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The International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme at Homewood-Flossmoor High School needs to be revamped, staff told members of the District 233 Planning Committee at its Oct. 11 meeting. The goal is to change from a restrictive program to one that offers a greater number of students a chance to be[Read More…]
Governors State University’s (GovState) Social Justice Initiative (SJI) is launching a Justice Corner Series, a discussion space featuring scholar activists that are advocating for social justice in America and around the world. The first session will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16, in the Social Justice Building on Governors State University campus,[Read More…]
A FEMA/State Disaster Recovery Center will open on Wednesday, Oct. 16, in the Homewood Auditorium, 2010 Chestnut Road, to help residents with recovery from the July 13-16 severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding. Specialists from FEMA, the state of Illinois and the U.S. Small Business Administration will be at[Read More…]
Sonia Fetherling has always loved dogs. When she was a child, she wasn’t allowed to have a dog of her own, so she improvised: She said she would go door to door in her Chichester, West Suffolk, England, neighborhood asking people if she could just walk their dogs — for[Read More…]
Crews and equipment from two local Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS) divisions are in Florida helping with hurricane recovery, according to MABAS 24 Director Kevin Welsh. Florida recently was hit by two major hurricanes in succession. Hurricane Helene made landfall on Sept. 24, and Hurricane Milton arrived on Oct.[Read More…]
Flossmoor School District 161 Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15, in Normandy Villa, 41 E. Elmwood Drive, Chicago Heights. The agenda is available here. The livestream of the meeting can be viewed here. The board’s Learning and Instruction Committee will meet at 5 p.m., also at Normandy Villa. [Read More…]
Volunteers are gearing up for a collection drive on Saturday, Nov. 2, to benefit the veterans at the Veterans Home in Manteno. Volunteers will be stationed from 9 a.m. to noon at the parking lot at St. John Neumann Parish, 17951 Dixie Highway in Homewood. See below for a list[Read More…]
The League of Women Voters of the Homewood-Flossmoor Area will host a meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16, to provide information on the history of the Electoral College. The meeting will take place in the Flossmoor village hall board room, 2800 Flossmoor Road. The speaker will be David Brodnax[Read More…]
Live Free 999, the nonprofit founded by Carmela Wallace to honor her son Jarad “Juice WRLD” Higgins, announced today that it has donated $100,000 to local and national organizations addressing mental health and substance dependency challenges. The donations to A Place Called Home, The AAKOMA Project, Bring Change to Mind,[Read More…]
THE WEEK > Your government Flossmoor Public Art Commission will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14, in village hall, 2800 Flossmoor Road. The agenda is available here. Flossmoor Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15, in village hall, 2800 Flossmoor Road. The agenda is available here.[Read More…]
