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White Sox announcer Jason Benetti to be guest speaker for H-F baseball fundraiser
Jason Benetti Jason Benetti, play-by-play announcer for the Chicago White Sox, will be the guest speaker for the Homewood-Flossmoor High School Vikings Baseball Booster Club fundraising dinner on Saturday, Jan. 29. The 6 to 9 p.m. Hot Stove Fundraiser event, featuring a buffet style Italian meal, will be at Balagio’s[Read More…]
District 153 school board approves contracts for summer work
District 153 took its first steps for the $8.2 million major improvements projects set for the summer months of 2022 and 2023. Before the regular school board meeting Jan. 10, board members conducted a public hearing beginning the process of financing the work through the sale of bonds. No comments[Read More…]
Illinois attempts to persuade those who are ‘on the fence’ about COVID-19 vaccines (free)
The state of Illinois launched a new vaccine awareness campaign this week in an attempt to persuade more people to get COVID-19 vaccines. The ‘On the Fence’ campaign features 18 stories from Illinoisans who were initially hesitant but are now fully vaccinated. The campaign will roll out over the coming[Read More…]
UChicago Medicine-Ingalls plans to reopen urgent aid services on Tuesday (free)
UChicago Medicine at Ingalls – Flossmoor will reopen its 24-hour urgent aid location at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 18. While the rest of the clinic remained open, urgent aid services temporarily closed on Dec. 29, 2021, as surging COVID-19 cases created what UChicago officials called “unprecedented demand across our[Read More…]
H-F wrestler Robinson collecting big wins, ready to make a state title run
Candle store Blue Pearl opens on Dixie Highway
Kim Rowe first started making and selling homemade, scented candles online with her 14-year-old adopted daughter Terriaanna Rowe in March 2020. In December, Rowe opened a brick-and-mortar store called Blue Pearl selling candles and wax melts at 17538 Dixie Highway in Homewood. To make the candles, Rowe and her daughter heat soy[Read More…]
District 153 students mark MLK Day collecting donations for three agencies
As the nation marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 17, students in Homewood schools are asking friends and residents to support their efforts to assist three regional agencies by donating needed items. Willow School is collecting for the South Suburban Humane Society, Churchill School is working with[Read More…]
Projects large and small help others this Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Sophomore is on the Marks for H-F basketball
Lee Marks III is playing a prominent role for the Homewood-Flossmoor High School boys basketball team this year. It’s something the sophomore has been preparing for since he was little. “I remember I liked the game when I was like four,” the 6-foot-5 Vikings guard said. “I’ve played a lot[Read More…]
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