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Homewood-Flossmoor volleyball senior Na’imah and sophomore Cherron Calhoun started talking about this volleyball season a while ago. The sisters didn’t grow up playing together. They didn’t really grow up playing at all. Na’imah donned her first set of knee pads as a freshman, Cherron as a seventh grader. But they’ve[Read More…]
As runners came around the corner onto Flossmoor Hills Road, volunteers wasted no time cheering and holding signs saying, “Run with your heart!” and “You got this!” Volunteers from The South Suburban Vineyard Church came out around 6 a.m. preparing cups of water and Gatorade to hand to the runners. [Read More…]
The Flossmoor board of trustees approved a contract at the Sept. 15 village board meeting with Baxter & Woodman Consulting Engineers for engineering work on the Dartmouth Pedestrian Bridge Replacement and Streambank Stabilization project. The bridge, which was built more than 40 years ago, needs to be replaced because of[Read More…]
THE WEEK > Your government Flossmoor School District 161 Board of Education Learning and Instruction Committee will meet at 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 22, in Normandy Villa, 41 E. Elmwood Drive, Chicago Heights. The agenda is available here. Flossmoor School District 161 Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 22[Read More…]
The Village of Homewood has been honored with a Silver Circle Award for its creative “Cicada Era: The Homewood Tour” campaign at the annual City-County Communications and Marketing Association (3CMA) conference, held Sept. 3–5 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Homewood earned recognition in the category of “Most Creative Activity With Least[Read More…]
A team can go one of two ways after a major injury. Homewood-Flossmoor’s junior tight end Martez Harding had an apparent lower body injury Friday and was taken off the field in an ambulance. At that point in the game, visiting Naperville North had all the momentum. The Huskies just[Read More…]
One of Flossmoor’s most popular green initiatives, Recyclepalooza, is back on the calendar for Saturday, Sept. 27, from 9 a.m. to noon in the Parker Junior High School parking lot. Recyclepalooza makes it easy for residents to dispose of hard-to-recycle and reusable items responsibly. The drive-through event makes it convenient[Read More…]
Volunteers will be collecting food donations from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, at St. John Neumann Parish, 17951 Dixie Highway in Homewood. Donations benefit the Catholic Charities food pantry. The pantry is most in need of canned fruit; canned chicken, tuna or salmon; canned ravioli, peanut butter, pasta,[Read More…]
Community Shred/Electronics Recycling. State Rep. Will Davis will host a paper shredding, electronics recycling and prescription drug takeback event at his office, 1912 W. 174th Street in East Hazel Crest, from 9 a.m. to noon. The event is for households only, not businesses. Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration. Flossmoor Public Library, 1000 Sterling[Read More…]
Few people know Kaila Green. “Mouse,” on the other hand, is starting to make a name for herself on the flag football field for Homewood-Flossmoor High School. “Kaila doesn’t exist,” Green said. “My family don’t even call me Kaila. Kaila doesn’t exist.” The nickname evolved from “Squirrel,” a moniker Green[Read More…]
