An Aurora teen who was shot Friday evening has died, according to Homewood police. Johnathan Brown, 18, was found in a parking lot near Buffalo Wild Wings by officers responding to a report of shots fired. Another 18-year-old from Merrillville, Indiana, also injured by gunfire, drove himself to a Gary,[Read More…]
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The weeks | Jan. 8
THE WEEK > Flossmoor Public Art Commission will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 9, in the committee room at village hall, 2800 Flossmoor Road. Homewood Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 10, in the board room of village hall, 2020 Chestnut Road. Flossmoor Public Library[Read More…]
Look back: August 2022
With gun violence on the rise nationwide, the cover feature by Carole Sharwarko took a look at statistics and trends to get a better sense of how gun violence is affecting Homewood and Flossmoor, with perspectives from residents and police. Two stories reported on the killing of Madeline Miller on[Read More…]
Flossmoor Road home heavily damaged by fire Sunday
No one was injured, but fire seriously damaged a home in the 2900 block of Flossmoor Road late Sunday morning. Flossmoor Fire Capt. Matt Berk said the call came in about 11 a.m. and the first unit on the scene found fire showing in the rear of the home. One[Read More…]
Look back: July 2022
The cover feature story in July was a review of the switch in water source, a once-in-a-generation public works project. Homewood had purchased Lake Michigan water from Chicago via Harvey since the early 1980s. The village switched to lake water from Hammond via Chicago Heights, which required the construction of[Read More…]
Look back: June 2022
The main feature in the June edition took a look at Amtrak’s major renovation project on the west side of the Homewood train station. The $15 million project made the station more accessible with the addition of ramp access to boarding platforms. The Amtrak boarding platform was completely rebuilt and[Read More…]
The Weeks | Jan. 1
THE WEEK > Flossmoor Board of Trustees meeting originally scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 3, has been cancelled. Homewood-Flossmoor Park District Board of Commissioners meeting originally scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 3, has been cancelled. Homewood Appearance Commission will meet at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 5, in village hall, 2020 Chestnut Road. State Supreme[Read More…]
January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month (free)
January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month, and the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is partnering with The Power Project to train group home and residential care facility staff across Illinois on how to identify, intervene and prevent human trafficking among their youth in treatment. Nearly 1,000 congregate[Read More…]
Look back: March 2022
Rethinking 183rd Street to make it slower, safer and more pedestrian and cyclist friendly began in earnest with a traffic study commissioned by the village of Homewood in 2021. The centerpiece of the March print edition is a walk along the street and through the study to see what it[Read More…]
County seeks public input on future improvements to Kedzie Avenue by Saturday
There are still a few days left to provide suggestions for improvements to Kedzie Avenue in the Homewood-Flossmoor area. As part of Cook County’s Connecting Cook County program, the county Department of Transportation and Highways (CCDOTH) is conducting the Kedzie Avenue Phase I Study. The study area includes the Kedzie Avenue corridor[Read More…]
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