Jordan Culpepper, 2014 graduate of Homewood-Flossmoor High School, is getting ready for whatever task comes his way as a member of the NBC-Universal crew at the Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
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Chiropractic Care in Homewood celebrates 25th anniversary
For some 18,000 people, it’s a good thing Dr. Ralph Kruse had back pain when he was a young man. That experience led him to a career as a chiropractor. He is now celebrating his 25th year in business as owner and clinic director of Chiropractic Care in Homewood.
Gunman gets $15 in robbery of pizza deliveryman outside vacant house
Flossmoor police are investigating a July 7 armed robbery in which a pizza deliveryman was held up at gunpoint outside a vacant home.
Flossmoor crossing guard July2016
Illinois state senators will give updates on the legislative session at the Homewood-Flossmoor League of Women Voters potluck supper on Monday, Sept. 12. The program starts at 6 p.m. at the Irwin Center, 18120 Highland Ave. in Homewood. The public is welcome. Guests are asked to bring a dish to[Read More…]
Lindstrom returning to H-F District 233 school board
Andrew Lindstrom, who served seven years on the District 233 school board before his employer forced his resignation, will again take a seat on the board. He was selected from four finalists who interviewed for the vacant school board position during a special meeting of the board on Thursday, July 14.
Missing person alert issued for woman who left Flossmoor group home
Flossmoor police Friday issued a missing person alert for a woman who left a group home in the village on June 11. Anyone with knowledge of Selena Broadnax’s whereabouts is asked to call the Flossmoor Police Department.
Candidates being interviewed for H-F High board position
The District 233 school board will meet in special session Thursday, July 14, to interviewing five of the 12 candidates interested in filling a vacancy on the school board serving Homewood-Flossmoor High School. Interviews with the finalists – selected from seven Flossmoor and five Homewood residents – will begin at[Read More…]
District 153 board sets special meeting for Aug. 15 on referendum’s bonds
Opera and food are like a fine duet. Members of the Chicago Lyric Opera Chorus will bring the delights to life through food and the operatic music it inspired in a special “Music and Food Around the World” program at 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, at The Center for Performing[Read More…]
It’s official: Tax sharing, easement agreement will help Glenwood deal with loss of Walmart
When Walmart announced late in 2013 that it planned to abandon its Glenwood store and set up shop two miles north on Halsted Street, Homewood Mayor Richard Hofeld pledged to share sales tax revenues with Glenwood to help ease the neighboring village’s financial pain. Now the pledge has been formalized and approved[Read More…]
Free dinners at First Presbyterian Church find community support
Dave Mattio, the longtime athletic director and football coach at Marian Catholic High School, died Wednesday, Sept. 7 after a battle with cancer. He was 68. Dave Mattio A native of Chicago Heights, Mattio graduated from Marian Catholic in 1966 and earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Northern Illinois[Read More…]