South Suburban Family Shelter will offer area residents a chance to get outside and show their moves with its Dancing Away Domestic Violence fundraiser from 3 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, June 26. The socially distanced dance party at Martin Square in downtown Homewood will feature Linda Mines from Dawn’s Dancin’ Deevas[Read More…]
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Governor announces new initiative to promote racial healing
Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton on Tuesday announced the Healing Illinois initiative in response to the racial disparities highlighted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Launched in partnership with the Chicago Community Trust (the Trust), the Healing Illinois initiative will provide an opportunity for residents of communities across[Read More…]
Homewood honored with second award for outstanding landscaping program
Fully vaccinated Flossmoor Homewood South District State 49.9% 44.7% 30.6% 39.54% Test positivity rate Suburban Cook State 3.1% ↓ 2.3% ↑ Total cases (new cases) Flossmoor Homewood Suburban Cook State 811 1,744 (+1) 247,632 (+367) 1,374,565 (+1,108) Total deaths (Additional deaths) Flossmoor Homewood Suburban Cook State 15 54 4,373 (+6) 22,599[Read More…]
Domestic and international films go virtual for GSU Film Festival
A host of new films will be shown as part of the Governors State University Chicago Southland International Film Festival Oct. 19 through 25. Dozens of short and feature films have been selected for the third annual event, according to festival co-founders Suzanne E. Patterson and Joshua E. Young. They[Read More…]
A walk on the wild side: How Izaak Walton Preserve has persevered for 75 years
Fully vaccinated Flossmoor Homewood South District State 49.9% 44.7% 30.6% 39.21% Test positivity rate Suburban Cook State 3.2% 2.2% Total cases (new cases) Flossmoor Homewood Suburban Cook State 811 1,744 (+1) 247,632 (+367) 1,373,457 (+1,573) Total deaths (Additional deaths) Flossmoor Homewood Suburban Cook State 15 54 4,373 (+6) 22,556 (+21) This[Read More…]
Trick or treating in Homewood not canceled, not encouraged as local, state officials set Halloween guidelines
Halloween has not been canceled, but with the COVID-19 pandemic still unabated, safe celebrations will require a number of precautions. Last week, the village of Homewood posted guidelines for Halloween activities to help residents plan for safe fun. The village’s guidelines are based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations,[Read More…]
Supporters take a walk for the Cancer Support Center
Districts awarded CARES funds for internet connectivity
Schools in Homewood and Flossmoor have received nearly $500,000 in Digital Equity Formula Grants from the Illinois State Board of Education for improved internet connectivity. The money came through the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Homewood District 153 received $139,574 — $113,808 for devices and $25,767[Read More…]
HSC Urban Birds project asks residents to observe birds for science
When it’s time to go, and a chance to fix Flossmoor’s lunar landscape
My first paying newspaper job was in the summer of 1970, when I was a reporter intern at the twice-weekly Southtown Economist. We worked on manual typewriters, writing stories on thin newsprint paper and correcting them with Black Beauty pencils. I reported to John Dienhart, who’d been in newspapers since[Read More…]
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