Kids took a magical trip to the farm through a summer program presented by “Miss Jamie from the Farm” at Patriots Park on July 10.  Hers is one of several special presentations hosted by the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District this summer. About 50 children, surrounded by adults, enjoyed the show under[Read More…]

Drummer Grant Niebergall left Homewood years ago. While he was gone, he created 1 Fine Tune, a drum tech business, in a garage in 2009 and moved it to a house. Then it relocated to a shop in South Holland.    Eric Crump Niebergall’s mission was to help others enjoy[Read More…]

Homewood’s beloved “Home Sweet Homewood” water tower’s been stolen!  That’s the premise of an investigative role playing game sponsored by the Homewood Public Library. In the game, the thief was spotted in a trench coat and wearing a red hat and the library needs you to be on her trail[Read More…]

Students in grades 2 through 12 participating in summer theater at Homewood-Flossmoor High School will conclude the session with three performances of “Big the Musical,” the theater for young audiences version.  Performances will be at 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 19, and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Friday, July[Read More…]

  Winners of the summer school STEM program contest  are Kennedy Walker, left, and Khalis Muhammad  for their wind turbine. The girls will start sixth  grade in the fall. (Photos by Marilyn Thomas/  H-F Chronicle)  The first District 153 STEAM Camp gave one student a chance to create replicas of Chicago’s downtown buildings, a[Read More…]

A Steger man died Saturday when his motorcycle collided with a passenger vehicle in the 18200 block of Halsted Street in Homewood. Kyle J. Ladewig, 37, was pronounced dead at Christ Hospital, according to the Homewood Police Department. The accident happened about 10 a.m. on July 7. Police said a[Read More…]

Some Homewood residents have found the process of obtaining vehicle stickers and overnight parking ban exemptions more complicated than usual this year. There’s a connection to the state’s budget woes. Residents who haven’t yet obtained a sticker might be issued a ticket if they don’t comply by Aug. 1 if[Read More…]

Homewood has acquired an additional event in its summer festival lineup. Television station WGN-Channel 9 in Chicago will sponsor a block party from 6 to 10 a.m. on Friday, July 13.  Though early in the day, the pop-up event will include most of the features of other Homewood festivals: food,[Read More…]

A couple of years ago, I went to a wedding and, as is often the case, was seated at dinner next to someone I’d never met before.    Tom Houlihan He seemed like a nice enough guy and said he was from somewhere in the Wheaton area. I told him[Read More…]