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Two former bank buildings are coming down to make way for new developments, one in Flossmoor, one in Homewood. The old bank branch building on Governors Highway as seen on Aug. 22. By Sunday, Aug. 26, the building was almost completely gone. In its place will be a new[Read More…]
Two suspects are in custody following an early-afternoon incident on Monday in which police attempted to stop a car that was being erratically driven through a Flossmoor neighborhood. A loaded weapon was recovered as the incident transpired, police said in an email alert to community residents. During the incident, Flossmoor[Read More…]
Author Blue Balliett gave Churchill School students the “inside scoop” on how she wrote the internationally famous mystery book “Chasing Vermeer.” Author Blue Balliett talks to fifth graders at Churchill School about her book “Chasing Vermeer.” (Marilyn Thomas/H-F Chronicle) The guest author spoke to an assembly of third, fourth and[Read More…]
Snow in April isn’t unheard of. It’s just unwelcome. Maybe this will be the last spasm of the winter of 2018-2019.
Internationally recognized author Nnedi Okorafor will be a guest presenter at 7 p.m. Jan. 11 at the Homewood Public Library, 17913 Dixie Highway. Okorafor, a Homewood-Flossmoor High graduate, wrote the comic book “Black Panther: Long Live the King” and is the author of “Shuri,” a comic featuring the Black Panther’s[Read More…]
Action for a Better Tomorrow and Indivisible are hosting Southland Strong!, a civic engagement fair, from 2 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 16, at Flossmoor Community Church, 2218 Hutchinson Road in Flossmoor. The free program will offer four informational workshops. Topics include Unions 101, Field Organizing, Lobbying Elected Officials[Read More…]
Despite a hard-fought 10-candidate District 233 race, winners and apparent losers were gracious in post-election comments Tuesday night and Wednesday. Nathan Legardy Jonathan Cook has conceded that Nathan Legardy is the likely winner of the fourth of four spots on the Homewood-Flossmoor District 233 election on Tuesday, but Legardy[Read More…]
By Sept. 25, District 233 Finance Committee members expect to have all the information they require to help them make a decision on the proposed fine arts expansion project at Homewood-Flossmoor High School. The committee was prodded by community members at the school board meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 21, to[Read More…]
As students return to the classroom, back to school shopping can be overwhelming, pricey and time consuming. It’s not uncommon for kids, some as young as 6 or 7, to head to school with more than 20 required items – everything from pencils, crayons and markers to highlighters, folders, Ziploc bags,[Read More…]
Two bills sponsored by State Senator Toi Hutchinson (D-Chicago Heights) to increase stability for the thousands of Illinois families who rely on the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) were signed into law on Friday, Aug. 17. House Bill 4965, brings Illinois in line with federal law by moving to[Read More…]
