Homewood trustees approved a resolution Tuesday, March 10, expressing opposition to Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposal to cut state funding to municipalities by 50 percent. The resolution states, “The Village of Homewood urges the governor and the General Assembly to protect full funding of the Local Government Distributive Fund and other[Read More…]

38 calls: Noise Complaint (1), Citizen Complaint (1), Assist Fire Dept. (3), Abandoned Vehicle (2), Burglar Alarm (3), Traffic Control (1), Disabled Vehicle (11), Check Well Being (3), Assist Other Agency (1), Parking Problem (3), Neighbor Problem (2), Lockout (3), Citizen Assist (2), Dispute (1), Disturbance (1) Noise Complaint (1)[Read More…]

Dr. Jenna Kiel has been named the new clinical director for The Cancer Support Center. Dr. Jenna Kiel Staff at the center became familiar with her work when Kiel interned there when she was a doctoral student at the Illinois School of Professional Psychology.  “She instantly fit the culture and understood[Read More…]

Danny Wojslaw and Sebastian Fortson, armed with a large display pancake, announce at the March 10Homewood Board of Trustees meeting the 61stannual Boy Scout Pancake Breakfast. (Photo byQuinn Crump/The Chronicle)   Boy Scout Troop 342 and Cub Scout Pack 304 will begin their seventh decade of annual pancake breakfast fundraisers with the 61st[Read More…]

56 calls: Traffic Stop (35), Burglar Alarm (3), Check Well Being (2), Assist Fire Dept. (8), Suspicious Circumstances (1), Found Property (1), Assist Other Agency (1), Traffic Accident with Damage (2), Disabled Vehicle (1), Juvenile Problem (1), Citizen Assist (1) Traffic Stop (35) 12:24 a.m., Kedzie Ave. & Olive Rd.[Read More…]

71 calls: Traffic Stop (42), Assist Fire Dept. (6),  Burglar Alarm (5), Domestic Disturbance (2), Abandoned Vehicle (3), Lockout (4), Disabled Vehicle (2), Stray Animal (1), Traffic Hazard (1), Hit & Run (1), Citizen Assist (1), Suspicious Subject (2), Barking Dog (1) Traffic Stop (42) 12:00 a.m., I-80/I-294 & Halsted[Read More…]

75 calls: Traffic Stop (56), Abandoned Vehicle (1), Burglar Alarm (3), Traffic Accident with Damage (1), Assist Fire Dept. (6), Lockout (1), Suspicious Circumstances (1), Minibike Complaint (1), Parking Problem (1), Domestic Disturbance (1), Noise Complaint (1), Check Well Being (1), Disturbance (1) Traffic Stop (56) 12:03 a.m., 18300 Highland[Read More…]

55 calls: Traffic Stop (32), Assist Fire Dept. (6), Lockout (2), Notification (1), Burglar Alarm (4), Parking Problem (2), Check Well Being (1), Domestic Disturbance (1), Assist Other Agency (1), Juvenile Problem (1), Traffic Accident with Damage (2), Unwanted Subject (1), Lost Property (1) Traffic Stop (32) 12:14 a.m., 18400[Read More…]

49 calls: Traffic Stop (34), Abandoned Vehicle (1), Assist Fire Dept. (2), Suspicious Subject (2), Burglar Alarm (5), Found Property (1), Assist Other Agency (1), Check Well Being (1), Suspicious Circumstances (1), Disturbance (1) Traffic Stop (34) 12:18 a.m., 175th St. & Butternut Rd. 12:35 a.m., 18024 Halsted St. 1:10[Read More…]

The Homewood District 153 School Board held a moment of reflection upon the announcement that its former superintendent, Jim Mahan, had died Monday, March 16. He was a Flossmoor resident. Mahan served as superintendent from 1984 to 1999.  It was a time of major growth in the district, said Board President Shelly Marks.[Read More…]