47 calls: Traffic Stop (29), Disturbance (1), Assist Fire Dept. (4), Traffic Accident with Damage (5), Check Well Being (2), Found Property (1), Burglar Alarm (1), Lockout (1), Domestic Disturbance (1),  Burglary to Motor Vehicle (1), Suspicious Circumstances (1) Traffic Stop (29) 12:14 a.m., 18033 Halsted St. 12:34 a.m., 183rd[Read More…]

Popular band Latin Satin Soul had people dancing in the street at the 2014 Fall Fest. The band will perform again at this year’s event. After a summer of construction work, Martin Avenue has a new look and new features, finished in time to host the village’s annual fall festival. Homewood Mayor Richard Hofeld[Read More…]

Kelly Misner ties a blue ribbon around a light pole on Dixie Highway Friday morning. The ribbons are intended to show support for police officers at a time when several have been killed in the line of duty. Blue ribbons appeared on trees and light poles late this week in downtown Homewood, an[Read More…]

Power was lost to downtown Homewood shortly after noon Saturday.  Homewood Public Library officials announced the library will remain closed the rest of the day. The library is closed Sundays and will be closed Monday for Labor Day. ComEd officials report about 372 customers are affected. Power is expected to[Read More…]

Flossmoor Village Board members Tuesday will consider whether to allow video gambling at local establishments with liquor licenses. Video gaming advertised in a Homewood store window. (Photo by Tom Houlihan/HF Chronicle) The village currently prohibits video gambling, which has been legal in Illinois since 2009. At the Aug. 3 village board meeting,[Read More…]

Patches, cracks and potholes dot the length of a section of 183rd Street in Homewood and Hazel Crest that is slated for resurfacing this fall. (Photo by Eric Crump/HF Chronicle) Area motorists who use 183rd Street on the west side of Homewood might want to find alternate routes from now until mid-November. Road[Read More…]

Despite challenging weather, Parker Junior High School’s cross country team Wednesday competed in its second meet of the fall season. During the meet, Parker took on teams from James Hart Junior High School, of Homewood, and New Lenox Liberty. It took place at Apollo Park in Homewood. In the two-mile seventh[Read More…]

While most of the audience temporarily seeks shelter under awnings to escape a brief rain shower, TALK’s adult advisor, Steve Ploum endures the weather to listen to a performer at the organization’s spoken word festival Saturday. The lives and thoughts of local poets echoed across Dixie Highway in Homewood Saturday, peppered with rain but[Read More…]

After careful consideration, I have decided to support the Iranian Nuclear Deal. This is not a decision I arrived at lightly.  Over the past few weeks, I listened to the opinions and concerns of my constituents and met with people from all walks of life. I heard impassioned arguments on[Read More…]

Discipline problems at Parker Junior High will no longer be tolerated, school officials said this week. And multiple, positive strategies are already making a difference at Parker, Flossmoor School District 161 Superintendent Craig Doster said Monday. “I have been to Parker nearly every day since the start of school,” Doster[Read More…]