The District 233 school board will meet in special session Thursday, July 14, to interviewing five of the 12 candidates interested in filling a vacancy on the school board serving Homewood-Flossmoor High School. Interviews with the finalists – selected from seven Flossmoor and five Homewood residents – will begin at[Read More…]

Work continues Wednesday on the former Kmart store at 175th and Halsted streets. Walmart is completely renovating the building to convert it into a new superstore.(Photos by Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle) When Walmart announced late in 2013 that it planned to abandon its Glenwood store and set up shop two miles north on Halsted[Read More…]

Diners enjoy French cuisine at La Voute Bistro + Bar during the restaurant’s opening in 2015.(Chronicle file photo) La Banque Hotel in Homewood will begin its one-year anniversary celebration on July 14, a month after the actual opening date in 2015.  The timing is not off.     La Voute marks its[Read More…]

The District 153 school board will conduct a public hearing at 7 p.m. on Aug. 15 to hear from the public on its plans to sell working cash bonds. The meeting, at James Hart School, will be followed by the regular board meeting at which the school board is expected[Read More…]

Democrats will continue their efforts to win passage of gun violence prevention legislation with a rally at the United States Capitol on July 14. U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., will be joining Democrats on the West Lawn of the Capitol for the “Lighting the Way” rally. They deem it a[Read More…]

And now this. A pair of police shootings, followed by the murder of five Dallas officers and the wounding of seven others.   Tom Houlihan We go to bed in shock over the killing of one man in a Minnesota suburb and wake up to find that a dozen law[Read More…]

Franciscan St. James Health broke ground in May on a new patient pavilion and emergency department expansion at its Olympia Fields campus.  The new construction, which will be completed in 2018, is part of a $137 million investment that will enable Franciscan St. James to reduce the total cost of[Read More…]

Rose Farley loved the laughter and the hugs of children at St. Joseph School for 23 years. She officially retired June 7. Farley and her husband, Jesse, sent their three daughters to the school. When their youngest daughter, Jackie, entered first grade, she accepted a position as teacher aide to[Read More…]

Homewood District 153 is changing its math curriculum to give young students a better understanding of math concepts and ease older students into word and multi-step problems. Kathy Schaeflein, director of curriculum, said the district moved forward with the $149,600 purchase and teacher training package after the Illinois legislature approved[Read More…]

A coalition of domestic violence service providers – including South Suburban Family Shelter of Homewood – are looking for runners willing to race as part of the Run DV Out of Town team. Since 2013, the coalition of 10 providers has had a team of runners in the Bank of[Read More…]