Parker Junior High School will be adding two unarmed security officers onto its staff as part of Flossmoor District 161’s plan to enhance the school’s safety.   The school board Monday approved a contract for $73,008 from U.S. Security Associates. The Georgia-based company will provide the staffing of one security[Read More…]

  Art adorns the windows of the empty Triumph  building in downtown Homewood. The paintings  were created by artists from Bottle & Bottega, an  art party establishment on Ridge Road. Bottle &   Bottega owners Greg and Darcie Loudon are part   of a team that has formed a new non-profit arts  council[Read More…]

  Members of the Homewood-Flossmoor High School  Foundation raised more than $15,000 at the annual  golf outing and dinner on Sept. 7. Committee  members are, front row from left, Katie Coderre,  Sarah Huffman, Susie Goldberg and Paula Longawa,  and back row from left, Mary Lou Coleman, Nancy  Schwieterman, Sheila Klupchak, Julie Smith and  Anne Humphrey. The foundation supports  extracurricular[Read More…]

Tickets are on sale for the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra’s opening concert Oct. 20 that includes selections from American composers.  This program is part of the Southland Arts, Municipalities and Business Alliance’s Made in America Festival. The orchestra will perform the overture to Leonard Bernstein’s “Candide” and George Gershwin’s “American in[Read More…]

This spring, 65 Homewood-Flossmoor High School singers will take their musical talents to northern Italy led by teacher and choir director Michael Rugen.  During the nine-day trip, students performing as the H-F Master Singers will sing at a mass in Venice; at the Duomo, the main cathedral in Milan; and[Read More…]

Marian Catholic High School is celebrating its homecoming this week. Various events and activities will take place at the school during this celebration. As a reflection of the school’s 60th anniversary, the theme for this year’s Homecoming celebration is “Homecoming Rewind – Dancing through the Decades.”  Students are celebrating the[Read More…]

Eight persons have filed resumes and letters requesting they be considered for a vacant seat on the District 233 school board serving Homewood-Flossmoor High School. The deadline for filing applications was Friday, Sept. 7.  Board member Tim Wenckus submitted a letter of resignation Aug. 24, effective immediately. Wenckus had eight[Read More…]

  Steve Wlodarski, right, a volunteer for the Homewood  Izaak Walton Preserve, demonstrates for the  Homewood Science Center’s conservation ecology  interns proper use of a fire extinguisher for controlled  burns. The extinguisher fits like a backpack and is  filled with water. Aaron Mcintyre, 13, an eighth grader  at James Hart School, tries it on. (Photos by   Stephanie[Read More…]

Two school board meetings are set for Thursday, Sept. 6, at Homewood-Flossmoor High School.  The Finance Committee will meet at 5 p.m. in the conference room in South Building.  Discussion will focus on how to handle Property Tax Appeal Board filings, residency investigations and the fine arts expansion project.   Steve[Read More…]

Homewood police announced Tuesday that a 19-year-old Chicago Heights man has been charged with first degree murder in connection with the shooting death Saturday, Sept. 1, of Romane D. Taylor Jr. Johnny Johnson, of the 100 block of Sue Street, was slated to appear in bond court Tuesday. He did[Read More…]