DANCE FUNDRAISER – Buy tickets now for South Suburban Family Shelter’s Dance Away Domestic Violence fundraiser on June 26. Registration is required for the event, from 3 to 6 p.m. in downtown Homewood. All proceeds support SSFS. $20 HOMEWOOD VB – Homewood Village Board meets at 7 p.m. at village[Read More…]
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Suarez’s goal leads Prairie State to first national tournament win
The biggest stage can create the unlikeliest of heroes. Eric Suarez didn’t start the opening match of the NJCAA Division II National Tournament for Prairie State, but he sure finished it. The sub took a beautiful pass from Mohamed Elshafie and hit a rocket into the back of the net past a diving[Read More…]
Legislature spares local governments from further revenue cut
Local government leaders statewide probably are breathing easier after the Illinois Legislature last week did not follow through on a proposed cut to the Local Government Distributive Fund. The budget passed Monday, May 31, leaves intact the 6.06% rate of LGDF revenue shared with local governments. Homewood, Flossmoor and Hazel[Read More…]
COVID-19 numbers: June 7
% fully vaccinated Flossmoor Homewood South District State 51.6% 46.7% 33% 42.48%
Long-time Irwin Center staffer Jeff Liedtke retires
Jeffrey Liedtke has been the face of the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District’s Marie Irwin Center for 32-plus years. Friday, June 4, was his last day on the job. Liedtke got hired for janitorial work at the building that had been open for about two years when he arrived in December 1988.[Read More…]
Sabrena Lopez takes seat on Homewood Public Library board
The Homewood Public Library welcomed its newest board member, Sabrena Lopez, at the May 19 meeting. Nancy Gildart ran for election to a full six-year term in the April 6 election. She won a two-year term as a write-in candidate in 2019. There was one seat open on the board[Read More…]
COVID-19 numbers: June 6
% fully vaccinated Flossmoor Homewood South District State 51.6% 46.7% 32.3% 42.48%
Izaak Walton Preserve forms Conservation Committee to better maintain the preserve
One task for the recently formed Conservation Committee will be to help the preserve heal the ‘path of destruction’ caused by the installation of a new water line to serve the village. This view of the path was from April 13 tooking west from Ridge Road. (Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle) Izaak[Read More…]
COVID-19 numbers: June 5
% fully vaccinated Flossmoor Homewood South District State 51.6% 46.7% 32.3% 42.24%
Pritzker makes it official: Illinois will fully reopen June 11 (free content)
Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced on Friday, June 4, that the state will move into Phase 5 of the Restore Illinois plan, which removes business capacity limits that have been in place since March 2020. Infection rates have decreased steadily after a surge in mid-April. The test positivity rate was 4.1%[Read More…]
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