A Homewood man faces attempted first-degree murder and hate crime charges after he allegedly stabbed a 79-year-old woman Friday morning, Oct. 10, in Walt’s Food Center on 183rd Street in Homewood. Pol Danilov, of the 18400 block of Harwood Avenue, is accused of attacking the woman, according to information released[Read More…]

Seventy years is a long time to remember, and for World War II veteran Walter Ross of Homewood, many of the details of his service have faded and finally disappeared. Fortunately, he and his wife of almost 69 years, Betty, together can piece together some of the memories of that[Read More…]

If a medical cannabis dispensary wishes to begin operation in Homewood, it will need to find a home in the M (industrial) zone. By a 4 to 2 vote Tuesday, Aug. 12, the village board of trustees approved medical cannabis dispensaries as a permitted use in the M zone, which[Read More…]

Homewood veterans were treated Saturday, June 14, to a picnic lunch at Marie Irwin Center, news about two veterans programs, music and a good old fashioned game, a cake walk.  As Char Dyer, chairwoman of the Homewood Veterans Committee, observed, Saturday was a convergence of patriotic events. In addition to[Read More…]

Among the reasons Sarah Austin chose to live at the corner of Loomis Street and Olive Road in Homewood: She loves her bungalow, she loves the neighborhood and she loved the seven beautiful ash trees that shaded the property. Notice the past tense. All ash trees are gone, victims of[Read More…]