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The future We know prognosticating is risky. We predicted the District 161 board would meet this week and the meeting was canceled. Still, we soldier on and predict that … Flossmoor trustees will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 18, in village hall, 2800 Flossmoor Road. Homewood Public Library[Read More…]
The Parents Music Association of District 153 is hosting a Cook’s Night Out fundraiser Thursday, Jan. 13, at Portillo’s in Homewood. Guests who present the PMA benefit flyer between 5 and 8 p.m. will be giving the PMA 20% of the their purchase cost. The Parents Music Association supports the[Read More…]
The former Ken Norman house on Kedzie Avenue across from Homewood-Flossmoor High School is about half demolished. It took workers less than two hours to bring down the walls. (Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle) A dilapidated and vandalized mansion on the edge of Flossmoor was finally be demolished on Wednesday, Jan. 12,[Read More…]
In 2020, the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District didn’t open the Lions Club pool for the summer season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. When the pool did reopen in summer 2021, the turnout was good. At the Jan. 4 park board meeting, commissioners heard from Amanda Gaus, recreation supervisor, who said although[Read More…]
ANNUAL MLK EVENT – Register for your spot at the 6th Annual Pursuing the Dream event at 7 p.m. Wednesday at H-F High School. The evening event pays tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. with powerful performances, presentations, visual arts and more. Find presenters and more information on Facebook. YOU[Read More…]
Archdiocese of Chicago Cardinal Blasé Cupich is expected to give new direction to parishioners in the South Suburbs on Jan. 24 on how their six Catholic parishes will be merged into one or two new parishes. Three-member teams from each of the parishes — St. Anne in Hazel Crest, St.[Read More…]
The Flossmoor District 161 Board of Education has discussed commissioning a traffic study to seek improvements for peak arrival and dismissal periods. At the board meeting Tuesday, Jan. 11, the board will consider a motion to approve the $7,500 study. In other business, the board will consider a staffing plan[Read More…]
The old pay boxes at the Homewood train station parking lots appear to be on the way out. On the Homewood Board of Trustees agenda Tuesday, Jan. 11, is a measure to purchase pay station kiosks that would accept credit or debit card payments for parking. The board also will[Read More…]
A man has been arrested for allegedly robbing two suburban Chicago banks in recent weeks, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Antonio E. Collins of North Riverside was charged with robbing a Chase Bank branch in Bolingbrook, on Dec. 21, 2021, and a BMO Harris Bank[Read More…]
