From top left, Kenya Johnson, Carolyn Smith, Chakeeta Myles, Ebony Roberts and Osun Briggs shared stories of African Americans who inspire them.
Author: Tom Houlihan
With legal pot, the Really Big Story about cannabis may finally be on the way
Old fuddy-duddy that I am, the odds that I will be purchasing legal recreational marijuana anytime soon are right up there with the infinitesimally small chance that I will wake up tomorrow with a full head of bushy black hair. Nope, not gonna happen. As of this writing, Month One[Read More…]
New ownership coming this year to Flossmoor Country Club
Flossmoor Country Club will become Flossmoor Golf Club following the completion of the sale to a private firm, which plans to open the course to golfers in March.
Monday’s MLK Day of Service features 20 projects that help our community
For the sixth straight year, volunteers in Flossmoor and Homewood will team up on the MLK Day of Service to make life better for their less fortunate neighbors. Find out how you can help through a number of local service projects.
Parker seeks inspirational stories during Black History Month
Parker Junior High School students this month are conducting video interviews with parents and other community members about how they were influenced by African American role models, and how those persons helped them succeed in their own lives.
Man faces second sex assault charge after arrest by Flossmoor police
A Flossmoor man was charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault for a second time one day after he bonded out of jail on the first charge. The second incident that took place in 2008, five years before the other crime. Flossmoor Police Chief Tod Kamleiter said Monday that police arrested[Read More…]
Car crash causes damage to Flossmoor neighborhood fountain
A fountain at the entrance to the Flossmoor Parkneighborhood for decades was severelydamaged in a traffic accident last week.
A local casino on the way, in a state already awash in gambling
Take your pick. Or perhaps I should say, place your bets. Where should the long-awaited south suburban casino be built? Homewood and East Hazel Crest, on Halsted Street just south of Interstate 80? Lynwood, on Glenwood Dyer Road just off I-394? Calumet City, adjacent to River Oaks Center? Matteson, on[Read More…]
Friday’s superstorm: Flooded viaducts, water rescues and a rampaging Butterfield Creek
H-F’s homegrown rockers set to turn up Flossmoor Fest
Staff Infection started rocking 18 years ago in the halls of Homewood-Flossmoor High School. Since then, the band – it consists of H-F teachers, students and alums – has consistently delivered its classic sound, which music director Jon Elfner calls a mix of “Motown and horn-driven rock.”


