Homewood-Flossmoor High School District 233 school board rejected a bid from Kickert Bus Co. for the coming year because the company asked for a 6.25% increase which is more than the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increase. The board vote was 6-0, with member Nathan Legardy absent, to reject the $2,687,933[Read More…]
Flossmoor trustees voted on Monday, April 15, to purchase the land and tennis courts there from the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District that will be used to create a storm water detention basin as part of a project designed to reduce flooding downtown and in the Heather Hill neighborhood. The village will[Read More…]
With necks craned and special glasses in place, a crowd of area residents and students watched the eclipse Monday, April 8, from the Scholars Garden at Prairie State College. Dawn Sterning, PSC library services manager, said the event included an opportunity to make a pinhole projector. Plus, a livestream video[Read More…]
Nelson Speaks is more confident this spring, both in himself and in his team. The Homewood-Flossmoor senior has good reason to be. The Vikings boys track squad is the returning team state champion. Individually, Speaks last season placed in Charleston in the 400-meter dash (fifth) and with the 1,600-meter relay[Read More…]
Edward Spigner, a 34-year-old Flossmoor resident with the stage name of “Ded” Ed, formed the metal band Thutch in 2021. What started as a personal music project in the mid-2010s eventually became something bigger — a five-piece band full of colorful stage personas that has performed throughout Chicagoland, the Great Lakes Region[Read More…]