The visit by the University of Chicago Medicine Aeromedical Network (UCAN) helicopter is one of the most popular parts of the Homewood National Night Out festivities each year, drawing long lines of kids and parents waiting to peek inside. This year, the National Night Out crowd at Irwin Park on[Read More…]
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8.8.22 | What You Need to Know Today
LIVING WITH ALBINISM – Learn what it’s like for one young boy Living with Albinism during an online program at 7 p.m. Monday. The online event is presented by Homewood Library. Register online. ART COMMISSION MEETING – The Flossmoor Public Art Commission meets at 7 p.m. today at village hall.[Read More…]
The Weeks | Aug. 7
Introduction This is the newsletter formerly known as “Here First.” For a few months in late 2021, early 2022, we ran the more-or-less weekly post with lists of upcoming local government meetings and events; local, region and state news briefs; and a look at the biggest stories from the previous[Read More…]
Conservation coalition backs Forest Preserves referendum on Nov. 8 ballot
A coalition of groups organized as Vote Yes for Clean Air, Clean Water and Wildlife in Cook County is supporting a Nov. 8 referendum to increase funding for the Forest Preserves of Cook County. The ballot question asks voters to support a 0.025% tax increase that will increase a homeowner’s[Read More…]
Applications being accepted to fill PSC board vacancy
Residents of Prairie State College District 515 are invited to apply to fill a vacancy on the board following the resignation of Christopher Baikauskas. The person chosen for the position will serve out the rest of Baikauskas’ term until the next school board election on April 4, 2023. Candidates will[Read More…]
Homewood police make two arrests for firearm violations in recent weeks
Traffic stops for speeding on July 11 and Aug. 3 each resulted in arrests for alleged illegal firearm possession, according to posts on the Homewood Police Department Facebook page. On July 11, an officer stopped a vehicle near the intersection of Ridge Road and Dixie Highway for traveling 30 mph[Read More…]
Public continues to criticize Flossmoor police response that led to death of Madeline Miller
For the second straight Flossmoor Village Board meeting, public comment was dominated by criticism of the village’s police department and demands for administrators to do more in the wake of Madeline Miller’s death. Miller was killed July 10 by police responding to a report of a domestic disturbance at 1437 Joyce[Read More…]
Family of Madeline Miller ‘devastated’ by her death in police shooting
A group of protesters filled the sidewalk outside Flossmoor Village Hall for a second time before the board meeting Monday, Aug. 1, calling for police accountability in the shooting death of Madeline Miller. Some of Miller’s 10 siblings also attended the protest that later continued into the Flossmoor Board of[Read More…]
8.5.22 | What You Need to Know This Weekend
CAR WASH FUNDRAISER – Support the H-F High School Band Program by taking your car to get washed for a suggested donation of $5. The HF Band Parents Association sponsors the event, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the school’s North Building. PARK DISTRICT PROGRAM GUIDE – The[Read More…]
Flossmoor Village Board adopts a Local Road Safety Plan to guide future planning
Following a roughly 25-minute recess on Monday, Aug. 1 — while attendees protesting the Flossmoor police response that led to the death of Madeline Miller continued chanting in the boardroom after public comment — the Flossmoor Village Board returned to approve everything on the evening’s agenda without further discussion. Among the approvals[Read More…]
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