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THE WEEK > Your government Monday, March 23 Flossmoor School District 161 Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. at Normandy Villa, 41 E. Elmwood Drive, Chicago Heights. The agenda is available here. The meeting livestream will be available here. Highlights: Flossmoor Community Relations Commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. in Village Hall,[Read More…]
A pair of Marian Catholic High School students will attend the University of Illinois at Chicago on full scholarships thanks to their time spent caddying at local golf courses. Brook Rouse and Dominic Pena, both Spartans seniors, earned the prestigious Chick Evans Memorial Scholarship from the Western Golf Association. The[Read More…]
Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra’s Rising Stars Concert: H-F student musicians Annie Ford and Sophia McManus join other young musicians at the 4 p.m. concert at Flossmoor Community Church, 2218 Hutchison Road. Admission is $20. Around the World storytelling with Chris Fascione. Multicultural stories from many different countries, continents, and cultures come to life[Read More…]
As Jerl Griffin, regional executive chef for Thompson Hospitality, stirred the arborio rice for his risotto demonstration dish, he also hoped to stir up interest among the Homewood-Flossmoor High School students in the Culinary II class. Griffin has been a chef for years. During his presentation March 19, he wanted[Read More…]
State officials and Illinois film industry leaders announced on Thursday, March 19, that film production expenditures in Illinois reached a record-breaking high of $703 million in 2025, supporting an estimated 18,000 in industry hires, representing a 25 percent increase in film expenditures since before the pandemic in 2019. The milestone[Read More…]
The Homewood Village Board held a public hearing for the lead service line replacement funding process on March 17. Village staff gave a presentation on the village’s loan application to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA), which seeks funding for lead service line replacements. The IEPA mandates municipalities to replace[Read More…]
Prairie Jubilee. To kick off the spring season, volunteers at Gensburg Markham Prairie invite the public to join a volunteer-led effort to restore this historic prairie site from 9 a.m. to noon. The project will involve cutting back woody brush with hand-tools. No experience is necessary, and all supplies and tools[Read More…]
There’s a certain standard to being a sprinter at Homewood-Flossmoor. The boys track team won the 400-meter relay and finished second in the 800-meter relay at state last May. Zion Morrison placed in both the 100- and 200-meter dashes. The Vikings finished second in team points. And that’s just last[Read More…]
The colorful Richard Haas trompe-l’oeil murals adorning the exterior of Homewood’s Melody Mart pay homage to the village’s past — from its first air-conditioned movie theater to its early Dixie Highway charm. The nostalgic vibe isn’t accidental, said owner James “Jim” Donnelly, who’s planning a two-month series of events in[Read More…]
The Flossmoor Public Art Commission has announced the return of a creative fundraiser that will get you thinking about warmer days and putting your analog skills to good use. Its Garden Art & More Online Auction is a unique fundraiser where creative individuals and artists will fashion one-of-a-kind flowerpots, bird[Read More…]
