DEMOCRACY WATCH Criticizing government is kind of a hobby. People regularly gripe about local government, township government, county government, state government, national government and governments elsewhere in the world. Complaining about government might be one of the most unifying forces in all creation. That’s why it was almost startling when[Read More…]
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Teacher could return to classroom after abuse allegations deemed ‘unfounded’
Note: Carole Sharwarko is the founder of the Southland Investigative Reporting Center, which is providing this story. After more than a year of investigation and deliberation, Flossmoor School District decided will not take action on claims of sexual abuse made against a Western Avenue Elementary School teacher. On Oct. 23,[Read More…]
Flossmoor Station welcomes new brewmaster
The brewmaster at Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery has changed. After nine years of brewing beer at Flossmoor Station, Ryan Czaja has been replaced by Jake LaDuke. This was marked by a going away and welcoming party at the brewery on Oct. 5 that about 50 to 75 people attended,[Read More…]
10.28.2023 | What You Need To Know Today
TRUNK OR TREAT — Place of Zen is hosting trick-or-treaters from 3 to 6 p.m. today at 18360 Governors Highway in the Cherry Creek shopping center. TRICK OR TREAT TRAIL — Children 10 and younger are invited to come Trick-or-Treat from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at Millennium Park, 18600 Harwood Ave.,[Read More…]
Ink-N-Um Tattoos & Body Piercing will open in the Southgate Shopping Center
Bob Garrity, a tattoo artist and Class of 1991 Homewood-Flossmoor High School graduate, is relocating his tattoo parlor, Ink-N-Um Tattoos & Body Piercing from Calumet City to the Southgate Shopping Center in Homewood. The move comes after Ink-N-Um has been in Calumet City for 26 years. “I always wanted to be in[Read More…]
Reportedly stolen car collides with hearse Friday
The driver of a hearse was injured in a collision Friday morning with a car police said was reported stolen. Homewood police and fire units responded to the intersection of 183rd Street and Kedzie Avenue about 8:30 a.m.Officers learned that a silver Kia and a white Cadillac funeral hearse were[Read More…]
10.27.2023 | What You Need To Know This Weekend
PARKER JUNIOR HIGH PLAY — Student actors will perform “All’s Well in Roswell (Isn’t It?)” at 7 p.m. tonight and 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, at Parker Junior High School, 2810 School St. Tickets can be purchased starting Monday, Oct. 23, in the Parker main office or during student lunches and are[Read More…]
Spotlight Performance Academy receives check from Chicago Southland Chamber of Commerce
Chicago Southland Chamber of Commerce President Terri L. Winfree and Flossmoor Mayor Michelle Nelson presented a giant-sized $500 check to Spotlight Performance Academy Executive Director Carrie Bonanotte and Spotlight Performance Academy board members at the Homewood Science Center on the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 24. The check was from the[Read More…]
D161 selects Theartris Childress III to serve on the board
On Monday, board members appointed Theartris Childress III as the newest member of the Flossmoor School District 161 Board of Education. Childress was not present at the board meeting but provided a statement through a press release from the district. “I am thrilled to be appointed to the School District[Read More…]
10.26.2023 | What You Need To Know Today
WORKING IN WATER CANCELED — Izaak Walton staff announced that a program by David Zaber, an aquatic ecologist and environmental scientist, “Working in Water, an International View,” originally scheduled for tonight at the preserve has been canceled and will be rescheduled. PARKER JUNIOR HIGH PLAY— Student actors will perform “All’s Well in[Read More…]
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