From left, Sawyer, Kurt, Rachel and Hunter Horcher spend some time at the Homewood Public Library recently. Sawyer and Rachel deal with a rare genetic condition that causes chronic pain. (Photos by Eric Crump/HF Chronicle) Sawyer Horcher of Homewood is a bright, creative 7-year-old. She loves to paint. She loves to dance. She loves[Read More…]

Local residents march west along Ridge Road on Saturday evening to express their opposition to a neomasculinist group whose leader wrote an essay arguing for the legalization of rape. (Photo by Eric Crump/HF Chronicle) A rally and march in Homewood on Saturday night was intended to send a message to neomasculinists and to the[Read More…]

Rep. Anthony DeLuca, D-Chicago Heights, voted to support a bill that would restore funding for the Monetary Award Program (MAP) and community colleges. Statewide, approximately 130,000 students use the MAP grant program to seek higher education. The bill also restores grants for technical education, adult education and adult literacy programs[Read More…]

The Homewood Board of Trustees did not formally endorse the Homewood School District 153 bond referendum at its meeting Tuesday, but board members each expressed support for the ballot measure. “I’ll take a yard sign,” Trustee Barbara Dawkins said after a presentation by Terry Keigher, chairman of Citizens for Homewood[Read More…]

  Margaret Walsh Dull As part of its celebration of Catholic Schools Week, Flossmoor’s Infant Jesus of Prague School selected Margaret Walsh Dull its 2016 outstanding alumna. She was chosen for her “living a genuinely Catholic life” through faith, knowledge and service. She serves as the school’s registrar and office[Read More…]

Athletes and volunteers are serving Friday dinner at the St. Joseph Athletic Association annual Fish Fry from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Fridays through March 18. Dinners are served at the school, 17951 Dixie Highway in Homewood. The Alaskan pollock dinner is served with curly fries, coleslaw, dinner roll and dessert.[Read More…]

The Parker Junior High School seventh-grade basketball team will be competing in the state tournament Thursday. (Provided photo) Flossmoor School District 161, facing a statewide teacher shortage, is traveling to two job fairs this month in search of new faculty members. At Monday’s school board meeting, Superintendent Craig Doster said district personnel will[Read More…]

Every vote counts! That is the message District 153 supporters are stressing as they share information about the March 15 referendum. The Homewood schools district got more than 80 percent approval for the 2011 referendum, but supporters say they aren’t taking anything for granted this year. “We don’t want people[Read More…]

The award-winning documentary, “The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution,” produced by Homewood native Laurens Grant, will be airing this month on WTTW – Channel 11. The Chicago Public Television network will air the film at 3 p.m. on Feb. 17, 10 p.m. on Feb. 18 and 1 a.m. on[Read More…]

Parker Junior High’s Tech Ninjas robotics team.(Provided photo) Parker Junior High Tech Ninjas won the Judges Control Award recently at the Chicago Math and Science Academy FIRST Tech Challenge qualifier. It was the team’s second time competing in FTC, an international program that brings science, problem solving and programming to[Read More…]