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Following the retirement of Homewood police chief Denise McGrath on Jan. 9, Thomas Johnson was sworn in as the new chief of police at the Jan. 27 meeting. Johnson, former deputy chief of police of Homewood since February 2024, served for seven years at the Glenwood Police Department before joining[Read More…]
Ihuoma Ozoh shed a few tears. Homewood-Flossmoor’s January 27 game with Lockport was senior night for the Vikings. Ozoh and Aunyai Deere were honored before the game, taking pictures with family and then the rest of the team before heading back to the bench to start the game. That’s when[Read More…]
Read, Rock, n’ Rhyme. Homewood Public Library, 17917 Dixie Highway, will host story time for kids age birth to 7 years old. Kids will be able to dance, shake and wiggle as we share stories, songs, rhymes, and more from 10:30 to 11 a.m. in the Rauch Reading Room. Register here. Read,[Read More…]
A Nicor Pillars of Giving grant will help the Flossmoor Art Council pursue one of its founding goals in the coming year. Council founder Troy Holmes said the organization has a strong commitment to education, not just about the creative process but about how to make art sustainable. “When we[Read More…]
The Homewood Indoors Farmers Market is set to begin Saturday, Jan. 31, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Homewood Auditorium, 2010 Chestnut Road. The market will continue once a month, with the other days set to be Feb. 28, March 28, and April 25. Market manager Christine Banks[Read More…]
Homewood Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. in village hall, 2020 Chestnut Road. The agenda is available here. The livestream of the meeting will be available here. Meeting ID 980 4907 6232, passcode 830183. Highlights: Rising Readers. Homewood Public Library, 17917 Dixie Highway, will host story time from 10:30 to 11 a.m.[Read More…]
Editor’s note: This story originally listed one $10,000 donation, but the donor later advised us he made two. Entrepreneur Jack Savage, who’s made millions of dollars through his coffee brand Everyday Dose, gifted $20,000 to Homewood-Flossmoor High School. Savage, who was Jack Klauber from Homewood when he graduated from H-F[Read More…]
Metra will mark January’s National Human Trafficking Prevention Month by handing out informational magnets to customers from 6:30 to 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 27, at all downtown stations (while supplies last). The magnets give tips to help riders “know the signs” and identify potential human trafficking on Metra trains,[Read More…]
THE WEEK > Your government The meetings listed here area open to the public, and some are accessible via livestream. Monday, Jan. 26 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 livestream of[Read More…]
Those who spend time living or working in old buildings know it’s not all that unusual to find long-forgotten or lost things from long ago in the back of closets, wedged between flooring or tucked in inconspicuous corners of hard-to-reach shelves. A coin, a piece of paper, a wire hanger,[Read More…]
