Flossmoor police Friday issued a missing person alert for a woman who left a group home in the village on June 11. Anyone with knowledge of Selena Broadnax’s whereabouts is asked to call the Flossmoor Police Department.
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Candidates being interviewed for H-F High board position
The District 233 school board will meet in special session Thursday, July 14, to interviewing five of the 12 candidates interested in filling a vacancy on the school board serving Homewood-Flossmoor High School. Interviews with the finalists – selected from seven Flossmoor and five Homewood residents – will begin at[Read More…]
It’s official: Tax sharing, easement agreement will help Glenwood deal with loss of Walmart
When Walmart announced late in 2013 that it planned to abandon its Glenwood store and set up shop two miles north on Halsted Street, Homewood Mayor Richard Hofeld pledged to share sales tax revenues with Glenwood to help ease the neighboring village’s financial pain. Now the pledge has been formalized and approved[Read More…]
The adventure continues: La Banque celebrates successful first year
Diners enjoy French cuisine at La Voute Bistro + Bar during the restaurant’s opening in 2015.(Chronicle file photo) La Banque Hotel in Homewood will begin its one-year anniversary celebration on July 14, a month after the actual opening date in 2015. The timing is not off. That’s Bastille Day, the French[Read More…]
Homewood baker brings home more blue ribbons from the state fair
Homewood’s “Pie Lady” had another good year at the Illinois State Fair. Paige Dague won two blue ribbons for her champion pies, Brown Sugar Sweetie Pie in the C & H Brown Sugar contest and Must-Have Mango Pie in the Dole Canned Fruit contest. She won a red ribbon for[Read More…]
Memories of Homewood’s history kept current by historical society
A little bit of the past remains in the present, thanks to the efforts of the Homewood Historical Society. The Dorband-Howe home at 2035 W. 183rd St. is the society’s headquarters, archive and museum, and on Sunday the home was open to anyone interested in taking a peek at the past. The open[Read More…]
Rainbow in our midst: Our LGBTQ neighbors in the Homewood-Flossmoor community
First things first. There is no organized gay community in the Homewood-Flossmoor area. There are no bowling leagues consisting of LGBTQ men, women or teens. There are no gay bars, or shops displaying pink triangles or rainbow flags. Outward signs of gay orientation are common in other parts of the[Read More…]
Homewood crews demolish former Savoia T’Go restaurant
Homewood Public Works crews began demolishing the former Savoia T’Go restaurant at Dixie Highway and Hickory Road on Wednesday, June 15. On Tuesday, Homewood and Flossmoor firefighters took advantage of the impending demolition to use the building for training exercises. Homewood Fire Chief Bob Grabowski said topics include building construction, forcible entry[Read More…]
A summer mystery – a tree, a tomato and, perhaps, a lovesick squirrel
And, on the third day, the traveling tomato returned to earth. After two days atop our maple tree – and in a couple of different spots — gravity won out. As Day 3dawned, the tomato, still red and ripe, sat quietly on the ground. I took photos of the traveling[Read More…]
Getting mad in Munchkin Land – don’t mess with the schools
Down here in Munchkin Land we mostly mind our own business. Sure, we know the world around us is big and exciting, and the Yellow Brick Road can take us to innumerable adventures. Some of us have even been to the Emerald City. We have all heard the stories. One[Read More…]
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