. With the license, Dunning’s will be allowed to sell alcohol for purchase and for on-site consumption.  Dunning’s Market in Flossmoor has been approved for a license to sell beer and[Read More…]

 The District 233 school board awarded tenure to three Homewood-Flossmoor High School staff members at its April 7 meeting. Each successfully completed five years on staff. Broderick Booth Broderick Booth is an MTSS counselor at H-F working with students who underperform and helping them behaviorally, academically and socially. He’s been[Read More…]

Homewood is preparing to adjust to the financial impact of the economic shutdown. Finance Director Dennis Bubenik presented the village board with an outlook for the town’s 2020-21 budget at its April 14 meeting. The final draft will be present to the board for a vote on April 28. After[Read More…]

Flossmoor residents spoke and the train schedule changed. Metra announced a tentative new schedule in February, asking for feedback from riders. An online survey was filled out by 534 Flossmoor residents. No other town completed more than 184 surveys. A public meeting was also held in March in Flossmoor where[Read More…]

The Cook County Assessor’s Office announced updated information about its plans to reassess the southern and western suburbs of Cook County. Cook County is reassessed triennially, which means one-third of the properties in the county are reassessed each year. In 2020, the south and west townships of Chicago are scheduled[Read More…]

School, music and government meetings have migrated online to comply with the state mandated restrictions in the fight against COVID-19, and this week community theater will do the same. Community theater company 23 Miles South, based at St. Paul Community Church in Homewood, will offer virtual performances on Wednesday, April[Read More…]

Homewood and Flossmoor vehicle sticker enforcement delayed. With village hall closed in both village, vehicle sticker sales have been delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.  In Homewood, residents will be able to start purchasing stickers on June 1. All motor vehicles registered to a Homewood address, or housed at a Homewood[Read More…]

Prairie State College (PSC) has launched a number of initiatives dedicated to helping students and the community during the COVID-19 pandemic.  While the college has shifted to a virtual campus for the remainder of the spring session and will offer only online courses during the summer session, PSC staff, faculty,[Read More…]

23 Miles South provides virtual theater. 23 Miles South community theater will provide a free family-friendly virtual performance event at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 15. Seventeen actors have signed up to deliver their favorite monologues. To watch the performances, go to 23MilesSouth.com and click the link to join. Virtual doors will open[Read More…]