After nearly a year of development and a three-month build-out, the Windy City Cannabis dispensary is set to open in Homewood on Jan. 4, according to company officials. WCC officials believe their dispensary at 1137 175th St. has achieved a challenging balancing act: It must be secure enough to meet[Read More…]

On opening day for Homewood Baseball & Softball this year, one of the ceremonial first pitches was high and inside.  But it was pretty good for an octogenerian arm.  The pitcher was Marvin Austin, who was given the first-pitch honor for his role as one of the founders of little[Read More…]

When Bogart’s Charhouse ceased operations at 18225 Dixie Highway a few years ago, it created a significant hole in Homewood’s downtown commercial landscape, and a tangle of red tape has thwarted efforts to redevelop the site.  But Homewood has a new tool for dealing with impediments to development that could[Read More…]

Like a lot of holiday events, it started with Santa. A few years ago, Winterfest was born when the crimson-costumed symbol of the season made an early stop in Flossmoor for the annual holiday tree-lighting ceremony. After the electrification of the fir tree, holiday reveling continued for nearly three hours.[Read More…]

Closing Homewood’s Millennium School was a tough decision for District 153 school board members, but they are confident students will adjust well to the restructured schools next year. “We have to make a choice tonight, and as we have always done, we have to put the students first,” Board President[Read More…]

The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District is accepting applications from Homewood and Flossmoor residents who are interested in serving on the board. Commissioner Sue Bertram is stepping down after 26 years on the board. Her last meeting will be Jan. 19. The person chosen to fill the vacancy will serve from February[Read More…]

All was quiet on Hagen Lane the morning after fire gutted a yellow brick house on the tree-lined Flossmoor street. Three fir trees, unharmed by the fire, stood tall against a cloudless blue sky. Bushes outside the house were still covered with Halloween decorations. Behind them, construction workers boarded up windows that[Read More…]

Hands from the Heartland will be holding its final meeting of the year at 10 a.m. Saturday, and homeless veterans will be warmer this winter for their efforts. The group will spend two hours knitting or crotcheting woolen items that will be provided to homeless veterans from the region who[Read More…]

Morse Van Drunen was raised among farming families in South Holland in the early1900s but he knew he didn’t want to be a farmer. He turned to cars. Now his grandchildren — Marvin Van Drunen, Faye Van Drunen, Ruth Kuipers andJoan De Bok — and two great-grandchildren are in charge[Read More…]

What Is Your Story? An accomplished panel of published authors will discuss how they found their story at the annual Professional Women’s Network Smart Chicks Luncheon on Thursday, Oct. 8. The event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Balagio, 17501 Dixie Highway in Homewood. Panelists include Sara Eckel, author[Read More…]