The Chicago White Sox recognized four local baseball players in the Sox ACE Program at a special college signing day ceremony at Guranteed Rate Field on Nov. 14.
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Best Buy, three other Homewood businesses burglarized
Four businesses in Homewood were burglarized in the late night and early morning hours of Nov. 26 and 27, according to Homewood Police Department. The incidents may be connected. They occured in the span of about two-and-a-half hours, with the last three occurring within 10 minutes of each other. [Read More…]
Irish family drama presented in December at Drama Group
The Drama Group’s next show will be “Dancing at Lughnasa,” the story of the Mundy sisters hoping for love in a small town on the west coast of Irelend in 1936, only to see a cloudy future. Author Brian Friel based the play loosely on the lives of his mother[Read More…]
Homewood police quadruple beard-based fundraising goal
Homewood Police Department officers have raised more than $25,000 for Cancer Support Center while growing beards during a No Shave November fundraiser. For the fundraiser, police officers could “buy in” for a $50 donation, giving them the privilege of growing a beard and asking them to raise money for Cancer Support[Read More…]
Homewood plans to sell land for CN expansion
Homewood trustees will consider a measure Tuesday to sell a 2.63 acre parcel of land on the east side of Ashland Avenue to Waterloo Railway Company. The company, a subsidiary of Canadian National Railway, plans to use the land to expand CN’s adjacent Regional Operations Center. The land is on[Read More…]
Homewood offers two holiday events to celebrate the season
A youngster watches the dancers in the window of The American Dance Center on Ridge Road, a popular feature of Holiday Lights each year. (Chronicle file photos) Homewood’s holiday celebration will offer a pair of opportunities for the community to come together and celebrate the season. Holiday Lights festivities[Read More…]
Not much snow but winds cause power outages, disrupt train traffic
This story was updated at 11:04 a.m. The Homewood-Flossmoor area did not get a large amount of snow overnight, but rain, snow and gusty winds caused problems nevertheless. There are reports of power outages in a number of areas around Homewood and Flossmoor, with more than 1,000 customers without power. ComEd’s outage[Read More…]
Homewood celebrates the season with two events, more art and artisans
Homewood’s holiday celebration will offer a pair of opportunities for the community to come together and celebrate the season.Holiday Lights festivities will run from 5 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 7, and Miracle on Martin Avenue will take place from 2 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 15.
Santa parade, holiday hunt highlight Flossmoor Winterfest Dec. 8
Amid all that making lists and checking them twice, Santa is making an early holiday stop at Flossmoor’s annual Winterfest celebration on Dec. 8. The man in the red suit will be on hand for photos at Winterfest and will then lead a parade from the Flossmoor Public Library to Flossmoor[Read More…]
Snow expected early Monday as first storm of the season rolls in
The Homewood-Flossmoor area is included in a winter storm warning that is in effect until 9 a.m. Monday but is not expected to bear the brunt of the first big snow storm of the season. Areas to the north will not be so lucky, according to the National Weather Service[Read More…]
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