Supporters of District 153 schools are meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 27 to organize for a six-week informational campaign that will bring the message of Homewood schools and the March 15 tax referendum to their neighbors. Terry Keigher, chair of Citizens for Homewood Schools, invites anyone interested in helping spread the[Read More…]

Cherry Creek at Chayes ParkDrive, the dividing line betweenHomewood and Flossmoor. (Photo by Tom Houlihan/HF Chronicle) Renovations to Cherry Creek adjacent to Homewood-Flossmoor High School are expected to bring relief from flooding to more than a dozen homeowners. Under the project, spearheaded by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago[Read More…]

Jason Benetti, a 2001 graduate of Homewood-Flossmoor High School, announced a lot of baseball games as a student broadcaster for WHFH-FM radio. It turns out it was good practice for his new role as TV announcer for the Chicago White Sox. Jason Benetti “It’s awesome, really awesome,” Benetti said Wednesday[Read More…]

An SUV caught fire in a Flossmoor garage Wednesday. (Photos provided by George Uhlmann) A fire that apparently started inside an SUV parked in a Flossmoor garage Wednesday afternoon set the garage on fire but did not damage the attached house, officials said. Keith Damm, assistant chief of the Flossmoor Fire[Read More…]

If the driver of a 1995 Chevy van had used a turn signal, he or she might still own the vehicle. Instead, Homewood police seized the van and turned it over to an auto auction, with money from the sale going to a special fund for the Homewood Police Department.[Read More…]

Craft breweries now have a place in Homewood’s zoning code after village trustees approved an amendment to the code Tuesday.  Prior to the vote, there wasn’t a definition of craft breweries in the code, but the industry is growing, and officials say the interest from brewers in setting up shop[Read More…]

Volunteers help make Valentine cards as part ofthe 2015 MLK Day of Service in Flossmoor. (Photos provided by Maggie Bachus) A mid-January day honoring America’s foremost civil rights figure should be an opportunity to give back to the community. That’s the idea behind Flossmoor’s second MLK Day of Service on Monday,[Read More…]

H-F student Bailey Didier sits in on drums during the Thing 3 set at the 2015 auction. Her dad, Matt Didier is on guitar. Thing 3 will perform at this year’s auction, as will another local favorite, Staff Infection and the South Side Horns. (HF Chronicle file photo) Among the items in the auction will[Read More…]

52 calls: Traffic Stop (33), Burglar Alarm (3), Assist Other Agency (1), Suspicious Auto (1), Assist Fire Dept. (6), Traffic Accident with Damage (1), Lockout (1), Parking Problem (1), Check Well Being (1), Escort (1), Theft (1), Disabled Vehicle (1), Suspicious Subject (1) Traffic Stop (33) 12:31 a.m., 3055 183rd[Read More…]

Winners at the 2015 tourney were (seated, from left)Jay Fares, Joe Corso and Jim Kuchta, and (standing,from left) Jim O’Malley, Jeff Corso, Mark Norville,Bridget Van Eekeren and Tom Dobrez. (Provided photo) Feeling lucky? Of the nearly 100 poker players who will try their luck at the upcoming Texas Hold’ Em tournament[Read More…]