Firefighters on scene in the 3200 block of 184th Street   in Homewood on Sunday morning. (Eric Crump/H-F   Chronicle)  Homewood and area firefighters responded to an apartment fire in the 3200 block of 184th Street after 8 a.m. Sunday, May 26.  The fire was contained to one apartment of the[Read More…]

A three-time Blue Island Woman of the Year winner has been hired as the new executive director of Homewood Public Library.    Colleen Waltman is the  new executive director  of Homewood Public  Library. (Official photo)  On May 15, the library board of trustees selected Colleen Waltman to fill the position. Waltman comes to Homewood from her job[Read More…]

Homewood will celebrate its rail history at the 15th annual Homewood Rail Fest from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, in the H-F Park District Auditorium, 2010 Chestnut Road.      A tot reaches out as an electric  train zooms by at the 2017   Homewood Rail Fest.[Read More…]

It must have seemed like it was raining concrete at the Dixie Highway viaduct for a few days in mid-April.   On April 8, police received two reports of debris falling from the structure, hitting cars and damaging windshields, and on April 10 a report was filed of someone throwing rocks[Read More…]

The District 233 Finance Committee and Homewood-Flossmoor High School administrators hope a list of cuts to the proposed arts center wing will bring costs within an acceptable range.   Two new spaces will be built onto the South Building and interior spaces will be remodeled for the new MVP (Music,[Read More…]

  Rev. Jesse Jackson listens as sophomore Aniya Askew,  left, asks her question during a student assembly  Tuesday at Homewood-Flossmoor High School.   (Provided photo)  It’s been more than a week since four Homewood-Flossmoor High School students posted a racist video on social media. Feeling hurt and angry about it is understandable, but students[Read More…]

  The James Hart Band prepares to perform during the   2018 Veterans Day event. (Chronicle file photo)  The District 153 bands spring concert, “Celebrating the Diversity of Music,” will be given at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 9. The program includes new music written by composers from underrepresented groups.  [Read More…]

For the second week in a row, Flossmoor Station Restaurant and Brewery, 1035 Sterling Ave. in Flossmoor, is hosting a watch party from 7 to 9 p.m. on Monday, May 6, to cheer on  Flossmoor’s own Oliv Blu as she competes on NBC’s “The Voice.”  “We’re so excited to support[Read More…]

It was a Q-and-A session meant to clear the air.   An open assembly discussion  on the issues surrounding  H-F students in blackface  involved panelists including  students, from left, Joseph  Alexander, Kenneth Powell  and Laila Malak with principal  Jerry Lee Anderson and  Superintendent Von Mansfield.  After the flare-up from the[Read More…]

There were cheers and high-fives, lots of smiles and congratulatory posters as special education students paraded with paper Olympic torches through the halls of Willow School in Homewood on Thursday.   This was the second year students came out of their classrooms to line the halls for the parade through[Read More…]