The Flossmoor Police Department has received one of 21 ComEd grants awarded through its Powering Safe Communities program. The ComEd awards were given for projects that improve the efficiency and delivery of public safety programs, increase community resiliency and address unmet safety needs. Applications to ComEd were reviewed by the[Read More…]
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GSU film fest to feature student work
Registration is now open to reserve seats for the short film competition in the inaugural Chicago Southland International Film Festival (CSIFF) on Sept. 15 and 16 at Governors State University’s Center for Performing Arts. The festival will provide students an opportunity to tell extraordinary stories of everyday lives. Storylines include[Read More…]
G&G music LB November 2018
It was a Q-and-A session meant to clear the air. An open assembly discussion on the issues surrounding H-F students in blackface involved panelists including students, from left, Joseph Alexander, Kenneth Powell and Laila Malak with principal Jerry Lee Anderson and Superintendent Von Mansfield. After the flare-up from the[Read More…]
G&G music LB October 2018
There were cheers and high-fives, lots of smiles and congratulatory posters as special education students paraded with paper Olympic torches through the halls of Willow School in Homewood on Thursday. This was the second year students came out of their classrooms to line the halls for the parade through[Read More…]
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The Flossmoor School Board swore in two newly elected members and one incumbent member on Monday. Stephen Paredes leads newly elected Flossmoor School Board members David Linnear and Christina Popolla-Vlietstra and re-elected member Michelle Hoereth in swearing an oath to serve District 161. (Stephanie Markham/ H-F Chronicle) The candidates ran uncontested[Read More…]
Panio Law LB November 2018
On April 30, Flossmoor resident Jay Readey was sworn onto Prairie State College’s Board of Trustees for a six-year term. He says a career of service in law and community development drew him to the PSC board. Jay Ready was recently sworn in as a Prairie State College trustee. [Read More…]
Panio Law LB October 2018
The rains broke long enough for about 1,000 Homewood-Flossmoor High School students to march in protest outside the school campus around noon Tuesday, to make their voices heard about a recent incident that has inflamed the community. Homewood-Flossmoor High School students walked around the school campus holding signs and[Read More…]
Panio Law LB September 2018
About 1,000 students walked out of class on April 30 to protest and draw attention to an incident in which four of their classmates dressed in blackface. H-F Chronicle photographers Mary Compton and Eric Crump captured the event.
Queen of Hearts raffle invades the H-F community
The excitement of Queen of Hearts raffles that has spread through the Chicago area is now available in the Homewood-Flossmoor community. Will the winner be decided at the first drawing on Wednesday, Sept. 12? Organizers hope to keep the raffle going for the 120 days allowed by the license, but[Read More…]
Getting special ed students involved in sports is goal of two H-F seniors
It may be a field hockey rivalry, but before teams for Homewood-Flossmoor High School and Stevenson High School took the field, they gathered for a photo that showed off the players in their blue Special Olympics T-shirts. The effort, led by H-F students Cori Hoekstra and Maggie McNellis, has thus far[Read More…]
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