A 12-year-old Parker Junior High School student is hospitalized following an attack on school grounds following Wednesday’s dismissal, according to a Flossmoor police report. The youth was walking past the row of parked buses at about 2:40 p.m. when he was jumped from behind by another student, the report states.[Read More…]

Pol Danilov, arrested  last October following a brutal attack on an elderly woman in a Homewood grocery store, is not fit for trial, a court-ordered psychiatric examination states. Danilov, 26, of the 18400 block of Harwood Avenue in Homewood, was charged with attempted murder and a hate crime following the[Read More…]

Nothing brings a community together like a picnic, and St. Joseph Parish isn’t letting a little snow on the ground stop it from hosting a picnic for everyone in the Homewood-Flossmoor community. The parish will host its Winter Picnic Saturday, Jan. 24, from 4 to 10 p.m., but in deference[Read More…]

Homewood is thinking outside the Big Box this holiday season with the installation of a large shipping container in its downtown area, according to a news release from the village. The “Big Box” on Martin Avenue just north of Ridge Road will open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Small Business[Read More…]