The Flossmoor Police Department on Monday, Aug. 15, released a redacted incident report describing the encounter between Madeline Miller and two Flossmoor officers. Miller was shot and killed by the officers as she approached them with a knife on July 10. The names of the officers and two other residents in the[Read More…]
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8.16.22 | What You Need to Know Today
GET YOUR MULCH HERE – Free mulch and compost soil are available from the Village of Homewood. The self-serve pile is in the Village Hall parking lot, on the northwest corner, at 2020 Chestnut Road. Call (708) 206-3470 with any questions. CHALK THE WALK – Flossmoor School District 161 invites[Read More…]
H-F’s Viking Learning Academy reducing costs by offering direct services for students
Homewood-Flossmoor High School is establishing a new program to give struggling students a chance to study on campus and at the same time save District 233 more than $300,000 in annual costs. Viking Learning Academy is geared to students who struggle with social-emotional issues, truancy or have fallen behind in[Read More…]
Tornado in a bottle experiment offered insights into U of I doppler radar research
A Saturday event in Homewood gave children and adults a chance to “make a tornado” in a bottle with assistance from students with the University of Illinois’ Department of Atmospheric Sciences. One bottle was filled with water and taped to an inverted bottle. Starting with the water in the top[Read More…]
The weeks | Aug. 14
Week → The Homewood School District 153 Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 15, in the the James Hart School wood floor gym, 18220 Morgan St. in Homewood. The meeting agenda can be found here. Highlights: The meeting will begin with a presentation on the proposed property tax increase[Read More…]
Ivory Lofton celebrates 30 years in the fitness industry
Ivory Lofton, nutritionist and owner of Body By Ivory, a fitness facility, has improved the health and lives of his clients for three decades. For the past 12 years, Lofton has made Homewood his base of operations. Lofton admits he was always into health and fitness, starting from his days[Read More…]
Community’s invited to IJP School Block Party on Sept. 17
Infant Jesus of Prague School in Flossmoor invites the community to its Block Party serving up food, music and activities. The event opens at 4 p.m. with a Catholic mass that will be said on the parish parking lot, Flossmoor Road at Douglas Avenue. That’s followed by the Block Party[Read More…]
District 153 officials and parent seek Homewood trustees’ support for tax hike
A delegation supporting the Homewood School District 153 tax increase referendum appeared before the Homewood Board of Trustees on Tuesday, Aug. 9, to ask for the board’s support for the issue on the Nov. 8 ballot. After the group’s presentation, Mayor Rich Hofeld said the board would consider the request.[Read More…]
Illinois drops quarantine requirement, adopts new CDC COVID-19 guidelines for K-12 schools, early education (free content)
With new guidance from the CDC that addresses the need to keep students in classrooms while protecting residents from COVID-19, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) and Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) are adopting new operational guidance for schools and early education from the CDC that eases some restrictions while[Read More…]
Russ Bensley, former producer of CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite, dead at 92
Robert “Russ” Bensley of Flossmoor, an Emmy Award winning newsman and longtime producer who worked with Walter Cronkite at CBS, died on Aug. 9. He was 92. Mr. Bensley’s long career in journalism spanned decades following his graduation from Northwestern University where he earned both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in[Read More…]
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