Mardell Morris Parker, for whom Parker Junior High in Flossmoor is named, died Sunday, March 17, in Tierra Verde, Florida. He was 93. Mr. Parker was a native of Rock Island, Illinois. He served during World War II as a secret message courier with the U.S. Army Signal Corps.[Read More…]
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Scenes from Community House Fest 2018
One of three panels marketing Homewood that will be displayed on CTA blue and pink lines during April and again starting in August. (Provided image) Homewood is asking millennial home buyers to “Think Homewood” in a marketing campaign that will begin again later this month. The campaign will center on[Read More…]
Police facial hair sprouting as Flossmoor’s Beard Olympics nears
Kneeling left to right: David Levy and Hank Bausch. Standing left to right: Dan Weaver, Brian Tencza, Mark Cagle, Tod Kamleiter, Doug Merkle and Nick Kausal. Not pictured: Clint Wagner and Courtney Kimes. (Provided photo) It’s the battle of the beards. Ten Flossmoor police officers are growing facial hair for a good cause and[Read More…]
Kelly asks State Department to stop the ability to print 3-D gun blueprints
U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., a member of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, joined with colleagues as they urged Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to take action before Wednesday, Aug. 1, to prevent the publication online of blueprints for a 3D printed gun. Kelly wrote to Pompeo demanding[Read More…]
African teen dies before she can come to Chicago for cancer treatment
A Homewood-based medical mission to the African nation of Sierra Leone had hoped to bring a 17-year-old high school senior to Chicago to be treated for bone cancer. But Dr. Sam Kormoi, the founder of Pan-African Rural Health & Social Services (PRHeSS Ministry) found out this week that the teen,[Read More…]
Crazy contraptions teach students the science of experimentation
Rube Goldberg would have been proud of the inventions students created at the Homewood Science Center. In the weeklong Rube Goldberg Camp for fifth through eighth graders July 16 through 20, the goal was design a project that would lead to raising a flag. Every student managed to do just[Read More…]
H-F’s $3.65 million pool area renovations are on schedule
The Homewood-Flossmoor High School pool construction project is on track. The schedule is to have the pool ready by late September. Work on the additional storage and classroom space will continue through October.
Five mixologists meet the challenge for the Homewood Science Center
Five mixologists showed how to combine the art and science of a perfect cocktail at the Homewood Science Center’s Cocktail Chemistry Challenge July 19. There was something for every taste from the five who concocted “The Citrus Horizon” for The Copper Still; “Broken Barrel of Funk” for The Cottage on Dixie;[Read More…]
H-F choir opens Sunday’s Sox game
The Homewood-Flossmoor High School Summer Choir, made up of current and former members of the Viking Choir, will sing the national anthem as part of Homewood-Flossmoor Day at the Sunday White Sox game. The Sox will play the Toronto Blue Jays at 1:10 p.m. at Guaranteed Rate Field. The choir,under[Read More…]
Homewood Dairy Queen crash driver dies
The driver of an SUV that in the early morning of July 17 crashed into a Dairy Queen at the corner of Ridge Road and Gladville Avenue in Homewood died Wednesday, according to a police statement. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s office notified Homewood police that 27-year-old Demarques Heard, of[Read More…]
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