After months of discussion on a realignment of Flossmoor District 161’s transportation system, school board members Monday agreed to start the new academic year with six fewer bus routes. The reduction in bus routes will cut about $200,000 from the district budget for the coming year, Superintendent Craig Doster said.[Read More…]

Ralph Covert gets kids up and dancing April 29 at Flossmoor Public Library. (Photo by Annie Lawrence/HF Chronicle) It was a rock club for kids who danced, giggled and rolled during a performance of Ralph’s World at the Flossmoor Public Library presented by Ralph Covert, an indie-rock musician who has found[Read More…]

Parker Junior High School has a new principal. David Kennedy David Kennedy, a 17-year teacher and administrator, has been appointed principal at Parker. Flossmoor School District 161 Superintendent Craig Doster announced the appointment at Monday’s Board of Education meeting. Kennedy assumes his new post on July 1, replacing the current[Read More…]

In August, Homewood trustees pulled the plug on a tax increment financing district that was “under water.” Tuesday, they will consider moving forward to replace it with a new TIF district in about the same location. The view looking east along 175th Street east of Loomis Avenue. Village officials are proposing a new[Read More…]

Decisions are hard to make — especially when you’re a teenager. At Homewood-Flossmoor High School, the Guidance Office staff works to provide the best advice for students starting in junior high, said Jim Schmidt, guidance department chairman. It’s all about keeping students keenly aware of the academic excellence of H-F[Read More…]

La Voute Bistro is still taking shape, but in a little less than a month, the whine of power saws will be replaced: The sound will be of music and the wine will be by the glass. The bistro is a key feature of the long-awaited La Banque boutique hotel[Read More…]

Debbie Berman A reconstituted Homewood-Flossmoor High School board elected Richard T. Lites its president for another term on May 4. David Mayer was elected vice president/secretary. Richard Lites Lites thanked his fellow board members for the vote of confidence and extended “a heartfelt thanks” to voters who got to the polls to re-elect[Read More…]

Fratello’s Deli staff serve food samples to Homewood officials Friday during a reception marking the opening Monday, May 11, of the shop at 18201 Dixie Highway. (Photo by Eric Crump/HF Chronicle) It is traditional for businesses to mark a store opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.  But if the new shop is an Italian[Read More…]

Homewood resident Meghan Muldoon, a nursing student at Prairie State College (PSC), has been awarded an American Association of University Women (AAUW) Career Development Grant for 2015-2016. Meghan Muldoon The AAUW grants are highly competitive and the organization is one of the largest sources of funding for graduate women.  The grant will help pay[Read More…]

Local residents who have stories or photos that capture some of the history of the former Great Lakes Bank and its predecessors could win two tickets to the grand opening and ribbon cutting of La Banque, the boutique hotel being developed in the old bank building. Homewood State Bank, far right,[Read More…]