The Village of Flossmoor is hosting a free guided fall tree walk at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 19, starting at the traffic circle in downtown Flossmoor. Flossmoor has a variety of trees. On this half-mile walk, David Becker, the village’s arborist and forestry maintenance technician, will share information on how[Read More…]
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Preckwinkle unveils $9.14B recommended county budget
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Thursday, Oct. 5, presented a proposed $9.14 billion Executive Budget Recommendation for Fiscal Year 2024, which includes millions in funding for equity programs and pandemic relief without increasing taxes or cutting vital services. Preckwinkle noted that the County was able to close a[Read More…]
Flossmoor Veterans’ Wall of Honor launches commemorative brick program
The Flossmoor Veterans’ Memorial, Inc. is launching the next phase of its fundraising efforts with a commemorative engraved brick program at the Veterans’ Wall of Honor. Proceeds from the brick sales are earmarked for possible additional construction costs as well as the installation and maintenance of bricks in the Wall[Read More…]
Emergency alarm activated by accident Wednesday at Western Avenue School
At approximately 11:50 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4, a Blue Point emergency alert system mobile fob unit was accidentally activated, which implemented a Code Red lockdown at Western Avenue School. There was no emergency, and this was an accidental activation, according to a notice from the Flossmoor Police Department. Police officers[Read More…]
FEMA to send test messages nationwide Wednesday to TVs, radios, cell phones
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) on at 1:20 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4. The wireless portion of the test will be directed to all consumer cell phones. The test message will display in either English or in Spanish, depending on[Read More…]
Cook County releases first transit plan
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced the completion of the county’s first-ever transit plan that was presented to the Board of Commissioners last week. The plan was developed by the county’s Department of Transportation and Highways (DoTH). Its priorities include improving the seamlessness of transit, increasing overall transit ridership[Read More…]
Homewood board approves permit for 2nd tattoo studio, Ink-N-Um
On Tuesday, Sept. 26, Homewood trustees approved the village’s second tattoo and piercing studio. Lifelong Homewood resident Robert Garrity received a special use permit to own and operate his tattoo studio, Ink-N-Um, at 18661 Dixie Highway. The property was formerly zoned as the B-2 district, which did not allow tattoo[Read More…]
Homewood to host annual fire department open house Oct. 14
The Homewood Fire Department will host its annual open house from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14, at the Homewood Fire Department, 17950 Dixie Highway. The free event will include interactive exhibits on how to prevent and survive a home fire and what it takes to be[Read More…]
College Board’s Big Future program recognizes 20 H-F students
The College Board’s national recognition program has named 20 Homewood-Flossmoor High School students National African American Recognition Award and National Hispanic Recognition Award honorees. The Big Future College Board national recognition programs name students who as sophomores and juniors took Advanced Placement, PSAT/NMSQT or PSAT 10 exams, have a grade[Read More…]
CDC greenlights two updated COVID-19 vaccines, but how will they fare against the latest variants? 5 questions answered
Published: September 12, 2023 11.02pm EDT On Sept. 12, 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the newly formulated COVID-19 vaccines for all Americans ages 6 months and up, hours after its expert advisory committee voted 13 to 1 in favor of recommending the vaccines. The CDC’s broad recommendation comes one day[Read More…]
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