Sen. Toi Hutchinson (D-Olympia Fields) said an increase for schools passed by the Illinois Legislature and signed by Gov. Bruce Rauner Thursday will bring an estimated $2.23 million to schools in Homewood and Flossmoor. Hutchinson’s district includes parts of Flossmoor. She was a co-sponsor of Senate Bill 2047 that funds[Read More…]

A Matteson man escaped serious injury this week after he was struck by a car while crossing Vollmer Road just east of Dixie Highway on the border between Flossmoor and Chicago Heights.   (Provided photo) According to a Flossmoor police report, the 25-year-old pedestrian had stepped onto Vollmer when he[Read More…]

Dean Armstrong offers comments at a specialschool board meeting Thursday about the recent dismissal of Ryan Pitcock as principalof H-F High School. (Photo by Tom Houlihan/H-F Chronicle) Homewood-Flossmoor High School District 233 residents asked school board members Thursday to reinstate Principal Ryan Pitcock. Nearly three dozen people spoke at a special board meeting Thursday,[Read More…]

Flossmoor School District 161 has hired a new director of learning and instruction. The board of education approved Amabel Crawford for the position at a special meeting on Thursday morning. She begins working in the district on July 1.   Amabel Crawford She replaces Amy Warke, who served as assistant[Read More…]

(Provided photos) After decades of pounding by tens of thousands of sneakered feet, it was time for a gym floor makeover at Parker Junior High. South Gym – one of two venues at the Flossmoor school for basketball, volleyball, badminton and other indoor sports activities – got its turn this[Read More…]

U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly will join with residents at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, June 29, for a National Day of Action to Stop Gun Violence. The rally will be at Federal Plaza, Adams and Dearborn Streets in Chicago. Kelly will join with fellow Democratic congressmen and gun law advocates in[Read More…]

Multi-colored hair may be coming to Parker Junior High School. School officials are proposing an end to the ban on “unnaturally colored hair,” Parker Principal David Kennedy said at Monday’s Flossmoor District 161 school board committee meeting. However, it’s unlikely that extreme colored hair will be allowed in kindergarten through[Read More…]

Flossmoor’s venerable and recently renovated Fire Engine No. 4 will be featured in the village’s Fourth of July parade. (Provided photo) The H-F community will celebrate the nation’s birthday with parades that showcase local organizations and a big party that brings the whole community together.    A youngster does a flip   while marching[Read More…]

The community will have two hours on Thursday, June 30, to share their views about the dismissal of Homewood-Flossmoor High School Principal Ryan Pitcock. The 6:30 p.m. special meeting of the District 233 board of education will take place in the high school’s Mall Auditorium in the South Building. The[Read More…]

William and Shonda Harrison will be permitted to park their specially modified pickup truck in the driveway of their Flossmoor home. Flossmoor trustees approved the zoning request at the June 20 village board meeting. In a separate action at the meeting, the board turned down a zoning request from Goodwill[Read More…]