All-star gerrymandering throw down Gerrymandering is a time-honored American sport, but it doesn’t always create the kind of buzz it’s getting this week. Texas legislators, on orders from President Donald Trump, are proposing to redraw districts five years early in order to basically acquire all districts in the state for[Read More…]
Author: Eric Crump
Focus on Safety: Homewood Fire Department honored for rail safety training efforts
Homewood Fire Department was honored recently by Transportation Community Awareness and Emergency Response (TRANSCAER) with the first Outstanding Community Safety Partnership Award in large part for the role it played in creating a training video that will help fire departments across the country prepare for rail emergencies. At the award presentation[Read More…]
Page 4: Making the community safe from shooters and speeders
Public safety and quality of life are intertwined values that are top priorities in our community, but achieving both is complicated by a powerful force: American culture, specifically its preferences for guns and speed. Of course, Homewood and Flossmoor are very safe villages. We have much less crime than many[Read More…]
Flossmoor officials work through parking challenges as streetscape project makes progress
Parking spots were off limits on the west side of Sterling Avenue in downtown Flossmoor on Thursday, July 31, as construction crews excavated new curb contours at Central Park Drive and the intersection of Sterling and Flossmoor Road. The village also recently unveiled an interactive online map that enables residents to get[Read More…]
07.30.2025 | What You Need To Know Today
Animal Encounters: Reptiles. From 11 a.m. to noon at Irons Oaks Environmental Learning Center, 20000 Western Ave., visitors will have an opportunity to get up close and personal with reptiles big and small from Dave DiNaso’s Traveling World of Reptiles. This is a per person program. Each attendee must register. The fee[Read More…]
Flossmoor’s 95th 4th of July Bike Parade features local historians
Eighty-five years after participating in his first Flossmoor Bike Parade, Al Wagner served as grand marshal in the annual parade on July 4. Wagner’s first parade came before his first birthday. He was born late in 1939 and participated in the 1940 bike parade. “I have a picture of my[Read More…]
07.08.2025 | What You Need To Know Today
Homewood Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 8, in village hall, 2020 Chestnut Road. The agenda is available here. The livestream will be available here. Meeting ID 980 4907 6232, passcode 830183. Highlights: Flossmoor Public Library Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. in the library, 1000 Sterling Ave.[Read More…]
Local Architecture: 2023 home tour inspires creation of local architecture organization
Note: This story is the second of two on local architecture.A homes tour in Flossmoor and Olympia Fields in 2023 was designed to promote the architectural gems in the village, but it ended up accomplishing something else — it was the spark for the creation of a community of mid-century[Read More…]
Local Architecture: Homewood architect John McPherson left his mark on South Suburbs design
Note: This story if the first of two about local architecture.Anyone who travels around Homewood, Flossmoor and Olympia Fields has almost certainly driven past buildings designed by John McPherson. But probably few people know that McPherson, based in Homewood, was an important mid-century modern architect. Art and architecture historian Alfred[Read More…]
Page 4: H-F represented at No Kings protests, even in Kansas
We might look back on June 14, 2025, as a tipping point. Donald Trump has a long history of transgressing norms, but he appears to have finally gone far enough to awaken mainstream America to the danger of his presidency. The No Kings day of protest on Saturday had been[Read More…]
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