The Homewood-Flossmoor League of Women Voters has scheduled forums to give voters a chance to hear from the candidates running for village trustee and school board positions. Wednesday, March 1: Homewood-Flossmoor District 233 board, 7 p.m., H-F Auditorium. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Voters will select three board members from six[Read More…]
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Metra board approves new strategic plan aimed at adapting to post-pandemic world
The Metra Board of Directors on Wednesday, Feb. 15, approved a new 2023-2027 strategic plan that focuses on addressing the operational and financial challenges of a post-COVID world and sets ambitious goals for the agency’s evolution and growth. The new strategic plan, titled My Metra, Our Future, is an update to[Read More…]
Pritzker touts higher education investments in FY24 budget
Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s announced his proposed FY24 budget on Wednesday, Feb. 15, and highlighted the higher education budget of $2.47 billion, an increase of $219 million (9.7%) compared to the previous fiscal year. Notable highlights from the budget include a $100 million increase for the Monetary Award Program (MAP), an $80.5[Read More…]
County clerk moves four voting precincts back to Homewood
The Village of Homewood and Mayor Rich Hofeld worked with officials from the Cook County Clerk’s Office to return four voting precincts back to locations in Homewood. During the previous election cycles, the four voting precincts were moved to outside of Homewood’s municipal boundaries. “There were many concerns expressed to[Read More…]
PSC hosts speaker Feb. 23 addressing pre-Civil War quilts stories
Connie Martin will present her lecture “Pre-Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad” at 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, in the atrium on the main Prairie State College campus, 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. Martin will speak about the secret codes and hidden messages[Read More…]
Flossmoor Veterans Memorial group to host second annual trivia night fundraiser
Flossmoor Veterans’ Memorial Inc. (FVM) will hold its second annual family-friendly trivia night at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 10, at Flossmoor Community House, 847 Hutchison Road in Flossmoor. The organization’s fundraising campaign is within $10,000 of its $100,000 goal and FVM officials hope the event will help reach that[Read More…]
Drama Group will present “Steel Magnolias” over two weekends in February
The Drama Group will stage “Steel Magnolias,” a comedy about friends who meet each Saturday at the beauty salon, during mid-February. This play is set in Chinaquapin, Louisiana, and focuses on discussions of the ladies in town who come for standing appointments with salon owner Truvvy Jones and her assistant,[Read More…]
Free jazz concert Feb. 17 at PSC
Prairie State College invites the public to a free jazz concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, as part of the 34th Annual Jazz Festival. The performance will be in the Barnes & Noble College Auditorium in the PSC Conference Center, 202 S. Halsted St., Chicago Heights. The concert will[Read More…]
Calumet Area Industrial Commission to host Federal Reserve economist
The Status of The Midwest Economy and Its Manufacturing Sector The Calumet Area Industrial Commission will host a membership luncheon with guest speaker Thomas Walstrum, senior business economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. The event will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Feb. 15, at the DoubleTree Hotel in Alsip. Walstrum is[Read More…]
Homewood announces 2023 special events calendar
Note: The Touch-a-Truck and Fall Fest event dates were updated at 2:35 p.m. on Feb. 7. The Village of Homewood announced the upcoming special event calendar for 2023. Under the direction of new Events Manager Marla Youngblood, the village will organize approximately 20 events throughout the calendar year. “I am very[Read More…]
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