The Weeks | April 5: Piles of water; Songs of Resistance; Live Free Foundation project; Flossmoor banquet center; rethinking lawns; young entrepreneurs; theaters present play, film fest, musicals, ballet. https://bit.ly/4dsVfvl

Despite the wet weather Saturday, about four dozen students, along with family and community members, came out to the Parker Junior High parking lot to remember Kyran Smith, an eighth grader who was killed in a car accident on Sunday, March 22. https://bit.ly/4sjH7bt

In parts of Homewood and Flossmoor on Saturday it would have been better to get around in a canoe than a car after torrential rains overnight inundated streets. https://bit.ly/3O1ueos

Homewood restaurant Gobble Doggs partnered with educators at Neal Armstrong Elementary School in Richton Park to teach 10 students entrepreneurship skills. After selling their products, the students raised $157.50 for South Suburban PADS (SSPADS). https://bit.ly/4e2mYTN

Nicholas Epley is the author of "Mindwise: How We Understand What Others Think, Feel, and Want." We talked with him about his new book coming out May 19: "A Little More Social: How Small Choices Create Unexpected Happiness, Health, and Connection." https://youtu.be/zV6SgVr6fw8

No Kings Homewood attracted a big crowd to the Veterans Memorial on Harwood Avenue on Saturday, It was part of a nationwide day of rallies and marches to protest Trump administration actions. https://bit.ly/4thfnFj

The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. on May 19 on its proposed $16.7 million budget for 2026-2027. The meeting will be at the Goldberg Center park district headquarters at 3301 Flossmoor Road.  https://bit.ly/4sCNM1x

H-F grad Judah Crowder: “I live, eat, sleep and breathe marching band." That might be why she's become Illinois State's first Black woman drum major. https://bit.ly/4t43jab

The Weeks | March 22: Local government meetings, election results, H-F spring sports previews, egg hunts, musical anniversary https://bit.ly/47N4Wks

As Jerl Griffin stirred the arborio rice for his risotto demonstration dish, he also hoped to stir up interest among the Homewood-Flossmoor High School students in the Culinary II class on March 19. https://bit.ly/4ssCVao