Registrations are being accepted through Friday, Oct. 6, for the annual Senior Citizens Breakfast and Tour at Homewood-Flossmoor High School. The 9 a.m. program on Wednesday, Oct. 11, in the cafeteria in the South Building includes an overview of the school by administrators, musical entertainment by students and a student-guided[Read More…]
Local News
IPO’s new conductor will open the 40th season on Oct. 14
The Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) will open its 40th season Oct. 14 under the direction of Stilian Kirov, its new music director and conductor. This year the IPO also will be in a new home at Ozinga Chapel at Trinity Christian College, 6601 W. College Drive in Palos Heights. The[Read More…]
GSU open house set for Oct. 14
Governors State University (GSU) is hosting a graduate and undergraduate combined open house on Saturday, Oct. 14, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Hall of Governors, on the first floor of the main campus. Incoming freshmen, transfer and graduate students — and their families — can attend sessions[Read More…]
District 161 budget shows slight increase from previous year
A new budget is in place but a debate about the next tax levy may just be starting in Flossmoor School District 161. School board members Monday, Sept. 25, approved the district’s 2018 budget following a public hearing on the document. There was one dissenting vote on the budget, which[Read More…]
H-F board member Jody Scariano says superintendent’s merit pay vote ‘about politics’
District 233 school board member Jody Scariano believes Homewood-Flossmoor High School Superintendent Von Mansfield was given an inappropriate amount of merit pay. The $14,600 in merit pay was approved on a 6-1 vote at the Sept. 19 school board meeting. Board members Annette Bannon, Debbie Berman, John Farrell, Steve Anderson,[Read More…]
Flossmoor serves as movie location because of its small town feel
A quiet street in Flossmoor became a movie production site for eight days. Ark Productions was filming “The Law of Moises,” a family film written and directed by Crystal Barnes.
Local author is guest presenter at Professional Women’s Network
Kim Olver will be the guest speaker at Wine and Words, the Professional Women’s Network program at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 12, at Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery, 1035 Sterling Ave. Olver, of Country Club Hills, will discuss her new book, “Choosing Me Now: Letting Go of What Doesn’t[Read More…]
Banned Book Week focuses on freedom to select books
Did you know the Bible is the book most often requested for removal from libraries? The American Library Association (ALA) keeps track of how many books are challenged and banned from library shelves and celebrates Banned Book Week to remind people they have the freedom to read. Homewood and Flossmoor libraries[Read More…]
Teens learn math and fighting fires go together
Fighting a fire with algebra? Teens at the Homewood Science Center’s “Pump It Up!” PopUp Science program found out just how much math is involved in the work of a firefighter. On Saturday, Sept. 23, teens got a math lesson from Homewood Fire Chief Bob Grabowski.
Hutchinson applauds Rauner on HB 40 signing
Illinois Senator Toi Hutchinson (D-Chicago Heights) released the following statement Thursday after Gov. Bruce Rauner announced he would be signing House Bill 40, a measure co-sponsored by Hutchinson that protects a woman’s right to choose in Illinois: “On May 10, when House Bill 40 was debated in the Illinois Senate,[Read More…]