Homewood-Flossmoor High School’s New Faces Theater Company will present “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 20, 21 and 22, at the high school, 999 Kedzie Ave. in Flossmoor. Tickets for the production are sold online at Go Fan. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for[Read More…]
Latest News
Underground Railroad scholar to speak at League of Women Voters Black History Month event
The League of Women Voters of the Homewood-Flossmoor Area will host a Black History Month event featuring historian Larry McClellan, who will present “The Underground Railroad in the Chicago Southland” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, in Flossmoor village hall, 2800 Flossmoor Road. McClellan is the author of “The Underground Railroad South of[Read More…]
Election 2025: Introducing Kevin Dorsey
Note: This is the second in a 10-part series introducing candidates who are on the ballot for the first time in village board races in Homewood and Flossmoor. Flossmoor has a surge in trustee candidates this year. In 2023, four candidates ran for three four-year terms. This year, two incumbents[Read More…]
02.07.2025 | What You Need To Know This Weekend
Friday, Feb. 7 Date Night Paint & Sip Party. “Fun art, not fine art, so relax, have fun and enjoy a carefree escape” at 7 p.m., Bottle & Bottega, 2007 Ridge Road in Homewood. Tickets are available here. Saturday, Feb. 8 Painting with Tracie. Create your own masterpiece in this step-by-step program[Read More…]
Column: Cook County officials commit to protecting programs, values from Trump administration onslaught
The first chapter in historian Timothy Snyder’s 2017 book, “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century,” is “Do Not Obey in Advance.” Corporate America, especially its leaders from the billionaire class, apparently didn’t find time to read Snyder’s slim volume, because even before Election Day, they began to obey[Read More…]
An app for the Village of Homewood is coming soon
Homewood is creating an online app that will put village information directly in the hands of users. Communication and Engagement Manager Antonia Steinmiller announced during a presentation to the Homewood Village Board on Jan. 28 that a mobile application for the community is in the works. “This app will serve[Read More…]
Election 2025: Introducing Brady Chalmers
Note: This is the first in a 10-part series introducing candidates who are on the ballot for the first time in village board races in Homewood and Flossmoor. The last time Homewood Mayor Rich Hofeld had competition was in 2009. This year, newcomer Brady Chalmers will compete for the job.[Read More…]
Flossmoor board discusses emergency communication plans
The Flossmoor Board of Trustee meeting Jan. 22 focused on village safety protocols in cases of emergencies. The board approved amendments to article 2 chapter 105 of the village code to bring it into alignment with state law. The section goes over the power the mayor has in calling states[Read More…]
02.06.2025 | What You Need To Know Today
Thornton Township special board meeting. Trustees called a meeting for 4 p.m. at 333 E. 162nd St. South Holland. The agenda is available here. Homewood-Flossmoor School District 233 Board of Education Finance Committee will meet at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, in the Viking Room, South Building, 999 Kedzie Ave. The agenda is available[Read More…]
Residents get a look at preliminary plan to improve Kedzie Avenue
Area residents had a chance Jan. 29 to get a look at early plans and offer their suggestions for improving Kedzie Avenue from 159th Street in Markham to Vollmer Road in Flossmoor. The plans so far, which have been in development since 2022, were laid out long maps stretching over several tables[Read More…]
Newsletter
