Homewood police report that a purse was stolen from a home Saturday evening while the resident was present. The incident occurred shortly before 7 p.m. at a home in the 17500 block of Sycamore Drive. The resident was not injured, police said. No weapon was mentioned or observed. The suspect[Read More…]

Dear Editor,Based on the article “Homewood domestic violence agency surprised by Ingalls contract termination,” posted on your website on Dec. 4, 2018, UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital is ending its contract with the South Suburban Family Shelter in favor of a contract with the YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago. This is[Read More…]

  Senior forward Issac Stanback pulls up for a jumper  in the third quarter. Stanback had 13 points, two  steals, two assists, and one block. (Photos by   Donald Crocker/H-F Chronicle)  The Homewood-Flossmoor Vikings lost another close game Friday, falling to Simeon 57-54. The Vikings have a record of 5-3 but all three of[Read More…]

Homewood Arts Council’s first fundraiser, the 0.3K run/walk/stroll in September brought out considerable costuming creativity in participants.   An elf trains for Ho Ho  Homewood Pub Crawl. The  event on Thursday night will  benefit the Homewood Arts  Council. (Provided photo)  The organization is providing another opportunity from 6:30 p.m. until at least 10:30 p.m. on Thursday,[Read More…]

“Smaller is better” was the message of the day as Flossmoor police officers embarked on their third annual shopping spree for toys at the village’s Meijer store.  In past years, the men in women in blue shopped for big-ticket items, including bicycles, for the Marine Corps Toys for Tots program.[Read More…]

A new joint venture between Prairie State College, the Village of Park Forest and South Suburban College is making it possible for young adults to gain real-world experience in a variety of construction trades.    Students and instructor from  South Suburban College work  on the project house in Park  Forest. (Provided photo)  Known[Read More…]

The Homewood village board approved a 3.59 percent increase in the real estate tax levy over the previous year at its Dec. 11 meeting.   Patrick McAneny takes  the oath of office Dec. 12  after being hired as  Homewood’s assistant  public works director.  (Eric Crump/H-F   Chronicle) Homewood will levy $6,448,178 in taxes. That[Read More…]

If the Santa who led the holiday parade during Flossmoor’s annual Winterfest Dec. 8 was not the “real Santa,” then he probably has connections to the real guy.  At least, that’s 8-year-old Talia Thompson’s theory.  “If he’s not the real Santa, then we count on him to maybe deliver (our[Read More…]

  Six-foot, 9-inch Bloom  center Martice Mitchell,  flies for the block against  Viking guard Trace Williams.  Mitchell has received four  offers to play basketball  after high school. (Photos  by Donald Crocker/H-F   Chronicle)  Bloom High School squeezed by Homewood-Flossmoor High’s Vikings 57-53 in a heated rematch.    The Vikings lost another close one to the Blazing Trojans[Read More…]

Cook County Commissioner Donna Miller is sponsoring a resolution to develop a countywide CPR/AED training awareness campaign.    Cook County   Commissioner   Donna Miller    (Facebook photo)  CPR refers to cardiopulmonary resuscitation, a first aid procedure to help people whose heart has stopped. AED stands for automated external defibrillator, a device that[Read More…]