28 calls: Traffic Stop (3), Assist Fire Dept. (6), Burglar Alarm (6), Disabled Vehicle (1), Traffic Accident with Damage (1), Parking Problem (2), Abandoned Vehicle (1), Check Well Being (2), Neighbor Problem (1), Special Watch/Notification (1), Suspicious Circumstances (1), Custody Dispute (1), Suspicious Subject (1), Unwanted Subject (1) Traffic Stop[Read More…]

This week I had planned to write about the Thornton Quarry and my cockamamie idea that someday – probably not in my lifetime – it would become something like a national park for our part of the world. I was fortunate enough to take a tour of the part of[Read More…]

Homewood-Flossmoor High School officials announced shortly after 11 a.m. that graduation ceremonies at 1 p.m. today will take place in the south building gym because of weather conditions. Guests must have a ticket to enter the gym or auditorium. Graduates are allotted three tickets, two for the gym and one[Read More…]

Almost 70 student-athletes from Homewood-Flossmoor High School filled Idlewild Country Club on Thursday for the school’s 37th Annual Senior Athletic Banquet. The night included a dinner for the athletes and their parents. Multiple awards and scholarships were presented throughout the night.  Athletic Director Dan Vosnos called the banquet a celebration of all[Read More…]

Explosion Track Club members front row Julius Baldridge,left, and Ed Rhyne, and standing from left John Smith,Lee Bridges and Jay Williams.(Photo by Marilyn Thomas/HF Chronicle) The passion of sport hasn’t gone out for members of Explosion Track Club. These runners, sprinters and jumpers with laurels from their college days come together[Read More…]

Two Homewood students at Prairie State College have been awarded scholarships to continue their education at Governors State University. Kevin Adams won the Honors Scholarship and Sean Horan won the GSU Promise Scholarship, two of GSU’s Dual Degree Program Scholarship offerings available to high achieving, first-time transfer students who enroll in the Dual[Read More…]

Officials in Flossmoor School District 161 Friday presented an alternative version of an altercation between students at Parker Junior High School following dismissal on Wednesday. In a letter to parents sent late Friday, Superintendent Craig Doster and Principal Lynn Westerlund said the incident in the Parker bus loading area was[Read More…]

Graduating high school students who live in Homewood are eligible for a $1,000 scholarship from the Homewood Police Association. The Officer Paul Edward Buckley Memorial Scholarship is awarded “to an individual who is committed to public service,” according to information from the association. The deadline for submitting an application is[Read More…]

The perfect word to describe the weather for summer season opening of Homewood Farmers Market? Perfect.  Bloomberg Farms of Homewood offers bedding plants during the early farmers market season. (Photo by Eric Crump/HF Chronicle) After a spring that kept fluctuating between warm days and cold rain, the turn for the better came right on time[Read More…]

Traffic was slow Thursday afternoon on 183rd Street at the viaduct because of a public works project. (Photo by Eric Crump/HF Chronicle) Traffic was slow at the 183rd Street viaduct Thursday afternoon and is likely to be slow Friday morning, too, as Homewood Public Works crews implement a plan to combat nuisance[Read More…]