Flossmoor residents are another step closer to being able to move their pickup trucks from their garages to their driveways as a decades-old ban is set to go before the village’s plan commission.  The Flossmoor village board Monday unanimously voted to put the zoning ordinance amendment up for a public[Read More…]

I’ve been doing something that makes reporters antsy: I’ve been sitting on a story.A few weeks ago, I interviewed the Homewood man who was attacked and carjacked outside his house on Oct. 16. He graciously welcomed me into his home for an interview just a week later. Sitting on the[Read More…]

The Flossmoor District 161 school board voted 5-1 on Nov. 13 to approve a tentative 2018 tax levy that increases 2.1 percent with the Consumer Price Index.  Board member Merle Huckabee voted against the tentative levy, and board member John Simmons was absent. Huckabee said during previous meetings that she[Read More…]

Your friend is hosting a dinner party and you’ve just finished coffee and the dessert course. Suddenly he stands up, pulls a sheaf of papers from a folder and begins speaking. “Now we’re in for a real treat,” he says. “Wait until you see the scores in little Jimmy’s school[Read More…]

More than 1,100 south suburban families — about 4,500 people — will have a better Thanksgiving meal Thursday thanks to the Turkey Day Giveaway sponsored Tuesday by Open Access in Homewood. The sixth annual event has grown tremendously from its modest beginning at Open Access offices at 900 Maple Ave,[Read More…]

  Hobo Night in Homewood on Oct. 13 was the first without Hobo Joe, aka Joe Krol.  Krol died Sept. 2 at age 75. He had been a mainstay and driving force for the Hobo Night event since 2009. He was appointed to the village Rail Committee in 2004, according[Read More…]

In May 2017, Amtrak conductor Michael Case was shot at a Naperville train station. A Homewood resident, Case was shot in the abdomen and has endured a months-long rehabilitation. He wrote to the H-F Chronicle to express his gratitude for the neighbors who are helping him recover.   Homewood  resident  Michael Case.   (Provided photo)   I am[Read More…]

Foreclosed and vacant properties in Homewood will now be part of an online registry.    The village board passed an ordinance at its Nov. 13 meeting to work with Florida-based Prochamps. The firm works with towns to create a database of information that can be used to communicate with the[Read More…]

Edited by Carole Sharwarko Sally and Mike McDonald are just really great people. Sally lives a few houses down from her elderly parents. She daily brings them breakfast, lunches and dinners. Mike is a retired Homewood police officer and now works as a detective at Union Station.    Sally and Mike[Read More…]

Flossmoor Community Church held its second annual ShowOff talent show on Friday, Nov. 16, bringing together musicians, storytellers and comedians who entertained the crowd and helped raise money to support the church’s PADS shelter.  Photos by Mary Compton/H-F Chronicle. Related story: Second annual FCC talent show to raise funds for[Read More…]