Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS) Division 24 will host an open house at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 21, to mark the grand opening of its newly expanded facility at 17555 Ashland Ave. in Homewood, according to a news release from the organization. MABAS Division 24 is comprised of 20[Read More…]

55 calls: Traffic Stop (29), Noise Complaint (1), Assist Other Agency (2), Suspicious Subject (2), Domestic Disturbance (1), Check Well Being (4), Burglar Alarm (5), Assist Fire Dept. (5), Disabled Vehicle (1), Retail Theft (1), Citizen Assist (1), Sign/Signal Out (1), Credit Card Fraud (1), Stray Animal (1) Traffic Stop[Read More…]

Students work the garden at Western Avenue School. (Photo provided) Students returning to Western Avenue School this week will be faced with an important question that has little to do with reading, writing or arithmetic. What would grow best in a vacant planting bed at the school garden? Western parents Aimee[Read More…]

For 35 years, Pam Sigler of Flossmoor watched her father, the late Rev. Eugene Sigler, spend most of his waking hours running the Jones Memorial Community Center in Chicago Heights. Now Sigler, Kathleen Field Orr of Flossmoor and Scott McEldowney of Homewood are joining with other members of the organization’s[Read More…]

The Irwin Park fountain had to be repaired late in July after waders apparently caused some damage. (Photo by Eric Crump/HF Chronicle) No wading and no drones allowed. A drone hovers over an event in Homewood earlier this year. The HF Park District clarified its policy about the use of drones in local parks. (Photo by Eric[Read More…]

The Homewood-Flossmoor High School Board of Education on Tuesday approved a three-year contract with support staff. The 55 clerical and support staff members will receive 2 percent raises each of the three years and increased insurance coverage for the contract extending to June 30 2018, according to Jodi Bryant, director[Read More…]

56 calls: Traffic Stop (32), Traffic Accident with Damage (4), Disabled Vehicle (2), Assist Fire Dept. (5), Burglar Alarm (5), Check Well Being (4), Lockout (1), Suspicious Subject (2), Traffic Hazard (1) Traffic Stop (32) 12:00 a.m., 183rd St. & Halsted St. 12:09 a.m., 18901 Halsted St 12:35 a.m., Dixie[Read More…]

60 calls:  Traffic Stop (35), Assist Other Agency (1), Suspicious Circumstances (2), Medical Alert Alarm (1), Check Well Being (5), Burglar Alarm (5), Abandoned Vehicle (1), Lost Property (1), Traffic Accident with Damage (2), Theft (1), Disabled Vehicle (1), Citizen Assist (1), Parking Problem (1), Dumping/Littering (1), Unwanted Subject (1),[Read More…]

Changes a-plenty are coming to Parker Junior High School. When students return to Parker later this week, they’ll find a substantially larger building. With the completion of a $7.5 million renovation project, the school has eight additional classrooms, new science and art rooms and a first-ever outdoor learning area. All[Read More…]

The Homewood District 153 School Board honored two staff members for their outstanding efforts. Jodi Dunne, right, with District 153 Superintendent Dale Mitchell. Dunne was honored by the district at the Board of Education’s meeting Monday. (Photo by Marilyn Thomas/HF Chronicle) The board, at its Monday meeting, presented Jodi Dunne, a district office staff member,[Read More…]