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Coyote Run Golf Course in Flossmoor opens its 2025 season on Sunday. The forecast calls for a high temperature of 45 degrees. Sunday, Feb. 2, is Groundhog Day, but Coyote Run staff say they make no guarantees on what the groundhog predicts for the rest of winter/spring. The course will[Read More…]
The 2025 schedule for events in Homewood was released recently, and it includes popular events from 2024 that will be returning this year. Some of those highly praised events are the Holiday Lights Tour, a Halloween event, and Art & Garden Fair. Event manager Marla Youngblood told trustees and residents at the[Read More…]
Dave’s Hot Chicken gave supporters a taste of things to come when it hosted an open house with free meals for employees, their friends and family on Wednesday, Jan. 29. “Everyone’s eating good and feeling good,” Dave’s Hot Chicken Manager Alyssa Simmons said, describing the event. “It’s a great vibe[Read More…]
Friday, Jan. 31 Hot Chocolate Day. Tweens and teens aged 11 to 14 are invited to enjoy hot chocolate at Flossmoor Public Library, 1000 Sterling Ave. There will be kits to make a hot cocoa bomb. Register here. Kundalini + Crystal Singing Bowls. Serendipity Yoga and Wellness, 18300 Dixie Highway in Homewood, will host[Read More…]
The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District received the Champions for Change Award for its unique and exemplary practices of increasing access and fostering diversity and inclusion within the park district and the H-F community. The award was presented at the association’s annual Illinois Park and Recreation Association/Illinois Association of Park Districts conference[Read More…]
The District 233 board voted Jan. 21 to change the honors recognition program at Homewood- Flossmoor High School. The change, which also impacts the grading system, comes after nearly two years of study. Administrators argue that colleges and universities aren’t necessarily interested in ranking because each high school has its[Read More…]
In the old days (before Jan. 28), when politicians said they would fight for the people, we understood them to mean they would aggressively support good policies and protect constituents from bad policies. We took it for granted they would fight with words and votes. Most politicians I know don’t[Read More…]
Xtreme Hip Hop Fitness. Studio 907, 738 Ridge Road, Homewood, will host fitness session at 5 p.m. More info here. Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. & Celebrating the Beloved Community. South Suburban Diversity Dinners will host a Zoom session from 6 to 7:30 p.m. for a serious discussion of Martin Luther King[Read More…]
Preparations are underway for Illinois to join in the nation’s celebration of 250 years of independence in 2026, and the Illinois America 250 Commission is encouraging people across the Prairie State to get involved in planning festivities and educational opportunities to mark the historic moment. Celebrations marking the nation’s independence are expected[Read More…]
The Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) recommended a 2026 fiscal year budget that increases funding to continue to support the implementation of the equity-driven higher education strategic plan, A Thriving Illinois. The budget recommends an overall 4% increase, which represents an increase of $108.8 million, in higher education funding,[Read More…]
