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Prairie State College is using a $500,000 grant from Cook County to establish a paramedic training program that will begin accepting students this fall. The Urban Area Security Initiative Award was given to PSC by the county’s Department of Emergency Management & Regional Security. Andy Binanti, dean of PSC’s Allied[Read More…]
‘URINETOWN’ at H-F — According to Musical Theatre Internation, “Urinetown” is a “musical satire of the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, environmental collapse, privatization of natural resources, bureaucracy, municipal politics, and musical theatre.” The musical will be performed in the Mall Auditorium at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, 999 Kedzie Ave., at 7[Read More…]
Tickets are on sale for the South Suburban Humane Society Spotlight Gala from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at the Tinley Park Convention Center. This 35th annual fundraiser will include a signature drink created by Tito’s Handmade Vodka and Tito’s silent auction and raffle donations. SSHS will be[Read More…]
‘URINETOWN’ at H-F — According to Musical Theatre Internation, “Urinetown” is a “musical satire of the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, environmental collapse, privatization of natural resources, bureaucracy, municipal politics, and musical theatre.” The musical will be performed in the Mall Auditorium at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, 999 Kedzie Ave., at 7[Read More…]
Electors at the Thornton Township annual meeting Tuesday, April 9, approved the financial reports for the 2024 fiscal year and set the date for the next annual meeting. A number of electors also urged the township administration to make the financial reports more accessible in the future. The area of[Read More…]
HOMEWOOD LIBRARY BOARD — Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. in the library, 17917 Dixie Highway. Find the agenda here. AQUA ZUMBA WITH GIGI — Have fun, get exercise from 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. at the HF Racquet & Fitness Club, 2920 183rd St. in Homewood. TINY TOTS YOGA — Serendipity Yoga and Wellness Studio,[Read More…]
Don “Coach” Laketa, 91, of Homewood, died April 11. Loving father of Jan (Dave Shepherd) Laketa, Donna (Pete) Catan (deceased), Kay (Bill) Oppe, Parker (Brigitte) Laketa, and Sue (Mark) Jostes. Loving grandfather to Morgan Laketa, Quinn Shepherd, Sam (Alexia) Catan, Hope (Jonathan) Portney, Lauren Oppe, Kevin (Destiny) Oppe, Jacob Oppe,[Read More…]
D233 BOARD — Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. in the Viking Room, South Building, 999 Kedzie Ave. in Flossmoor. Find the agenda here. The board will consider hiring The Alma Group to conduct the search for the district’s next superintendent following the announcement that Superintendent Scott Wakeley plans to retire in 2025, a[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…]