Humanities Day at Prairie State College on Wednesday, April 26, will open with a presentation by Emmy Award winner Orbert Davis. His program will be followed by live music and a student art exhibition. All events are free. Davis opens the program at 9:30 a.m. in the Barnes and Noble[Read More…]
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H-F junior Jazmin Rhodes in national August Wilson New Voices competition
Homewood-Flossmoor High School junior Jazmin Rhodes will perform a monologue from an August Wilson play at a national competition hosted by August Wilson New Voices and the League of Chicago Theatres. The organizers said the competition is designed to give students “an opportunity to explore and share the richness of[Read More…]
District 153 using new data program for individual student assessment
A new data program is giving teachers in Homewood District 153 a look at each student’s test scores – down to the individual question asked and the score received. It’s making assessments of student learning much easier, and it gives teachers information they need to work one-to-one with students to[Read More…]
Ballard’s bat provides key spark for H-F baseball
The last couple of seasons, Jason Ballard had to fight for at-bats. He usually found himself toward the bottom of the Homewood-Flossmoor lineup, so he was just trying to get on base, move runners along and set the table for the older run producers at the top. Now a senior,[Read More…]
Homewood police, SMART team investigate fatal 3-vehicle crash on Halsted
One person died in a three-vehicle crash in the 17800 block of Halsted Street just before noon Tuesday, according to Homewood police. The crash occurred at 11:52 a.m. and involved a semi-truck, a Chevy sedan and a Ford SUV. The driver of the SUV was dead when officers arrived, police[Read More…]
Strike suspended as GSU, union reach tentative agreement
Governors State University and the University Professionals of Illinois (UPI) representing GSU faculty and staff reached a tentative contract agreement Monday night. The deal resulted in suspension of the strike that began a week ago. “We’re relieved that we’ve come out of this process with a contract that addresses workload[Read More…]
4.18.23 | What You Need to Know Today
KEEP HOMEWOOD STORIES ALIVE – Listen to some of your most interesting neighbors tell stories of their lives during Homewood Stories, 7:30 to 9 p.m. tonight at FCC Community House. Bring your own beverages or dinner and hear from storytellers including John Hahm, who grew up in Hawaii and taught[Read More…]
Districts 153, 161 award teachers tenure
At their April meetings, the school boards of Homewood District 153 and Flossmoor District 161 awarded tenure to outstanding teachers who have completed four years of employment with the districts. Teachers awarded tenure in District 153: Ashley Daniels-Evans, Churchill School, fifth grade; Angela Foster, Willow School, second grade; Kristen Goesel,[Read More…]
‘Violet’ musical being staged by The Drama Group
The Drama Group will present the moving story “Violet,” a musical being staged over two weekends starting Friday, April 28. Violet is a young woman who has facial disfigurement. She embarks on a journey from her farm community in North Carolina by Greyhound bus to Tulsa believing a televangelist there[Read More…]
Flossmoor police investigate business burglaries
The Flossmoor Police Department has received reports that two businesses in the 3000 block of Vollmer Road were burglarized. The initial burglary occurred during the early morning hours of Tuesday, April 11, while the second incident occurred during the early morning hours of Friday, April 14. The offenders forced entry[Read More…]
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