This graph shows state hospitalizations (the blue line), the number of people in intensive care units (ICU, the yellow bars) and the number of people on ventilators (green bars). Region 10 (includes H-F) Positve test rate: 10.6% ↑ Consecutive days under 12% test positivity: 22 Consecutive days ICU beds over 20% threshold: 7 Consecutive[Read More…]
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Park commissioners consider moving all information to online
Do you prefer getting your news in small bites or in a full package? Are you someone who checks social media or is print your thing? The COVID-19 pandemic put an end to Choices, the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District’s program guide that was mailed to every household in its service area.[Read More…]
Charges filed in fatal crash on 183rd Street last year
Charges were filed Friday against the 21-year-old driver of a Porsche that was involved in an accident that resulted in the death of an Indiana man last summer, according to a Homewood Police statement. Lindsey Anderson, of Homewood, was charged with aggravated DUI involving death, reckless homicide, aggravated unlawful use[Read More…]
Rep. Kelly issues statement on Capitol attack
U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly, who represents Illinois’ 2nd District, including Homewood and Flossmoor, released a statement late Wednesday in response to the storming of the Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump. “What we witnessed today was an assault on our democracy. But let’s be clear — violent mobs attacking and desecrating our Capitol[Read More…]
Coping with COVID: Tempered hope and new milestones
Hope/caution. We are thinking about using this tagline for pandemic reports in the coming months: “There’s light at the end of the tunnel, but we’re not out of the woods.” It’s two cliches in one mixed metaphor, but with everything we’re dealing with now, we figure such abuses of good taste[Read More…]
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Rep. Kelly sponsors bill reducing drug costs through increased access to generic medicines
A new law that will increase access to lower-cost generic drugs and bolster competition within the generic drug marketplace to help reduce drug costs was sponsored by Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., who represents Homewood and Flossmoor in Congress. The Orange Book Transparency Act was signed into law by President Donald[Read More…]
Homewood Family Video closing as company falls victim to pandemic
COVID-19 numbers: Jan. 7
Thursday, Jan. 7 Region 10 (includes H-F) Positve test rate: 10.4% ↑ Consecutive days under 12% test positivity: 21 Consecutive days ICU beds over 20% threshold: 6 Consecutive days med/surge beds under 20% threshold: 1 (Source: IDPH. Updated Jan. 4) Homewood Cases: 1,244 (+11) (since the pandemic began) Deaths: 45 Case rate: 64.38 per 1,000 people Case trend: 45 new cases last[Read More…]
Siren-blaring van in Flossmoor gets attention
It might have been a prank, but it was unsettling to some Flossmoor residents. A van blaring a siren and driving slowly through Flossmoor neighborhoods north and west of the downtown caused concern among some residents Wednesday night, according to reports on a local social media page. The sound was[Read More…]
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