Barbara Dawkins doesn’t know anything about baseball. She loves Homewood, though, so she signed up to volunteer as B-league president of Homewood Baseball for the 2019 season. Dawkins’ true specialty is law, and after 20 years of litigation, she is now a supervisor of the Juvenile Justice Division of the Cook[Read More…]
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H-F wins seventh straight against Stagg
Seniors Issac Stanback and Trace Williams pressure Chargers guard Roy Huddleston in the third quarter. (Donald Crocker/H-F Chronicle) Homewood-Flossmoor’s Vikings overpowered Stagg 60-37 to win the 10th out of their past 11 games. H-F faced a couple of hard fouls by Stagg, but H-F led the Chargers 27-19 after a chippy first half. Stagg, which[Read More…]
Improvements made, tax incentive approved for Homewood property
The Homewood Village Board approved a Class 8 tax designation Tuesday for a Shell gas station and strip mall at the intersection of Ridge Road and Halsted Street after delaying the move last month. The incentive was on the agenda at the board’s Jan. 22 meeting. Trustee Jay Heiferman raised the[Read More…]
You Matter 2 founder Destiny Watson’s outreach impacts peers, community
Nearly five years after founding You Matter 2, a service organization at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, Destiny Watson is still passionate about helping to improve the lives of others. Watson, now a junior at the University of Dayton, recently traveled to the Central American nation of El Salvador as part of[Read More…]
H-F Superintendent Mansfield chooses education for career of a lifetime
Homewood-Flossmoor High School Superintendent Von Mansfield knows his five years in the National Football League stand out on his résumé, but it’s his 30 years in education that have been the career he’s cherished. He grew up with four brothers and a single mom in a housing project in Milwaukee and[Read More…]
Changes to county assessor’s website improve property searches
A major change to the Cook County Assessor’s website should make searching for data much easier. Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi said the updates to the website at cookcountyassessor.com will give taxpayers access to neighborhood-level data about comparable properties in their area. The website changes provide a more streamlined design and data[Read More…]
District 233 forum offers insights into 10 candidates positions
The Homewood-Flossmoor League of Women Voters candidate forum on Sunday drew a crowd of about 50 people who got to hear 2-minute introductions, 1-minute answers to audience questions and 2-minute closing statements from Debbie Berman, Jonathan Cook, Pamela Jackson, Jimo Kasali, Merle Kimbrough-Huckabee, Nathan Legardy, P. Andrew Lindstrom, Gerald Pauling,[Read More…]
State’s attorney Kim Foxx welcomes Flossmoor’s community comforts
Kim Foxx loves living in Flossmoor. Foxx, Cook County’s State’s Attorney, says her house, and her neighborhood, provide a respite from workdays filled with a constant litany of violent behavior and the pain that it brings.
Property tax relief request returns to Homewood trustees agenda
A request for Class 8 property tax relief will be back on the Homewood Board of Trustees agenda Tuesday after being deferred at the board’s previous meeting. The request for a Class 8 designation renewal by Zainab Inc., owner of the gas station and business strip at 17945 Halsted St. was[Read More…]
Voters Guide: Homewood School District 153
The Chronicle’s 2019 Consolidated Election Voters Guide: One District 153 candidate, Jim Schmidt, responded to our questionnaire.
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