The Homewood School District 153 Board of Education gathers around outgoing member Greg Lawrence, who holds a copy of a resolution honoring his service to the district. Front row, from left, Ron Zinnerman, new member Broderick Booth, Deb Havighorst, Lawrence, President Shelly Marks, Ashanti Bethea. Back row, from left, Jim[Read More…]
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Preckwinkle announces launch of Cook County Equity Fund Taskforce
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced recently the launch of a more than 50-member taskforce to advise her administration on strategic investments from the new Cook County Equity Fund, which addresses historical disparities and disinvestment in Black and Latinx communities. The Cook County Equity Fund was established by President[Read More…]
Village of Flossmoor pledges to preserve the monarch butterfly; Green Commission makes educational video
The Flossmoor Green Commission is working to help reinvigorate the Monarch butterfly population in Illinois with preparations for milkweed gardens, and an informational video for the public showing the stages of a butterfly that was prepared by a Homewood-Flossmoor High School student. In February, at the suggestion of the Green[Read More…]
District 153 delivers special send-off for retiring superintendent
District 153 Superintendent Dale Mitchell got a heartfelt send-off from staff and friends at a reception in his honor on May 10. Mitchell is retiring in June after 27 years with the district, 18 of those as superintendent. Among the gifts he received was the school board’s dedication of the[Read More…]
Vaccine incentive: Six Flag offers 50,000 free tickets to two parks to newly vaccinated residents (free content)
Following this week’s expansion of vaccine eligibility to 12- to 15-year-olds, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced that Six Flags Great America will offer 50,000 free tickets to their parks in Gurnee and Rockford to newly vaccinated Illinois residents. The value of the donated tickets is $4 million. “Six Flags Great America[Read More…]
COVID-19 numbers: May 14
% fully vaccinated Flossmoor Homewood South District State 47.9% 42.6% 28.7% 36.81%
Some H-F organizations plan to keep mask requirements in spite of new CDC guidance (free content)
On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued updated guidance on mask-wearing. The agency eased the mask recommendation for those who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 . “Fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear a mask or physically distance in any setting, except where[Read More…]
COVID-19 numbers: May 13
% fully vaccinated Flossmoor Homewood South District State 47.6% 42.1% 28.4% 36.54%
COVID-19 vaccination event hosted at GSU on Saturday (free content)
Governors State University and South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association are partnering with Walgreens to host a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the university on Saturday, May 15, 2021 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Walgreens will have the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine available for children as young as 12 years old and[Read More…]
Illinois will enter bridge phase on Friday as state continues to ease pandemic restrictions (free content)
Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) confirmed the entire state will move into the Bridge Phase of the Restore Illinois reopening plan on Friday, May 14. The Bridge Phase is the final step before the full reopening of Phase 5. Under the Bridge Phase, there are expanded[Read More…]
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