The Flossmoor School Board swore in two newly elected members and one incumbent member on Monday.   Stephen Paredes leads newly  elected Flossmoor School  Board members David Linnear  and Christina Popolla-Vlietstra  and re-elected member  Michelle Hoereth in swearing  an oath to serve District 161.  (Stephanie Markham/ H-F Chronicle)  The candidates ran uncontested[Read More…]

On April 30, Flossmoor resident Jay Readey was sworn onto Prairie State College’s Board of Trustees for a six-year term. He says a career of service in law and community development drew him to the PSC board.    Jay Ready was recently  sworn in as a Prairie  State College trustee. [Read More…]

The rains broke long enough for about 1,000 Homewood-Flossmoor High School students to march in protest outside the school campus around noon Tuesday, to make their voices heard about a recent incident that has inflamed the community.   Homewood-Flossmoor High  School students walked around  the school campus holding  signs and[Read More…]

About 1,000 students walked out of class on April 30 to protest and draw attention to an incident in which four of their classmates dressed in blackface. H-F Chronicle photographers Mary Compton and Eric Crump captured the event.

Homewood-Flossmoor High School baseball players’ schedules are crammed with course work, practices and games, but they’ve been making the rounds to local elementary schools to share positive messages.   Willow School first-graders  listen to H-F High School  baseball player Xavier Frazier,  second from left, read them  a story about kindness. The [Read More…]

The newly elected members of the Flossmoor Village Board will be sworn in during a 7:30 p.m. meeting on Monday, May 13, at village hall. Applications are being accepted for the one remaining open board seat.   Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough officially certified the April 2 election results.  On[Read More…]

After 30 years, Michael Rugen, Homewood-Flossmoor High School teacher and Viking Choir director, will step away from the podium.     H-F Choir Director Michael  Rugen leads students in  performance at one of their  stops in Italy. The March trip  was his 10th international choir  trip as director. (Provided photo)  He will direct the Viking[Read More…]

  Rehearsing the Cinderella scene for the spring musical  “Into the Woods” at Homewood-Flossmoor High School  are, from left, Ally Ryan, Greta Schmidt  and Haley  Sawyer. (Provided photo)  “Into the Woods,” the spring musical at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, will be presented at 7 p.m. May 2, 3 and 4 in the Mall Auditorium, 999[Read More…]

On Saturday, April 27, the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra presents “From Wit to Wonder: A Mozart Celebration,” featuring Robert Chen, acclaimed violinist and concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.    The program, conducted by IPO Maestro Stilian Kirov, showcases the range of Mozart’s melodic gifts. The concert begins at 7:30pm at Ozinga[Read More…]

“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” one of Broadway’s best comedies, will be staged by The Drama Group this weekend and the first weekend in May at the group’s Milord Studio Theatre, 330 W. 202nd St. in Chicago Heights.     Hero with his proud parents  Domina and[Read More…]