A fire department vehicle can be seen near the fire line in this frame captured from Chronicle reporter Carole Sharwarko’s livestream report on a fire at Bartel Grasslands on Saturday, April 4. The fire burned about 10 acres, according to the Tinley Park Fire Department report. (Carole Sharwarko/H-F Chronicle) A[Read More…]
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H-F board approves technology purchases
Pre-pandemic, Homewood-Flossmoor High School had racks of Chromebooks in each classroom for student use. The devices served as individual computers and were distributed by teachers. The system was an easy way to assure that all students were working from the same equipment for class assignments. When schools got notice in[Read More…]
Flossmoor elects Michelle Nelson its next mayor, first woman to take the helm
Michelle Nelson and Ann Mitchell look over election results on Tuesday. (Mary Compton/H-F Chronicle) (Story updated with additional comments at 12:08 a.m. Wednesday)
District 233 board gets two new members
Homewood-Flossmoor High School will have two new board members. Voters selected Michelle Hoereth and Cynthia Turnquest to serve four-year terms on the board with incumbent Steve Anderson, board president, who was re-elected. The trio won in a hard-fought campaign that saw the defeat of incumbents Beth Larocca and Annette Bannon,[Read More…]
Flossmoor Village Board will have familiar look
The Flossmoor village Board will have just one new face after the April 6 elections. With all precincts reporting, Gary Daggett joined incumbents Joni Bradley-Scott, Brian Driscoll and George W. Lofton III as winners at the ballot box. (Updated at 11:34 p.m. Tuesday.) (Updated with additional comments at 3:08 p.m.[Read More…]
COVID-19 numbers: April 6
Vaccination progress (full doses): South District Suburban Region State 12% 14.7% 19.03% Region 10 (includes H-F) Positive test rate: 5.1% ↑ Consecutive days under 8% test positivity: 76 Consecutive days ICU beds over 20% threshold: 95 Days of COVID-19 patient decreases or stable: 187 (Source: IDPH. Updated April 3) Homewood Cases: 1,551 (+2) (since[Read More…]
Late election results build suspense in local election
With Homewood and Flossmoor residents eager to see the results of several competitive and highly anticipated races, the Cook County Clerk’s office drew out the suspense Tuesday night. Unofficial election results, which usually begin to appear soon after the polls close, did not begin to appear on the clerk’s website[Read More…]
Teen injured in shooting Monday night
A 13-year-old was injured by gunfire late Monday in the 18800 block of Castle Road in Homewood, according to police. The teen was in a vehicle when the shots were fired and was transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. The incident occurred about 10:30 p.m. Police[Read More…]
4/6/2021 | What You Need to Know Today
VOTE! If you haven’t already voted by mail or early voting, today is the day, Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Visit the Cook County Clerk’s election website to find your precinct. If you aren’t registered, you can still vote (and register) at your precinct. DISTRICT 233 BOARD[Read More…]
COVID-19 numbers: April 5
Vaccination progress (full doses): South District Suburban Region State 12% 14.7% 18.69% Region 10 (includes H-F) Positive test rate: 5.1% ↑ Consecutive days under 8% test positivity: 75 Consecutive days ICU beds over 20% threshold: 94 Days of COVID-19 patient decreases or stable: 187 (Source: IDPH. Updated April 5) Homewood Cases: 1,549 (+12) (since[Read More…]
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