Homewood trustees agreedTuesday to purchase Ryan’s Funeral Home in hopes of developing a communityscience center there. (Photo byEric Crump/The Chronicle) Homewood officials took two steps Tuesday toward the development of a community science center, envisioned as a kind of mini-Museum of Science and Industry, agreeing to hire a consultant and purchase property[Read More…]

Stewart Scott of Homewood regales an audience at Homewood Public Library with his adventures as a mall Santa during a present-ation Wednesday, Dec. 10. (Photo by Quinn Crump/TheChronicle) Stewart Scott gave insight into his career as a mall Santa, relating passages from his book, “Diary of a Mall Santa,” at the Homewood Public Library, Dec.[Read More…]

Board of Education elections in Homewood-Flossmoor High School District 233 and Flossmoor School District 161 are likely to be the most heavily contested local races in this spring’s consolidated election. Filing ended Monday for candidates running in the April 7 election. Village board and school board elections in Homewood are[Read More…]

  Surveyors were at work Saturday, Dec. 20, at Ryan’s Funeral Home, 18022 DixieHighway, in preparation for the expected sale of the building to the Village of Homewood. (Photo by EricCrump/The Chronicle) In new business at its regular meeting Tuesday, Dec. 23, Homewood trustees will consider a downtown property purchase and discuss the development of[Read More…]

UPDATE: The National Weather Service has revised the snowfall predictions for today. The Homewood-Flossmoor area is now expected to receive about 1 to 2 inches of snow this afternoon. The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a winter storm watch that includes all of Cook County, according to a[Read More…]

41 calls: Traffic Stop (23), Burglar Alarm (2), Warrant Service (2), Disturbance (1), Assist Other Agency (1), Assist Fire Dept. (3), Check Well Being (1), Stray Animal (1), Solicitor Complaint (1), Traffic Hazard (1), Found Property (1), Disabled Vehicle (1), Unwanted Subject (1), Suspicious Subject (1), Noise Complaint (1) Traffic[Read More…]

Homewood and Flossmoor residents and businesses have enlightened and enlivened the holiday season with a great variety of decorations, from the spectacular avenue of lights on Dartmouth Avenue in Flossmoor, to the giant inflated Santa Claus at Aurelios in Homewood. And holiday yard cards made a comeback this year, thanks to[Read More…]

52 calls: Traffic Stop (33), Assist Other Agency (1), Noise Complaint (1), Assist Fire Dept. (3), Lockout (1), Burglar Alarm (4), Juvenile Problem (1), Disabled Vehicle (1), Domestic Disturbance (1), Retail Theft (1), Check Well Being (3), Found Property (1), Lost Property (1) Traffic Stop (33) 12:15 a.m., 1700 Ridge[Read More…]

57 calls: Traffic Stop (33), Burglar Alarm (2), Citizen Assist (1), Assist Fire Dept. (4), Suspicious Subject (2), Suspicious Circumstances (1), Check Well Being (4), Unwanted Subject (2), Domestic Disturbance (1), Disabled Vehicle (1), Stray Animal (1), Traffic Accident with Damage (1), Traffic Hazard (1), Parking Problem (1), Theft (1),[Read More…]

Artist Ben G. Salus points outfeatures of the original Bubble-opalis painting. (Photo by EricCrump/The Chronicle) What if “normal” people could get a glimpse of what it’s like to be autistic and to appreciate the challenges the condition presents for relationships with others?  Homewood artist Ben G. Salus has an idea that[Read More…]