The Cancer Support Center is taking orders through Friday, Nov. 23, for its holiday tree and wreath sale. The sale coincides with the Village of Homewood’s Holiday Lights festivities on Dec. 7, where trees and wreaths will be available for pick-up.  A 24-inch Fraser fir wreath is $30; a 6-[Read More…]

After 60 years as a purveyor of meats and deli items, Dunning’s Market has a new home.  Dunning’s celebrated its move to Flossmoor this fall with a Nov. 6 ribbon-cutting and grand reopening at its new location, 1050 Sterling Avenue.    Maureen Mader, owning of Dunning’s Market, cuts  the ribbon at[Read More…]

The Illinois State Board of Education has released its annual Illinois Report Card, a rundown of how each school and school district in the state is performing.   Compiled from information ISBE collects from every Illinois public school, the Report Card offers demographics and statistics about school districts and individual[Read More…]

  (Provided photo)  Students in the Homewood-Flossmoor High School theater program rehearse a scene from the musical  “Chicago” being presented at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 9 and 10, in the Mall Auditorium. Students will also perform the musical selections. The production is geared toward those 13 and older.[Read More…]

   The Red Tail Squadron traveling experience features   a mobile movie theater showing the movie “Rise Above”   about Tuskegee Airmen. (Provided photo)  In celebration of Veterans Day, Prairie State College is hosting a special exhibit on the Tuskegee Airmen on Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 13 and 14.  The commemorative Air[Read More…]

Maybe a pickup truck festival in Flossmoor isn’t such a far-fetched idea after all.  On Tuesday, an overwhelming majority of voters in Flossmoor said “yes” to a referendum question asking whether they would be in favor of allowing personal use pickup trucks to park on residential driveways in the village. [Read More…]

  The Homewood-Flossmoor Racquet & Fitness Club  hosted the Midwest Adaptive Tennis competition.  Two teams advanced to nationals in Florida in  December. (Provided photo)  The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District will have two teams competing in the United States Tennis Association’s National Adaptive Unified Doubles Tournament in Florida.  Adaptive player Matt Boerema and his partner[Read More…]

  Three of the nine District 153 staff members to receive  the Illinois State Board of Education’s “Those Who Excel”  honor were, from left, Adrienne Olsen, general music  and choir director; Kathy Schaeflein, director of  curriculum and instruction; and Carla Hildreth,  secretary at Willow School. The ISBE banquet  was Oct. 20. (Provided photo)  Nine outstanding school staff[Read More…]

Kindergarten classes at Willow School set the “way back machine” for the 1950s on Friday, Nov. 2, to mark the 50th day of classes in Homewood District 153.  There were girls who came in with pink poodle skirts and pony tails and boys wearing white shirts, rolled up jeans and[Read More…]

The Flossmoor District 161 school board is considering hiring a full-time residency investigator. The district previously used a private investigative service. “There’s a general sense in the community that we have people taking advantage of residency by taking the train into town, taking buses in. It’s a persistent rumor,” said[Read More…]