The 1936 Buick has been part of Jeff Heilman’s life — his whole life. His family brought him home from the hospital in that car after he was born. “Every car has a story,” he said. “This one’s kind of unique.” Heilman and his Buick were parked in front of the[Read More…]
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Long-awaited La Banque Hotel prepares for public opening with ‘fire up the kitchen’ event Saturday
After more than three years in development, the conversion of the former Great Lakes Bank building to an upscale boutique hotel is done. Workers put finishing touches on the extensive renovations late last week, and La Banque Hotel staff got its first test run Saturday at a “fire up the[Read More…]
The Chronicle turns 1
Editor’s note: This is the first in a week-long series of stories focusing on who and what the HF Chronicle is. After publishing for a year, we thought it was about time we introduced ourselves. On Tuesday the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle will celebrate its first birthday. She loved that tree, she[Read More…]
Boy, 12, hospitalized after Parker Junior High attack
A 12-year-old Parker Junior High School student is hospitalized following an attack on school grounds following Wednesday’s dismissal, according to a Flossmoor police report. The youth was walking past the row of parked buses at about 2:40 p.m. when he was jumped from behind by another student, the report states.[Read More…]
New Thornton reservoir ‘like no place else’ in the world
Tony Gaudry is a miner who works 300 feet underground – and a mile from Homewood. Since 2011, hehas shored up a 30-foot-high tunnel with steel, rebar and concrete, preparing four slots for steel doorsthat will slide open one morning in August, letting billions of gallons of storm water and[Read More…]
Those pesky maple copters? They’re nutritious and (I think) gluten-free
From on high, a locavore’s delight. Twirling down, and filled with goodness. And (I think) gluten-free. You may look at all those helicopter-like maple seeds floating down and think, “Rats! Time to clean the gutters.” Tom Houlihan I am thinking Samara Hummus and Midwest Edamame. Toasted maple seeds added to[Read More…]
Parents are dedicated to fighting the disease that took their daughter
Meg, Dan and Olivia Kresach. (Provided photo) One year after losing their daughter Olivia to brain cancer, Dan and Meg Kresach are doing everything they can to defeat the killer disease. This month, Melody Mart in Homewood is hosting its Live For Liv Music-A-Thon to raise money for Voices Against[Read More…]
Baldness is in at H-F Honor Society fundraiser
Science teacher Matt Knoepke grew a beard for one good cause and sacrificed it for another. Knoepke was the second “shavee” at the sixth annual St. Baldrick’s Day event, held Saturday, March 7, in the south building cafeteria at Homewood-Flossmoor High School. The event is sponsored by the H-F National[Read More…]
Parking misunderstanding leads to vehicle towing downtown
When Mark and Tracie Moxley left Grape & Grain Wednesday night after meeting friends there, they discovered one of their vehicles was gone. “We assumed it was stolen, which was kind of funny since it’s an 11-year old minivan,” Tracie said. After checking with police, the couple learned the van[Read More…]
Danilov charged with attempted murder
Pol Danilov, arrested last October following a brutal attack on an elderly woman in a Homewood grocery store, is not fit for trial, a court-ordered psychiatric examination states. Danilov, 26, of the 18400 block of Harwood Avenue in Homewood, was charged with attempted murder and a hate crime following the[Read More…]
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