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Volunteers opened their hearts and put their hands to work on Aug. 16 making fleece blankets that will comfort children with cancer in all 50 states. The event at Homewood’s Cancer Support Center launched Project Kennedy’s “Dare the World to Kare!” initiative, marking what would have been founder Kennedy Parker’s[Read More…]
The District 233 proposed operating budget for the 2025-26 school year shows $76.99 million in revenues and $75.36 million in expenses for Homewood-Flossmoor High School. The school board was presented with the budget at the Aug. 19 board meeting. Lawrence Cook, chief school business official, said the operating budget covers[Read More…]
State officials announced on Tuesday, Aug. 19, the launch of One Click College Admit – a statewide direct admissions program for Illinois public universities and community colleges. Through One Click College Admit, high school seniors and community college transfer students in Illinois will receive college acceptances into the state’s public universities by[Read More…]
Flossmoor Green Commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19, in village hall, 2800 Flossmoor Road. The agenda is available here. Homewood-Flossmoor School District 233 Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19, in The Viking Room, South Building, 999 Kedzie Ave. The agenda is available here. Homewood-Flossmoor Park District[Read More…]
A chance meeting at Homewood’s 2024 Fourth of July parade launched Homewood native Robert (Bob) L. Anderson Jr.’s journey to become president of the village’s historical society. “I parked close to where I grew up, and my wife Tammy and I were setting up our bag chairs when this lady[Read More…]
Everything about flag football is new for almost everyone involved. For the coaches, for the players, for Homewood-Flossmoor High School, even for the state, the sport is new. So far, though, Vikings Coach Walter Collins said there’s a lot of enthusiasm around his team. “Everybody saw the need because there’s[Read More…]
Prairie State College has announced its Dean’s List for the spring semester. To be named to the Dean’s List, students must have a semester grade point average (GPA) of 3.75 or better, have completed a minimum of 12 credit hours at PSC during the spring semester, and have a cumulative[Read More…]
THE WEEK > Your government Flossmoor School District 161 Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 18, in Normandy Villa, 41 E. Elmwood Drive, Chicago Heights. The agenda can be viewed here. The livestream will be available here. Flossmoor Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 18, in[Read More…]
Matilda the Musical. The show time is 2 p.m. at the Drama Group theater at 330 202nd St. in Chicago Heights. Tickets for “Matilda” are $25 for adults, $23 for seniors and military and $19 for students. Tickets can be purchased through BookTix Ticketing at https://dg.booktix.com. A fee will be applied to[Read More…]
The Homewood Village Board approved the class 8 incentive for the property owned by Beverly Spearman of The Spearman Firm, LLC at the Aug. 12 meeting. The two-story, 1,853-square-foot property located at 17911 Harwood Ave. previously was owned by Real Dobrez LLC, which left in 2018. The building has been[Read More…]
