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Vickroy: Guiding knight: Lab gets woman where she needs to go
Up concrete stairs, around giant flowerpots and through throngs of bustling commuters, Kathy Austin makes her way to work each morning. Though she is virtually blind, only able to distinguish contrasts of light and dark, she makes getting from her home in the leafy suburb …
Country Club Hills, Homewood police blotter
COUNTRY CLUB HILLS
THEFT: An air conditioning unit was stolen sometime before May 7 from a home in the 19000 block of Loretto Lane.
DUI ARREST: Jeffery Denard, 47, 19019 Farmcrest Terrace, Country Club Hills, was charged with drunken driving after a May 9 stop …
Hofmann: ‘Evening for Josie’ helps Homewood teen
To paraphrase lines from Shakespeare, “All the world’s a stage … where every man (and woman) must play a part.” So was the case last weekend when members of The Drama Group banded together to stage an “Evening for Josie,” a benefit performance to defray …
Community Sports Calendar (East) for May 19, 2013
Here is a look at sporting events in the SouthtownStar’s East region, which includes Beecher, Chicago Heights, Country Club Hills, Crete, Flossmoor, Glenwood, Homewood, Matteson, Monee, Olympia Fields, Park Forest, Richton Park, Steger, and University Park.
Homewood-Flossmoor High School District 233 was ranked No. 45 in Illinois and No. 1,527 in the country by the Washington Post’s America’s Most Challenging High Schools report, which ranks the nation’s public high schools using a formula based on certain tests given at a school …
Jack & Jill students travel to Ghana
Nearly one dozen members of the South Suburban Chapter of Jack & Jill of America, all of whom are juniors and seniors who attend high school in the south suburbs, recently toured the Republic of Ghana in West Africa to learn firsthand about the social …
Country Club Hills, Homewood police blotter
COUNTRY CLUB HILLS
RETAIL THEFT: Diane Ray, 53, 6933 S. Stewart Ave., Chicago, was charged with retail theft after stealing $400 worth of clothing and bedding from Wal-Mart, 4005 W. 168th Place, on April 29, police said.
THEFT: A wallet was stolen April 29 from …
H-F Area League of Women Voters hosts climate change program
The Homewood-Flossmoor Area League of Women Voters hosted a climate change program at the Homewood Library. Thirty-four members and guests attended a presentation by Dr. Richard Treptow, a retired chemistry professor from Chicago State University. Treptow is a member of the Union of Concerned Scientists …
H-F SD 233 earns highest possible bond rating
H-F School District 233 ranks among elite with first AAA bond rating from Standard & Poor’s
Academics (East) for May 12, 2013
Here is a look at what Southlanders from the SouthtownStar’s East region are accomplishing in school. News includes Lansing, South Holland, Country Club Hills, Homewood, Flossmoor, Park Forest, Crete, Olympia Fields, Harvey, Dolton, Calumet City, Chicago Heights and Richton Park.
Country Club Hills, Homewood police blotter
COUNTRY CLUB HILLS
BURGLARY: A stainless steel sink, faucet and sprayer were stolen between Feb. 17 and April 25 from a vacant house in the 4700 block of 176th Street.
BURGLARY: Copper piping was stolen sometime in April from a vacant house in the 17700 …
H-F parks to spruce up Dolphin Lake
Work on restoring Dolphin Lake’s shoreline may start this spring.
Girl Scouts capture spirit of Homewood in murals
Commuters walking through the Metra underpass in Homewood now have some colorful reminders of “Home Sweet Homewood,” thanks to some creative Girl Scouts. About 140 girls ranging in age from 5 to 17 and representing 14 Homewood Girl Scout troops painted murals reflecting a “Homewood …
Kadner: Two brave women await a gift of life
Two south suburban women from very different backgrounds are in desperate need of someone to save their lives. Friends are holding a fundraiser for 19-year-old Josie Nordman, of Homewood, on May 11. The spunky girl who ought to have a bright future needs a double …
McMahon puts spin on Drama Group’s ‘The Wiz’
The theater bug bit Tyler McMahon at age 9 and he’s spent his 17 years since then involved both on and off the stage.
McMahon, of Kankakee, is directing the Drama Group’s “The Wiz,” which will run May 3-5 in Chicago Heights.
“It’s been my …
