South Suburbs for Greenspace (SS4G) has set a greener Homewood as its goal. The group, formerly organized as South Suburbs for Greenspace Over Concrete, shared its concerns and ideas at a forum on Monday, July 26, in the LaVoute Bistro and Bar’s parking lot. Michelle Yates, an SS4G leader, receives[Read More…]

JOB IN EDUCATION – Homewood School District 153 is hiring for a parent education coordinator for Willow School. The person in the position will work with teachers, administrators and parents to coordinate and advocate for family involvement to facilitate children’s learning. See the Careers page at the HSD153 website for[Read More…]

South Suburbs for Greenspace (SSG, formerly South Suburbs for Greenspace over Concrete) will hold a rally at 6:30 p.m. Thursday advocating for the creation of a local environmental justice commission. The “Don’t Zone Us Out” rally will take place at Homewood village hall, 2020 Chestnut Road. The rally will occur[Read More…]

A new event is coming to Flossmoor in August.  Chamber Night calls on community members to come together and enjoy live music and a night in downtown Flossmoor.  The event scheduled for Aug.18 kicks off at 5 p.m. and will feature an hour of dining at downtown Flossmoor’s restaurants, which[Read More…]

Kerri Bradley is a Homewood resident who loves dogs. In April, she began fostering a dog named Brie as a part of South Suburban Human Society’s new Pets are Family program.  Bradley and her family took care of Brie for about a month before she was reunited with her owners.[Read More…]

Girls in the Angels Athletics program, which recently was named the Program of the Year by Jr. NBA. (Provided photo) A girls basketball program in Flossmoor has been named the 2021 Jr. NBA Program of the Year Powered by Under Armor.  Angels Athletics received recognition from the official youth basketball[Read More…]

With ridership steadily increasing from pandemic lows, Metra announced June 9 it will be adding service to all lines starting in July and will introduce enhanced pilot schedules on four lines with more off-peak options to meet the post-COVID needs of riders. From a pandemic low of 3% of normal[Read More…]

DANCE FUNDRAISER – Buy tickets now for South Suburban Family Shelter’s Dance Away Domestic Violence fundraiser on June 26. Registration is required for the event, from 3 to 6 p.m. in downtown Homewood. All proceeds support SSFS. $20 HOMEWOOD VB – Homewood Village Board meets at 7 p.m. at village[Read More…]

One task for the recently formed Conservation Committee will be to help the preserve heal the ‘path of destruction’ caused by the installation of a new water line to serve the village. This view of the path was from April 13 tooking west from Ridge Road. (Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle) Izaak[Read More…]

Fully vaccinated Flossmoor Homewood South District State 51.6% 46.7% 32.3% 41.74% Test positivity rate Suburban Cook State 2.1% 1.5% Total cases (new cases) Flossmoor Homewood Suburban Cook State 819 (+1) 1,757  250,167 (+107) 1,383,739 (+674) Total deaths (Additional deaths) Flossmoor Homewood Suburban Cook State 15 54 4,419 (+3) 22,865 (+24) This graph shows[Read More…]