Homewood-Flossmoor High School presented honors to its top athletes at the 40th annual senior athletic banquet May 31.
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Fun outdoors as school year ends
District 153 schools had students out of doors as the 2017-18 school year came to a close on June 7. Field Day activities, on June 6, helped reinforce teamwork while having fun.
Driver injured in one-vehicle crash May 31
One person was injured in a one-vehicle crash Thursday evening on Riegel Road in Homewood. The vehicle struck a utility pole in the 18100 block, according to police. Homewood police and fire units responded to the scene after receiving the call shortly after 6:30 p.m. The driver was the sole[Read More…]
Rabid Brewing seeks liquor license amendment
Homewood trustees will consider a liquor license request from Rabid Brewing and a number of purchases, including police and public works equipment. Rabid Brewing is asking for a license that would allow the establishment to serve alcohol outdoors. The request would require an ordinance amending the class 16 liquor license[Read More…]
District 161 students accomplish reading goal
It wasn’t hard to read a million pages when the more than 2,300 students in District 161 joined forces. The district’s students started a goal for the month of May as the Million Reading Challenge Partnership and kept on reading through the end of the school year on June 7.
Cummings retires after 27 years in Army Reserves
People serving in the military still need legal services, and one Homewood attorney was there for them for 27 years. Homewood Village Attorney Chris Cummings retired in December 2017 as a colonel from the Judge Advocate General Corps of the United States Army Reserve.
D153 reading specialist collecting books for African visit
District 153 reading specialist Maureen Daley is taking her love of books to Africa this summer. Daley will be one of 25 people traveling to Ghana for 10 days through Literacy Empowerment Action Program (LEAP) for Ghana.
D153 SMART lab drawing teachers from across the country
The two-year-old SMART lab at James Hart School in Homewood has given District 153 teachers Katie Nigro and Cheri Pesina an opportunity to show off the lab to teachers from across the United States.
H-F graduate wins $25,000 scholarship
Raven Davis, a June graduate of Homewood-Flossmoor High School, won a $25,000 scholarship from Taco Bell Foundation. She will be attending DePaul University and will be majoring in film. Davis, of Flossmoor, is one of 16 students to win the scholarship and one of 11 winners in the Chicago area.[Read More…]
Homewood resident honored by Franciscan Health Olympia Fields with Daisy Award
Raymond Camp of Homewood, a nurse with Franciscan Health Olympia Fields, receives a DAISY Award for excellent patient care. (Provided photo) Raymond Camp, a registered nurse who has been with Franciscan Health Olympia Fields for more than three years, is the hospital’s first DAISY Award winner. DAISY is an acronym for Diseases[Read More…]