If ever the devil’s plan was made to torment manIt was you, Jezebel, it was you, night and day, every way — Lyrics from “Jezebel” by Frankie Laine As I’m sure the majority of 17- and 18-year old high school seniors are doing this time of year, I’ve spent a great[Read More…]

Colorful faces will highlight Walk, Stroll or Run for 161 on May 1 in Flossmoor. The event, a fundraiser for Flossmoor School District 161, will feature a Color Dash – it’s for kids only – that lets youngsters run a course with brightly-colored faces. The Color Dash will be exactly[Read More…]

The Parker Junior High Science Olympiad team. (Provided photos) Student athletes, science scholars and newly tenured teachers were honored at Monday’s Flossmoor School District 161 Board of Education meeting.   The Parker Junior High   eighth-grade volleyball  team.  A capacity audience was on hand as board members paid tribute to Parker Junior[Read More…]

The truck carrying Carol Loreth’s spruce tree to Irwin Park makes the turn onto Ridge Road from Dixie Highway on Tuesday.(Photos by Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle)   Carol Loreth’s spruce tree   settles into its new home at   Irwin Park.  In about two hours time, Homewood got a new “Christmas tree” at Irwin Park[Read More…]

The Homewood District 153 Board of Education awarded tenure to eight staff members at its Monday, April 11, board meeting. Maureen Daley, Stephanie Hess, Kimberly Homich, Elizabeth Hovan, Meredith Leonard, Jessica Mucha, Amanda Speiser and Matthew Zimmerman were granted tenure. To earn tenure, the teachers completed four years of successful[Read More…]

Homewood-Flossmoor High School students Anya Brumfield and Isabel Weber will perform Sunday, April 17, as part of the 2016 Rising Star Showcase April hosted by the Friends of the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra. The program will begin at 4:30 p.m. at the Barnes and Noble Auditorium at Prairie State College.  Brumfield[Read More…]

Flossmoor District 161 school board members Monday approved a transportation contract that is likely to mean savings of nearly $1 million over the next three years. Craig Doster By approving the pact with Cook-Illinois /Paige Bus Enterprises, District 161 will reduce its annual transportation costs by $330,000 during the three-year[Read More…]

Ashley Deckelman placed second and Lucy Sloan placed third in the 2016 Congressional Art Competition-2nd Congressional District for high school students hosted by U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) They were two of the 10 Homewood-Flossmoor High School students who participated. Entrees were also submitted by H-F students Aliyah Wilson, Shiloah[Read More…]

A special thanks was extended to members ofCitizens for Homewood Schools. District 153Superintendent Dale Mitchell, left, and schoolboard president Shelly Marks, center, applaudedthe efforts of members, from secondleft, Vito D’Aftici, Steve Johnson, TerryKeigher, Nick Quirke, Tom Dockweiler,La’Shone Zinnerman, Ann Marie Websterand Anne Colton.(Photo by Marilyn Thomas/H-F Chronicle) Members of the District 153 School Board and[Read More…]

Why do kids get to have all the fun during prom season? For Homewood-Flossmoor area grown-ups – including many whose children are going to this spring’s big dance – Prom for Parents is a logical response to that question. The first-ever Prom for Parents makes its debut April 23 at[Read More…]