Homewood Public Library Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. in the library, 17917 Dixie Highway. The agenda is available here. Read, Play, & Grow!: A Storytime for Babies and Toddlers. Meet in the Helen Wilson Meeting Room at Flossmoor Public Library, 1000 Sterling Ave., from 10:30 to 11 a.m. for fun[Read More…]
Author: Eric Crump
Parker Junior High, Serena Hills staffers honored with Those Who Excel awards
The Illinois State Board of Education has selected two District 161 staff members to receive special recognition through the Those Who Excel program. Honorees are Dana King, a school social worker at Parker Junior High in Flossmoor, and Kelsey Molden, a special education teacher at Serena Hills School in Chicago[Read More…]
Meet the Candidates 2026: Most 2nd District candidates support development of South Suburban Airport but some with caveats
For decades, regional elected officials and economic development leaders have supported the proposed South Suburban Airport as the project expected to have the biggest impact on revitalizing the south suburban economy. The airport project got a boost in 2024 when Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill that required the Illinois[Read More…]
Meet the Candidates 2026: 2nd District Democratic candidates discuss immigration issues
Immigration is a central question among the 10 candidates in the Democratic primary March 17 to fill the 2nd Congressional seat. Immigration was the first question for three of the candidates at a forum Saturday, March 7, at Thornton Fractional North High School in Calumet City. A student, who introduced[Read More…]
Commentary | Another lesson: Seeing our own blind spots
It’s always best to lead by example, and so I’m glad to be able to make an example of myself, with the help of a reader who called out my recent call-out. Last month, I urged the Village of Homewood and the Homewood Police Department to treat a social media[Read More…]
Controversy grows over developer selection for two village-owned properties; preferred developer makes changes to plan
Homewood trustees will have an opportunity Tuesday, March 10, to approve the sale of two village-owned properties to a developer, but some residents continue to question the preferred developer chosen by the board in February. The two properties, the village hall parking lot at 2024 Chestnut Road and the Matrix[Read More…]
Meet the Candidates 2026: Four 2nd District candidates discuss national issues: AI and the restoration of Congress
Four candidates for the 2nd District seat in Congress answered the Chronicle’s invitation to do one-on-one interviews: Yumeka Brown, Jesse Jackson Jr., Donna Miller and Willie Preston. The conversations focused mostly on 2nd District issues, including economic development, jobs, healthcare and affordability, but we also asked about two national issues[Read More…]
Proposed FAA cap at O’Hare prompts Miller to urge progress on proposed South Suburban Airport
The Federal Aviation Administration is considering imposing a cap on daily flights in and out of O’Hare Airport, and one county official is hoping to use that move as an opportunity to promote progress on the South Suburban Airport project. Fox 32 reported Wednesday, March 4, that airlines’ projection of more[Read More…]
Azarias takes helm of 317th at Homewood reserve center
U.S. Army First Lt. Albert Azarias spent the summer of 2025 deployed to Jordan, where barrages of missiles flew overhead during a clash in June between Israel and Iran. After returning home, he was installed in December as commander of the 317th Engineer Construction Company at the Army Reserve Center[Read More…]
Not a drill: H-F students vote, serve as election judges in new county democracy project
Principal Clinton Alexander was the first voter to cast a ballot at Homewood-Flossmoor High School on Thursday, Feb. 26, and he wasn’t the last. The polling place was set up in the Viking Room with student election judges helping student and staff voters. The judges on duty at 11 a.m.[Read More…]
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