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The District 233 school board approved tenure for five teachers this year. Tenure was awarded in April to Carla Boyd, Monte Holt, Gregory Jones, Nicholas Jones and Tiffany Madison. They have been on staff for four years and received excellent reviews each year. In his letter to the five faculty[Read More…]
The Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) will begin accepting 2021 state individual income tax returns on Monday, Jan. 24, the same date that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) begins accepting federal individual income tax returns. If a taxpayer electronically files an error-free return, they should receive a direct deposit refund[Read More…]
The Homewood-Flossmoor District 233 school board welcomed newly elected board members Michelle Hoereth and Cynthia Turnquest to the board. Gerald Pauling was elected board president, and Debbie Berman was elected vice president/secretary. During the virtual special meeting on Friday, April 30, Hoereth, Turnquest and re-elected board member Steve Anderson were[Read More…]
SCHOOL NURSE NEEDED – Homewood School District 153 is hiring a school nurse for students in grades three to five at Churchill School. Qualified candidates will be CPR certified and licensed as a registered professional nurse in the state of Illinois. Apply here. ADOPT A PET EVENT – South Suburban[Read More…]
The Chicago Heights drivers service facility is still being renovated after being damaged in a fire last year, but two local state legislators report that a temporary facility will open this week at Prairie State College, 202 S. Halsted St. Fire damaged the south side of the Illinois Secretary of State Office[Read More…]
CONSTRUCTION ALERT – Watch out for lane closures on Dixie Highway from Chicago Road to 183rd Street in Homewood, as IDOT works on a $3.1 million project to resurface the 3.5-mile stretch and construct new ADA-compliant sidewalk ramps. Work continues through late October. FISH FOR ALL – All anglers and[Read More…]
The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that resurfacing of Dixie Highway from Chicago Road (Illinois 1) in Chicago Heights to 183rd Street in Homewood, passing through Flossmoor, will require daily, intermittent lane closures that began Monday, May 3. The $3.1 million project consists of resurfacing the 3.5-mile stretch of Dixie[Read More…]
The future We predict that … District 161 Board of Education will hold a special meeting for a board retreat at 5 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 24, in Normandy Villa, 41 E Elmwood Drive in Chicago Heights. Check here for the agenda. Homewood Board of Trustees will meet at 7[Read More…]
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