Seventh grade girls team Parker Junior High School’s cross country teams swept the South Suburban Junior High School Association conference meet. Parker’s runners placed first in all four categories at the meet, which took place Oct. 3 at Apollo Park in Homewood. Seventh grade boys team A total[Read More…]
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Symposium covers issues of African-American women and girls
U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) will serve as host of the 2016 Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls Chicago Symposium on Friday at the University of Chicago. Kelly is co-chair of the caucus along with U.S. Rep. Yvette Clark (D-New York). Joining them will be U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore[Read More…]
Scenes from the 2016 Homewood Giant Block Party
President Bill Clinton speaks during a campaign stop at Homewood-Flossmoor High School in 1996. (Provided photos courtesy of the Homewood Historical Society) The presidential election of 2016 is rapidly nearing an end. Although neither candidate has visited the Homewood-Flossmoor area this year, a number of presidential candidates, presidents and a[Read More…]
Giant Block Party rallies after morning of rain
It apparently takes more than a half-day of occasionally torrential rain to derail a Homewood festival. Rain was heavy enough Saturday morning, Aug. 20, to flood streets, close the Dixie Highway viaduct and cause the cancellation of the first two Giant Block Party events, but by 2 p.m. the party[Read More…]
New assistant principal appointed at Parker Junior High School
Parker Junior High School is starting the 2016-17 academic year with a new assistant principal. Shemeka Fountain, a 16-year veteran of junior high schools in Dolton and South Holland, began her assignment at Parker on Wednesday.
Photographers invited to show beauty of 2nd Congressional District
Thursday is the deadline for entries in a 2nd Congressional District #02ByYou online photo competition. U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., invites residents and visitors to reveal the beauty and distinctiveness of the district she represents in Congress. “I’m leaving it to the imagination of our talented photographers to highlight what[Read More…]
Public meeting Thursday on Ingalls Hospital merger plans
Ingalls Health System is planning a merger with the University of Chicago Medical Center. Ingalls Hospital in Harvey has been an independent community hospital for 92 years. Rep. Will Davis, D-Homewood, invites the community to give testimony on the proposed merger at a community meeting from 4 to 7 p.m.[Read More…]
H-F sophomore selected to join international high school scholars organization
Nathaniel Lynn, a sophomore at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, has been selected for membership in the National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS).
District 161 hires firm to look for illegally enrolled students
Flossmoor School District 161 is looking for residency cheats. As a new academic year starts – Aug. 22 is the first full day of class – as many as 12 prospective students enrolling in district schools have been “red-flagged” for residency questions, Superintendent Craig Doster said this week. That means[Read More…]
Klugers August 2016
Construction crews are putting the final touches on Flossmoor’s Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria, which is scheduled to open next week. Malnati’s carryout and delivery restaurant will open on Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 3315 Vollmer Road in Flossmoor. In recent weeks, crews have been doing extensive renovation work at the Malnati’s space[Read More…]
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