The H-F Racquet & Fitness Club will be getting nearly three dozen new pieces of equipment for the facility at 2920 W. 183rd St. in Homewood. The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District agreed to spend $100,000 on the treadmills, stair climber, weight benches, power sled, ellipticals, ski-erg, a squat machine, Smith machine,[Read More…]
Local News
Homewood Science Center hosts annual Summer Fest for ninth anniversary
The Homewood Science Center’s Summer Fest fundraiser on July 17 also celebrated the center’s ninth anniversary. The nonprofit organization raised over $58,000 at the party at Idlewild Country Club in Flossmoor, exceeding its goal of $50,000. Guests enjoyed an evening that featured a variety of music and hands-on STEM (science,[Read More…]
Marian Catholic’s new basketball coach was star player
Marian Catholic High School has named John Oliver as its new men’s basketball head coach. A 2014 Marian Catholic alumnus, Oliver takes over after two seasons as a varsity assistant under coach Rick Romeli. Together they led the Marian Spartans to a 48-19 record and back-to-back IHSA regional titles. Oliver[Read More…]
Flossmoor’s 95th 4th of July Bike Parade features local historians
Eighty-five years after participating in his first Flossmoor Bike Parade, Al Wagner served as grand marshal in the annual parade on July 4. Wagner’s first parade came before his first birthday. He was born late in 1939 and participated in the 1940 bike parade. “I have a picture of my[Read More…]
The Weeks | July 20: Chamber Night, Homewood water rates, bid opening for Delanoe’s, American Dance Center, Flossmoor Social incentive, streetscape progress
THE WEEK > Your government Flossmoor Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, July 21, in village hall, 2800 Flossmoor Road. The agenda is available here. The livestream of the meeting will be available here. Meeting ID 852 1089 4513, passcode 60422. Highlights: Flossmoor Zoning Board of Appeals will meet at 6:30[Read More…]
07.20.2025 | What You Need To Know Today
Metra Platforms. The planned work schedule for today has been completed. All trains will board from their normal tracks at Millennium Station.
07.19.2025 | What You Need To Know Today
Metra Delays, Millennium Station Platforms. Due to planned work today and Sunday trains at Millennium Station will not have access to their normal platforms on the lower level and will be required to use South Shore (NICTD) station and platforms 11, 12 and 13 on the upper level from 6 a.m.[Read More…]
A new era of H-F football begins under McAllister
Things are a little bit different around the Homewood-Flossmoor football program. Troy McAllister is in his first season at the helm of the Vikings’ longship so the aim this summer was to lay the foundation for a program that wasn’t in a bad place, he said, but needs to be[Read More…]
H-F board agrees to create new position for CTE department
Meeting the needs of Homewood-Flossmoor High School’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) program will now be the responsibility of two people. The District 233 school board agreed to share responsibilities by creating a department lead position. At a special meeting of the board on Friday, July 18, the board unanimously[Read More…]
Variety, color highlight 7 gardens on Southland Garden Walk
The secrets of seven outstanding gardeners were shared with guests who wandered through their gardens on the 13th annual Southland Community Garden Walk on Sunday, July 13, hosted by the National Council of Jewish Women. Each, in its own way, was a perfect example of how variety, color and design[Read More…]
Newsletter
