The cast of ‘Funk It Up’ rehearse for the show, which starts opens Friday at 7 p.m. (Provided photo) The Leaders in Theatre Ensemble at Homewood-Flossmoor High School will give four performances of the Q Brothers’ “Funk It Up About Nothin’,”  an outrageous “hip-hoptation” based on Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing.”[Read More…]

Players practice Wednesday for the new baseball and softball season at Parker Junior High. (Photo by Tom Houlihan/HF Chronicle) Classes at Parker Junior High School don’t start for another week but the fall sports season is already under way. Parker’s newly-formed softball and baseball teams started practicing earlier this month and are[Read More…]

Homewood water customers will soon be paying water bills monthly as the village begins the transition in October from the current quarterly billing cycle. At the board of trustees meeting Tuesday, Village Finance Director Dennis Bubenik outlined the changes that would affect customers and noted a number of amendments to[Read More…]

The new Dixie Highway interpretive sign was on display in June during the Drivin’ the Dixie event. (Photo by Eric Crump/HF Chronicle) The Dixie Highway marks its 100th anniversary this year, and Homewood will mark the milestone with the dedication at 10:30 a.m. Saturday of a new interpretive sign in Independence Park. The sign[Read More…]

SPRINGFIELD, IL — Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan on Tuesday announced the House’s plan to make sure that programs serving children with disabilities and life-saving cancer screenings are included in a plan to spend federal dollars while lawmakers continue to push for a balanced approach to the state budget.  Michael[Read More…]

43 calls: Traffic Stop (18), Citizen Assist (1), Vicious Dog (1), Assist Fire Dept. (7), Burglar Alarm (5), Information (1), Sign/Signal Out (1), Disabled Vehicle (1), Parking Problem (1), Traffic Accident with Damage (2), Stray Animal (1), Lockout (1), Domestic Disturbance (1), Check Well Being (1), Driving Complaint (1) Traffic[Read More…]

71 calls: Traffic Stop (47), Assist Fire Dept. (10), Burglar Alarm (2), Disabled Vehicle (1), Suspicious Subject (2), Check Well Being (2), Juvenile Problem (1), Stray Animal (2), Domestic Disturbance (2), Illegal Dumping (1), Suspicious Circumstances (1) Traffic Stop (47) 12:07 a.m., 18400 Kedzie Ave. 1:23 a.m., Tarpon Ct. 1:51[Read More…]

60 calls: Traffic Stop (41), Burglar Alarm (6), Citizen Assist (1), Traffic Accident with Damage (3), Stray Animal (1), Assist Fire Dept. (2), Check Well Being (1), Assist Other Agency (1), Disabled Vehicle (3), Lockout (1) Traffic Stop (41) 12:36 a.m., Western Ave. & Hutchison Rd. 12:51 a.m., Halsted St.[Read More…]

69 calls: Traffic Stop (41), Suspicious Subject (2), Burglar Alarm (11), Assist Fire Dept. (1), Disabled Vehicle (1), Traffic Accident with Damage (2), Domestic Disturbance (3), Medical Alert Alarm (1), Check Well Being (1), Neighbor Problem (1), Request to Speak to Officer (1), Customer/Management Dispute (1), Abandoned Vehicle (1), Hit[Read More…]

49 calls: Traffic Stop (32), Burglar Alarm (3), Assist Fire Dept. (6), Neighbor Problem (1), Notification (1), Unwanted Subject (1), Lockout (1), Abandoned Vehicle (1), Escort (1), Lost Property (1), Customer/Management Dispute (1) Traffic Stop (32) 12:08 a.m., 183rd St. & Sacramento Ave. 12:17 a.m., 3154 183rd St. 12:34 a.m.,[Read More…]