With the 2024 Presidential Primary Election on March 19, Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough is issuing a warning about voter registration scams and is reminding suburban Cook County voters who have questions or concerns about election misinformation to visit the Trusted Source webpage for detailed facts on all aspects of election operations. [Read More…]
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Tech Ninjas suffer narrow defeat at regional robotics tourney
Parker Junior High hosted The Illinois Suburban South League FIRST Tech Challenge Tournament on Feb. 17. The home team, HF Robotics’ Tech Ninjas Team (TNT), missed a top spot and a trip to the state tournament by ten points. The Illinois For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST)[Read More…]
Half Week | Feb. 28: Thornton Township meeting, Skate to the Polls, Aging Grace, election trust
Half Week is a test. Our weekly newsletter, The Weeks, can get very long sometimes. We thought maybe it would be better to split it in two parts 1) Meetings, events, activities and links to the previous week’s stories on Sunday and 2) News briefs and commentary on Wednesday. Let us[Read More…]
Homewood police investigate Tuesday carjacking
A man and a woman wearing ski masks reportedly hijacked a vehicle in the 800 block of Elder Road on Tuesday evening, according to Homewood police. Officers responded to the location at about 6:10 p.m. and learned that the pair approached the victim, who was sitting in a silver Kia[Read More…]
2.28.2024 | What You Need To Know Today
KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION — Flossmoor School District 161 will hold kindergarten registration for the 2024-25 school year from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at each elementary school: Flossmoor Hills, 3721 Beech St., 708-647-7100; Heather Hill, 1439 Lawrence Crescent, 708-647-7200; Serena Hills, 255 Pleasant Drive, Chicago Heights, 708-647-7300; and Western Avenue, 940 Western Ave., 708-647-7400. YOUTH[Read More…]
D161 Spelling Bee participants recognized
District 161 recognized district-wide spelling bee participants at the Feb. 19 Board of Education meeting. Fourteen students from the district’s four elementary schools participated in the 11-round spelling bee at Parker on Jan. 31. The students studied a list of more than 400 words and learned about different languages and[Read More…]
Homewood Arts Council’s March 23 event opens 2024 season
Homewood Arts Council (HAC) invites the community to its 2024 season with the first program featuring Miles Nielsen and former Flossmoor resident Mark Watson on Saturday, March 23. The program will be from 7 to 10 p.m. in the Senior Hall at Izaak Walton Preserve, 1100 W. Ridge Road in[Read More…]
March 19 election forces District 153 to schedule e-learning
Schools are routinely used as polling places. In District 153, James Hart and Churchill Schools will be polling places for the primary election March 19, over the objections of district administrators. The Cook County Board of Elections has, in the past, notified school districts well in advance that schools will[Read More…]
2.27.2024 | What You Need To Know Today
AFRICAN FOLKTALES — “Oba the Poetic Storyteller presents: The Eagles Who Thought They Were Chickens Stories and Folktales from 6 to 7 p.m. tonight in the Helen Wilson Meeting Room at Flossmoor Public Library, 1000 Sterling Ave. Oba William King will tell African folktales. Children under 9 years old must have an[Read More…]
District 153 Special Olympians advance to state competition
District 153 has four students who will be competing in state Special Olympics competition after taking first place during the Region E basketball games. Noah Hanzelin, Sierra Holly, Ross McManus and Randall Walters Jr. took first place honors and will move on to state competition March 8-10 at Illinois State[Read More…]
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