Homewood will soon begin a search for an assistant village manager following the resignation of Michael Marzal, which became effective Jan. 27.   At the village board meeting Feb. 14, trustees voted unanimously to accept Marzal’s letter of resignation and release. The action, which was part of the meeting’s omnibus[Read More…]

The Drama Group presents “Good People,” a 2011 Tony Award winning comedy, at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 24 and 25, and March 2, 3 and 4 and at 2 p.m. Feb. 26 and March 5, at the studio, 330 W. 202nd St., Chicago Heights. The play takes place in the[Read More…]

  The calendar for the 2017-2018 school year was unanimously approved Monday by the Flossmoor District 161 Board of Education. The calendar has only minor changes from recent years and is being coordinated with neighboring school districts. However, the board may later discuss how one of the holidays is labeled.[Read More…]

A customer reads a sign on the front door of Grady’s Grille on Saturday evening. The sign alerts patrons that the restaurant will be closed until sometime in March for renovations. The sign urges customers to check the restaurant’s website for news about the re-opening date. (Photo by Eric Crump/H-F[Read More…]

  The Bern family Lester, Ellis, Gianna and Brandan.   It’s special when a high school athlete plays his greatest game on Senior Night.  When a high school hockey player plays his greatest game, including a hat trick, on Senior Night 14 months after suffering a devastating injury, it’s borderline miraculous.[Read More…]

The Homewood-Flossmoor chapter of the League of Women Voters has shared the following comments on President Trump’s executive order on immigration barring individuals from seven Muslim-majority countries. The statement is from national League of Women Voters President Chris Carson.   “The League of Women Voters (LWV) is opposed to deportation[Read More…]

  Homewood-Flossmoor High School musicians  participating in the 2017 Music Educators Association  All-State Festival are, from left, Allie Mangel, Christian  Mayo, Nacyla Mitchell and James Rhyne. (Provided photo) Four outstanding musicians at Homewood-Flossmoor High School will be part of the 2017 Music Educators Association All-State Festival this weekend in Peoria. The program will bring[Read More…]

Homewood attorney Samuel Briones of the law firm Briones, Harvey & Trevino helped broker an $18.5 million out-of-court mediated settlement on behalf of his client who was seriously injured after being pinned under a car.   Filiberto Perez Jr. was 7 when he and his sisters were standing on a[Read More…]

  Sue Armato, executive director of the Cancer Support  Center, with her husband, Sam, and daughters Ally  and Abby. (Provided photos)   Cancer survivor Sue Armato felt like a queen for a day, thanks to the special efforts of the staff at JCPenney’s in Calumet City that wanted to draw attention to January[Read More…]

  Flossmoor firefighter/paramedic Tom Slayton  demonstrates the Stryker lift unit. That greenish  light shows where the arm on the device is located.  (Photo by Tom Houlihan/H-F Chronicle)   Emergency response can be backbreaking work. Until recently, there was only one way to move a patient, on a cot, into an ambulance — the two-man[Read More…]