Why do kids get to have all the fun during prom season? For Homewood-Flossmoor area grown-ups – including many whose children are going to this spring’s big dance – Prom for Parents is a logical response to that question. The first-ever Prom for Parents makes its debut April 23 at[Read More…]

Fiddler Kate Nelson of Flossmoor recreates herwinning performance during an interview at Forever Yogurt in Homewood on Saturday. Nelson won the 2016 Jewel-Osco/Chicago Bulls Kids Talent Search on April 2. (Photos by Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle) Kate Nelson has a violin she won’t take to school. The family heirloom is too precious.  But she took[Read More…]

The cast of the “56th Hunger Games” includes (seated,from left) Tacy Graham, Allysa Freeman and JackCalomino with (standing, from left) Chloe Castady,Grace Mahorney, Emma Murphy and Adam Freeman.(Photos by Marilyn Thomas/H-F Chronicle) The red carpet will be rolled out for Homewood’s movie stars when “The 56th Hunger Games” premieres at[Read More…]

  Peter Robertson “Colorblind,” Flossmoor resident Peter Robertson’s third installment in a trilogy of crime novels, is being released this month by Gibson House Press. In “Colorblind,” Robertson’s unlikely hero – a Scottish-born businessman who uncovers murder and mayhem as he travels around the United States — goes to New Orleans[Read More…]

Illinois Rep. Will Davis (D-East Hazel Crest) will participate in a session on local and state issues at the April 16 “Teen Turn Up 2016” youth empowerment event. Davis will be one of three area representatives discussing the status of the Illinois budget and legislative initiatives at the program hosted[Read More…]

He’ll sing! He’ll dance! He’ll fly! Yes, when Michael Mesirow of Homewood stars as Bert in The Drama Group’s production of “Mary Poppins,” he’ll be flying.   Michael Mesirow of  Homewood stars as Bert  and Melanie Hildebrant of  Chicago stars as Mary  Poppins in The Drama  Group’s April 29, 30  and May[Read More…]

Illinois Sen. Toi Hutchinson (D – Chicago Heights) was honored with the 2016 Legislative Champion Award from the Illinois State Alliance of YMCAs. In presenting the award, DaWana Williamson of the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago said Hutchinson was being recognized for her leadership and advocacy for quality and accessible youth[Read More…]

(Provided photo) A 25-year-old Hazel Crest man was uninjured Thursday morning after his car went off the road, rolled over and struck some trees, Flossmoor police said. Kenneth Bell, 25, of the 3100 block of Surrey Lane, was driving at 2.26 a.m. when his car left the roadway at Sterling[Read More…]

This Blue Spruce tree is being donated to the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District to replace the 60-foot holiday tree in Irwin Park that was toppled in high winds in March. (Photo by Marilyn Thomas/H-F Chronicle) Carol Loreth got her Blue Spruce as a gift from Homewood businessman Richard D. Irwin. Now she’s making the tree[Read More…]

A proposal by Illinois Sen. Toi Hutchinson (D-Chicago Heights) would provide up to seven paid sick days per year to full-time and part-time employees. Hutchinson said workers would earn an hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked. If Senate Bill 2147 is approved, Illinois would become the sixth[Read More…]