Parker Junior High School students may be taking pitches on the ball diamond in a competitive league this fall as part of a sports expansion in Flossmoor District 161. District administrators Monday recommended the addition of baseball, softball and Scholastic Bowl; if approved by the Board of Education, the new[Read More…]

Merritt and Kimberly Slaughter of Flossmoor placean order for gumbo with  Cynthia Boyd-Yette of Cynthia’s Gumbo Express at  Homewood’s first winter farmers market session Saturday, Jan. 31. (File photo)   After one session, the new Homewood Winter Farmers Market has already outgrown its home. The second winter market — from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday,[Read More…]

Police find loaded handgun during Halsted traffic stopA Des Moines, Iowa, man was charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon after a loaded handgun was found in his vehicle during a traffic stop in Homewood just before midnight Friday, Feb. 20. According to a Homewood police report, Michael Daniel,[Read More…]

Prairie State College (PSC) recognizes the academic accomplishments of students each year by awarding them a place on the Dean’s List. To be named to the Dean’s List, students must have a semester grade point average (GPA) of 3.75 or better; have completed a minimum of 12 credit hours at PSC during the[Read More…]

Homewood stands to lose about $900,000 from its annual Local Government Distributive Fund allocation if Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposed budget is implemented as-is, according to Village Finance Director Dennis Bubenik.  As reported by The Chronicle Feb. 19, Rauner’s budget would cut LGDF payments by 50 percent, and for Flossmoor,[Read More…]

A caravan of jazz masters and future jazz greats rocked the stage at Prairie State College’s 27th annual Jazz Fest concert Fridaynight. Bassist Larry Gray, trumpeter Orbert Davis and drummerAri Brown perform during the 2014 Prairie State CollegeJazz Festival. (Photo provided) Though freezing outside, the intimate Jazz Masters Jam opened with a sizzling 20-minute[Read More…]

Global Foods class students(from left) Reshariane Hawkins,Tamira Butler and Erin Leeprepare a meal. (Photo by Marilyn Thomas/The Chronicle) Forget your 20th century ideas about foods class. In the 21st century, the Homewood-Flossmoor High School program is now call culinary arts and the education and training can lead students to great careers[Read More…]

52 calls: Traffic Stop (39), Check Well Being (2), Assist Other Agency (1), Assist Fire Dept. (2), Burglar Alarm (2), Traffic Accident with Damage (1), Suspicious Subject (1), Juvenile Problem (1), Retail Theft (1), Noise Complaint (1), Traffic Hazard (1) Traffic Stop (39) 12:07 a.m., 18300 Kedzie Ave. 12:48 p.m.,18300[Read More…]

Pattie Tydd took top honorsin the Chocolate Fest Bake-offwith her chocolate tart entry. (Photo by Eric Crump/TheChronicle) Pattie Tydd, representing Homewood Women’s Club, took top honors in the amateur division of the Homewood Chocolate Festival Saturday, Feb. 21, with a chocolate tart entry. Second place went to Stephanie Ferkula, representing Homewood[Read More…]

It might look like a tax hike, but it would be more of a tax bounce if Homewood trustees approve a measure Tuesday to raise the village’s amusement tax from 2 to 5 percent. The tax originally was 5 percent when it was implemented in January 2014, but Brunswick Zone[Read More…]