This view shows the intersection of West Margaret Street with Ridge Road, which runs south and then west into Homewood, and Brown Derby Road, which continues west to Halsted Street. Brown Derby Road will close permanently on Friday to make way for Menards store expansion. (Photo by Eric Crump/HF Chronicle) Brown Derby Road and a[Read More…]

Van Drunen Ford’s original 1930 showroom was in the 18000 block of Dixie Highway in Homewood. (Photo provided) Morse Van Drunen was raised among farming families in South Holland in the early 1900s but he knew he didn’t want to be a farmer. He turned to cars. The Van Drunen Ford showroom in[Read More…]

Local legislators believe the impasse in Springfield is likely to continue for the foreseeable future. From left, state represenatives Anthony DeLuca and Will Davis speak at a potluck dinner sponsored by the local League of Women Voters chapter. (Photo by Ann Lawrence/HF Chronicle) At a Homewood-Flossmoor League of Women Voters program Sept. 9, Rep. Al Riley[Read More…]

Homewood Heritage Committee Chairwoman Elaine Egdorf, right, speaks Aug. 15 during the dedication of Homewood’s new Dixie Highway commemoration sign, installed to mark the centennial of the historic highway. (Photo by Eric Crump/HF Chronicle) The final event to mark the 100th anniversary of the organizing of Dixie Highway, the country’s first interstate route, will be a 10 a.m. ceremony on Michigan Avenue[Read More…]

Dorothy Johnson Dorothy Johnson will share her indomitable spirit with an estimated 1,000 fellow walkers on Sunday for the Cancer Support Center’s 21st annual Walk of Hope. Registration starts at 9 a.m. at Homewood’s Irwin Park. The Survivor Celebration and awards program starts at 10 a.m. and the walk kicks off at[Read More…]

A 17-year-old arrested following an attempted carjacking in Homewood earlier this month has been released from custody so that he can attend high school. Cook County Circuit Court Judge Donna Cooper, of the Juvenile Division, Friday ordered the release of the teen defendant after his mother brought in proof that[Read More…]

The Village of Homewood will host its annual Hobo Night from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10. The event will take place at the Homewood Rail Park at Park Avenue and Chestnut Road, just north of the Homewood train station.  Visitors tour Homewood’srestored train during HoboNight 2014. (Photo by QuincyCrump/HF[Read More…]

Homewood District 153 School Board members Monday approved the 2016 budget of $28.5 million in operating costs. Revenues, however, are only $23 million. The board will be able to balance its budget to using money from the bond issue it passed by special referendum in 2011, and transferring money from[Read More…]

Flossmoor Fire Chief Chris Sewell, Fire Lt. Chris Bednarek andretired Chicago Heights Fire Chief James Angell.(Photo by Tom Houlihan/HF Chronicle) Firefighters prepare for the worst. They train for conditions where searing high temperatures and unsafe buildings pose severe danger to the community – and themselves. They are asked to rescue[Read More…]

Flossmoor officials say village emergency vehicles – ambulances, fire trucks and police cars – have a difficult time getting out of the 38-year-old municipal complex. Large firefighting rigs, when returning to the station, must make a sharp left turn off Berry Lane just a few feet south of Flossmoor Road.[Read More…]