The Illinois Secretary of State’s Office will keep driver services facilities statewide closed for in-person transactions until Tuesday, Jan. 5, due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. Expiration dates for driver’s licenses and ID cards have been extended until June 1, 2021. In an effort to reduce future facility visits for[Read More…]
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Golf’s popularity still drawing players to Coyote Run
It’s still golf season at the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District’s Coyote Run Golf Course. Tom Denklau, club manager, said he is still getting good turnout. One day this week, golfers had to wait three hours because of a “frost delay,” but when the sun broke through, everyone got on the course.[Read More…]
D161 revisits possible reduction in force amid continued remote learning
As remote learning protocols remain in place for Flossmoor School District 161 students, the board of education is once again considering a temporary reduction-in-force that would address several positions dependent upon in-person learning. Eric Melnyczenko, the district’s director of human relations, addressed the issue in a written report to the[Read More…]
Coping with COVID: Dec. 4
Light at the end of the tunnel (but still a ways to go). The long-awaited vaccines against the virus that causes COVID-19 are expected within weeks. The first two U.S.-developed vaccines, one by Pfizer and one by Moderna, have requested emergency FDA approval. Both are touted as up to 95% effective. [Read More…]
Board members disagree over what criteria should prompt reopening in D161
A discussion about what COVID-19 metrics should be used to determine when Flossmoor School District 161 can reopen for in-person learning was left unresolved after some school board members questioned the criteria options presented by Superintendent Dana Smith. Smith, during a special meeting of the board of education held Monday,[Read More…]
South Holland Master Chorale takes annual Christmas concert online
On Saturday, Dec. 5, the South Holland Master Chorale will not be performing its annual Christmas concert, but that doesn’t mean its voices will be silent. The group will release a video on Saturday of its 2019 Christmas concert. The concert will be available about 8 a.m. Saturday at tinyurl.com/southhollandmc. Director[Read More…]
2020 election totals show strong local support for Biden, Foxx, tax amendment
Voters in Homewood and Flossmoor overwhelmingly supported Joseph Biden in the Nov. 3 presidential election. Homewood voters cast ballots for former vice president Biden by a margin of 8,395 to 1,895 over President Donald Trump. In Flossmoor, there were 5,730 votes for Biden versus 1,082 for Trump. H-F area voters[Read More…]
Santa will light community Christmas tree Dec. 4
Flossmoor Service League luminary project to light up the night, raise money for local charities
Pink ribbon masks help HPD raise more than $9,000 for Cancer Support Center
Where everyone else saw an obstacle, Homewood police officer E.J. Dorsey saw an opportunity. His ingenuity and determination helped raise more than $9,000 for a local nonprofit organization.
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