Fully vaccinated Flossmoor Homewood South District State 35.9% 30.4% 20.4% 30.61% Test positivity rate Suburban Cook State 5.2% 3.4% ↓ Total cases (new cases) Flossmoor Homewood Suburban Cook State 783 (+2) 1,656 (+3) 239,123 (+530) 1,328,454 (+2,728) Total deaths (Additional deaths) Flossmoor Homewood Suburban Cook State 15 52 44,249 (+6) 21,891 (+33)[Read More…]
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4/30/2021 | What You Need to Know This Weekend
TRAIL CLEAN-UP – People 18 and older can help the Friends of Vollmer Grove Trail at their Clean-Up Day event any time from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday. Register to let them know you’re coming. FREE PHOTO SITTINGS – Thomas’ Photographic Services hosts its annual Sports Photography Day from 10[Read More…]
Franciscan Health launches new interventional/catheterization lab at Olympia Fields campus
Heart and vascular patients have access to state-of-the-art treatment with the addition of a new interventional/catheterization lab at Franciscan Health Olympia Fields. Staff gathered in person and virtually for a blessing on April 22, with Franciscan Health Olympia Fields President and CEO Allan M. Spooner thanking those who had a[Read More…]
UChicago Medicine’s community benefit investment totals $567.1 million in fiscal 2020
The University of Chicago Medicine provided $567.1 million in benefits and services to the South Side community in fiscal 2020, according to its annual Community Benefit Report. This investment represents a 9.2% increase over fiscal 2019 ($519.5 million) and includes uncompensated care, charity services, unrecoverable patient debt, medical education and research[Read More…]
Glenwood Academy brings back Queen of Hearts fundraiser at Fifth Quarter in Homewood
Glenwood Academy’s Queen of Hearts fundraiser returns to Fifth Quarter Press Room and Eatery. Ticket sales launched on Wednesday. The pot will start at $15,000, with the first drawing taking place on Wednesday, May 19, at 7 p.m., continuing each week on the same day and time until the queen[Read More…]
Flossmoor baseball season will start May 15, but the Chaneyville Flossmoor Baseball Academy has already has begun tournaments
Homewood approves revised budget that turns deficit into surplus
The Homewood budget for the next fiscal year that was approved Tuesday, includes changes made to a first draft that turned a deficit into a $75,000 surplus despite lowered revenues after the COVID-19 shutdown. A draft budget presented to the board at its April 13 meeting by Finance Director Dennis[Read More…]
COVID-19 numbers: April 27
Fully vaccinated Flossmoor Homewood South District Suburban Cook Co. State 35.7% 30.1% 20.1% 25.5% 30.1% Test positivity rate Suburban Cook State 5.2% 3.5% Total cases (new cases) Suburban Cook Flossmoor Homewood Suburban Cook State 781 (+3) 1,653 (+5) 238,593 (+565) 1,325,726 (+2,556) Total deaths (Additional deaths) Flossmoor Homewood Suburban Cook State 15[Read More…]
A changing of the police guard in Homewood
Organizations can now host mobile vaccine clinics in partnership with IDPH (free content)
To help more vulnerable Illinoisans get vaccinated, the state of Illinois is offering partnerships with community organizations that want to host vaccine clinics. Interested organizations can apply online to bring mobile clinics to underserved communities, with a particular focus on Black and Latino communities, rural communities, immigrant communities, disability communities[Read More…]
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