PARK DISTRICT PROGRAM PREMIERE – The Spring 2023 H-F Park District’s Choices Program Guide is available online beginning today. Visit www.hfparks.com to peruse programs and learn about special events. BOARD MEETINGS THIS WEEK – The Flossmoor Board of Trustees meets at 7:30 p.m. tonight at Flossmoor Village Hall. The Homewood[Read More…]
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Franciscan Health Olympia Fields redesignated as Acute Stroke Ready hospital
Franciscan Health Olympia Fields has been redesignated as an Acute Stroke Ready hospital by the Illinois Department of Public Health, the hospital announced today. “We serve a somewhat aging community and with that comes an increased risk of stroke,” said Vernell Johnson III, MD, chief medical officer and vice president[Read More…]
H-F High joins coalition of multiracial school districts
Homewood-Flossmoor High School announced on Wednesday, Feb. 1, that it is the newest member of the MSAN Network, a national coalition of multiracial school districts that share a history of high academic achievement and connections to major research universities. MSAN districts come together to understand and eliminate racial opportunity gaps[Read More…]
Local nature organizations accepting orders for native plant sale
Homewood Izaak Walton Preserve (HIWP) and Thorn Creek Audubon Society (TCAS) are co-sponsoring a native plant sale. Deadline to pre-order is March 1. Thirty-seven different plants will be offered, including trees, shrubs, flowers and ornamental grasses. Plants are chosen to represent different colors, textures, sun exposures and bloom times. All[Read More…]
Nordson Green Earth Foundation sets 2023 plan to push for more green space
The Nordson Green Earth Foundation met Jan. 28 to finalize its proposal to increase green space in the South Suburbs in the coming year. The group will present its final plan on Feb. 23 at the Markham library. It will call for using the Miyawaki Forest method to demonstrate why[Read More…]
2.3.23 | What You Need to Know This Weekend
SIGN UP FOR BALL SEASON – Sign up for the season in person with Homewood Baseball and Softball from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Willow School. Those who registered online can also visit to try on uniforms, meet the league president, learn about travel ball opportunities and volunteer to[Read More…]
South Suburbs for Greenspace to host informational meeting on Calumet Country Club redevelopment
South Suburbs for Greenspace (SSG) will host an informational meeting at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, at Wiley’s Grill, Coyote Run Golf Course, 800 Kedzie Ave. in Flossmoor, regarding the industrial development plans for Calumet Country Club. The group is encouraging Southland residents, particularly Hazel Crest residents, to learn about[Read More…]
Mom wants answers, help after son is injured at Churchill School
Note: The photo in this story shows the wound the child suffered in this incident and might be disturbing to some readers. We replaced the original photo with one that is less graphic and apologize to anyone who found the first photo troubling. The mother of a fourth grader at[Read More…]
2.2.23 | What You Need to Know Today
SCHOLARSHIP IN HONOR OF H-F GRAD – The Marcus J. Bradshaw Foundation’s 2023 scholarship is open for applications through March 31. Graduating high school seniors and military veterans entering their first year of college are eligible to apply for the $2,500 award. The scholarship is given in honor of Bradshaw,[Read More…]
Walking to freedom: Sharing the local Underground Railroad history
One of the most famous Freedom Trails in the United States takes visitors in and around Boston to sites where revolutionaries worked to establish a new nation. Here in Chicago, about six miles from the northern border of Homewood, is a Freedom Trail, one established for a very different reason[Read More…]
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