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Willow students in teacher Mattie Walsh’s class were excited to have H-F Varsity Baseball Coach John McCarthy and players Jacob Schroeder, Tyler Schlaffer, Chad Readey, Xavier Frazier and John Pohrte sit with them for nearly 30 minutes reading stories that helped reinforce anti-bullying and kindness messages, while promoting the value of reading.[Read More…]
The newly elected members of the Flossmoor Village Board will be sworn in during a 7:30 p.m. meeting on Monday, May 13, at village hall. Applications are being accepted for the one remaining open board seat.
Nancy Gildart is joining the Homewood Public Library board of trustees after winning a two-year term as a write-in candidate. Gildart, who has lived in Homewood more than 27 years, said she put her name forward in 2017 as a resident interested in a vacant seat on the board, but wasn’t[Read More…]
Homewood-Flossmoor Park District officials are struggling with how best to pay the increases in the state’s minimum wage as they plan for the coming year’s budget. The next fiscal year starts May 1. The board of commissioners expects to collect $14 million in revenue. So far, it shows expenses of[Read More…]
A second sculpture by Chicago artist Terry Karpowicz will be installed at Flossmoor’s Ballantrae Park. Village board members Monday approved the acquisition of “Totem,” a seven-foot sculpture made from granite and steel. Flossmoor trustees also OK’d a resolution authorizing a license agreement with the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District. ‘Totem’ is one[Read More…]
A 48-year-old woman has been charged in connection with the abuse and abandonment of a dog found in Willow Springs, according to Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart. On Feb. 17 an emaciated and severely dehydrated male pit bull mix was found in a garbage bag on the side of[Read More…]
Four candidates for the 40th Illinois Senate seat introduced themselves at a forum hosted by the Park Forest League of Women Voters on Saturday, Feb. 29. The Democratic candidates in the March 17 primary race are: Monica Gordon of Flossmoor; Marta Perales of Momence; Lori Wilcox of Chicago Heights and[Read More…]
Matthew Lyke has been named the new athletic director for Homewood-Flossmoor High School. Lyke was the athletic director at Lincoln-Way North High School before it closed. Matthew Lyke Lyke’s appointment was approved by the District 233 school board at the Feb. 18 meeting. His salary will be $115,000. He was[Read More…]
Breast cancer patients at Advocate South Suburban Hospital were guests at a breakfast and received a bag of special products selected for them by the PinkWellChick Foundation. Dr. Roseann Krinski, cancer survivorship team leader and surgeon at the hospital, was there to encourage the dozen patients at the Feb. 24[Read More…]
Police in Homewood began using a new body and in-car camera system in March. Chief Bill Alcott and Deputy Chief Denise McGrath made a presentation on the new equipment to the village board at its April 23 meeting. “The biggest thing is that it will provide and improve[Read More…]
