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Thomas H. Heyne, a Homewood police officer, began and ended his 24-year career on the same day, Dec. 14. At the Dec. 13 board of trustees meeting, Homewood village officials honored Heyne for the dedicated service with the police department that began in 1992, when he took his oath of[Read More…]
Homewood-Flossmoor High School has announced the selection of 77 members of its senior class as 2017-18 Illinois State Scholars. Illinois State Scholars rank in approximately the top 10 percent of the state’s high school seniors. They were selected by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission based on a combination of exemplary ACT[Read More…]
It was strike two for Raj’s Food & Liquor Inc. Tuesday when a motion to issue a liquor license at the proposed store location, 17532 Dixie Highway, died for the lack of a second. It was the second time the Homewood Village Board did not take a vote on the[Read More…]
A woman was uninjured when two thieves took her purse during a daylight armed robbery in a store parking lot on Halsted Street in Homewood on Tuesday. Homewood police said the shopper was returning to her car outside Target, 17605 S. Halsted St., shortly after 1:30 p.m. when she was[Read More…]
With this year’s opening of the Meijer superstore, Flossmoor School District 161 is getting a needed boost in property tax revenue. According to the estimated 2016 tax levy, approved Monday by the board of education, District 161 will take in an additional $909,090 in property taxes, mostly as a result[Read More…]
And on the 12th day before Christmas, Santa wore a blue uniform. Flossmoor police officers Monday filled their baskets with toys during a shopping spree at the village’s Meijer superstore.
Dec. 31 marks not only the end of 2016 but also the end of Dave Cady’s 43-year career in Flossmoor with the U.S. Postal Service. Cady, 65, who recently announced his retirement, has worked out of the Flossmoor Post Office for his entire career.
An expanded curriculum with 11 new courses is planned for the 2017-18 school year at Homewood-Flossmoor High School. Nancy Spaniak, H-F director of Curriculum, Instruction & Professional Development, said the changes will help students reach new goals while strengthening the curriculum. Several courses will help students move ahead in STEM[Read More…]
The owners of Raj’s Food & Liquor will return to the Homewood Board of Trustees at its Tuesday, Dec. 13, meeting to seek support for a liquor license request. The Kaur family, which operates a liquor store in Glenwood, hopes to open a liquor store with a sandwich shop where[Read More…]
Homewood-Flossmoor High School’s second-ranked girls basketball team is heading into Monday’s super-sectional game with everything peaking at the right time. Coach Anthony Smith said his team is playing its best ball of the season and the players have become more confident in their abilities. That’s good timing because Montini Catholic[Read More…]
