Colette Scheffers of Flossmoor had an outstanding season as a leading volleyball player for Trinity College in Hartford, Conn. Colette Scheffers Scheffers led the Trinity team offensively with 2.80 kills per set. A kill is an attack by a player that is not returnable by the receiving player on[Read More…]
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Donations will benefit local organizations on #GivingTuesday
Local non-profit organizations are taking part in #GivingTuesday, a global day of sharing, on Tuesday, Nov. 27. Founded in New York City in 2012, #GivingTuesday offers people the chance to help others by supporting causes important to them. It is estimated that over the past five years $300 million has been[Read More…]
Flossmoor plan commission to hold Dec. 20 hearing on truck parking
Flossmoor residents are another step closer to being able to move their pickup trucks from their garages to their driveways as a decades-old ban is set to go before the village’s plan commission. The Flossmoor village board Monday unanimously voted to put the zoning ordinance amendment up for a public[Read More…]
Flossmoor school board approves tentative levy
The Flossmoor District 161 school board voted 5-1 on Nov. 13 to approve a tentative 2018 tax levy that increases 2.1 percent with the Consumer Price Index. Board member Merle Huckabee voted against the tentative levy, and board member John Simmons was absent. Huckabee said during previous meetings that she[Read More…]
Open Access, partners help feed and clothe those in need with Turkey Day Giveaway
More than 1,100 south suburban families — about 4,500 people — will have a better Thanksgiving meal Thursday thanks to the Turkey Day Giveaway sponsored Tuesday by Open Access in Homewood. The sixth annual event has grown tremendously from its modest beginning at Open Access offices at 900 Maple Ave,[Read More…]
Amtrak conductor thankful for Homewood’s ‘massive love’ after being shot
In May 2017 Amtrak conductor Michael Case was shot at a Naperville train station. A Homewood resident, Case was shot in the abdomen and has endured a months-long rehabilitation. He wrote to the H-F Chronicle to express his gratitude for the neighbors who are helping him recover.
Kluger Furs marks 60 years as a business in both Homewood and Flossmoor
Well known as a full-service furrier in the Chicago area, Kluger Furs draws customers from as far as Glenview to the north, and from Indiana and Michigan to the east. A recent customer came from Missouri. He had ordered a custom coat online and drove to Flossmoor to pick it[Read More…]
Homewood approves deal with foreclosure, vacant property database
Foreclosed and vacant properties in Homewood will now be part of an online registry. The village board passed an ordinance at its Nov. 13 meeting to work with Florida-based Prochamps. The firm works with towns to create a database of information that can be used to communicate with the[Read More…]
McDonald’s comforting hand helps ease life’s troubles and concerns
Sally and Mike McDonald are just really great people. Sally lives a few houses down from her elderly parents. She daily brings them breakfast, lunches and dinners. Mike is a retired Homewood police officer and now works as a detective at Union Station.With the recent crime and violence in Homewood,[Read More…]
State designates Parker Junior High as ‘underperforming’
Parker Junior High School was labeled as underperforming for the 2018-19 school year based on low-income and special education students falling below Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) standards. The Flossmoor District 161 school board on Nov. 13 discussed the state’s designation but struggled to identify a specific issue that[Read More…]
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