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Editor’s note: This is the third story in a series featuring 2021 school retirees. Art has always been important to Judy Kubas. At a young age, she started drawing and has never really stopped. She looked up to Georgia O’Keeffe as a trailblazer for women in art. But a career[Read More…]
Five Homewood-Flossmoor High School students won eight awards in the annual IHSA Journalism Sectional. Winners in the virtual competition, held April 10 were: Emma Murphy won first place in newspaper design and third place in headline writing. Faith Lee won second place in feature writing and fifth place in copy[Read More…]
HELP THE FARMERS MARKET – Volunteers are needed for Homewood Farmers Market, to staff the market entrance and assist customers and vendors. All ages are welcome; parental permission required those under 16. Each volunteer is asked to stay for at least two hours. The market is from 8 a.m. to[Read More…]
On Wednesday, May 5, Cook County Commissioner Donna Miller will be at Homewood’s Cilantro Cocina Mexicana, 18755 Dixie Highway, from 5 to 7 p.m. to mark Small Business Week and help give a spotlight to a local business. Miller represents the 6th District on the Cook County Board that includes[Read More…]
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White is reminding the public that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has extended the federal REAL ID deadline to May 3, 2023. With the extended federal deadline of REAL ID, current Illinois driver’s licenses and ID cards will continue to be accepted at[Read More…]
Fully vaccinated Flossmoor Homewood South District State 35.9% 30.4% 20.4% 32.27% Test positivity rate Suburban Cook State 5.2% 3.4% ↓ Total cases (new cases) Flossmoor Homewood Suburban Cook State 783 (+2) 1,656 (+3) 239,123 (+530) 1,339,728 (+1,860) Total deaths (Additional deaths) Flossmoor Homewood Suburban Cook State 15 52 44,249 (+6) 22,019 (+27)[Read More…]
The federal government on Tuesday unveiled a program to provide free COVID-19 tests to anyone who applies at covidtests.gov. The Cook County Department of Public Health posted answers to frequently asked questions about the program. Free COVID tests will be shipped to residents who apply, with no questions asked. “You[Read More…]
Homewood-Flossmoor High School art students have won nearly $2 million in college scholarships and top honors for their art work in recent competitions. “We’re really happy for the students, said Jackie Wargo, art teacher and chair of the Fine Arts Department at H-F. “We’re trying to get them connected to[Read More…]
