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On Tuesday, Nov. 19, friends and family members of Homewood Stories’ creator Dr. Karen O’Donnell gathered in the main room of the Flossmoor Community Center to pay tribute to the woman who had enticed many of them to plow through a polar vortex in January 2014 to attend the show’s[Read More…]
Holiday closings/changes Friendsgiving. Not My Dad will perform at Thornton Distillery, 400 E. Margaret St. in Thornton. The evening will help support Center for Food Equity in Medicine. Raffle tickets will raise money for a Christmas Dinner Food Bundle. The Center will also be conducting a food drive and the Distillery will[Read More…]
Specialty Physicians of Illinois, LLC recently added four new family and internal medicine physicians serving patients in the South Suburbs. Internal medicine physicians Joseph Guan, MD, and Justin Li, DO, as well as board-certified family medicine physicians Caroline Kim, DO, and Josephine Minnicino, MD, all joined Specialty Physicians of Illinois[Read More…]
Lights were flashing, the music was loud and the students at Willow School got to run around the gym Nov. 22 raising money for the District 153 PTA. At last count, more than $28,000 was donated. Glow Run, put on by the Booster company, was a new activity this year.[Read More…]
Homewood Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26, in village hall, 2020 Chestnut Road. The agenda is available here. The livestream of the meeting can be viewed here. Use meeting ID 980 4907 6232, passcode 830183. On the agenda: A resolution to make publicly available the North Halsted TIF District Eligibility[Read More…]
Deadlines | Rates | Inserts | Thank you Short turnaround The December edition will be in the mail this week and already we’re getting started on the January edition that will go to the printer before the holiday. That’s pushed our ad order deadline to Dec. 6.* Anyone who needs[Read More…]
Governors State University (GovState) is celebrating 55 years of excellence, as well as the 10th anniversary of the first freshman class in 2024. In the last decade, the University has enjoyed record growth in its freshman students and athletic programs. On the academics side, GovState has elevated educational programs across[Read More…]
The science wing under construction at Homewood-Flossmoor High School will be available for student use in March. The building will not be fully occupied, but Superintendent Scott Wakeley said it will operate as “a remote teaching site.” Wakeley said asking teachers to relocate to the science wing mid-semester isn’t feasible.[Read More…]
The driver and two occupants of a vehicle that struck a pole Monday, Nov. 25, were injured and transported to area hospitals for treatment, according to Homewood police. The crash occurred about 3:30 p.m. in the 18100 block of Harwood Ave., police said. A white Nissan was traveling northbound when[Read More…]
Early portions of last winter were difficult for Homewood-Flossmoor boys wrestling. The Vikings have as tough a schedule as nearly any high school in the country, certainly any public school. They go to Ohio for the Walsh Jesuit Ironman, to Crown Point, Indiana, for the Carnahan Invitational and to Pennsylvania[Read More…]
