50 calls: Traffic Stop (20), Suspicious Subject (3), Traffic Accident with Damage (1), Assist Fire Dept. (5), Assist Other Agency (1), Burglar Alarm (3), Lockout (3), Check Well Being (3), Unwanted Subject (1), Lost Property (1), Customer/Management Dispute (1), Domestic Battery (1), Cannabis Possession (1), Sex Offender Registration (1), Citizen[Read More…]

Retaliatory liens against federal employees gets Flossmoor man 46 months in prison A Flossmoor resident who pleaded guilty to two counts of obstruction of justice and two counts of filing false retaliatory liens against government officials has been sentenced to serve 46 months in prison. According to information provided by[Read More…]

From left, Terrence Simmonsand Iesha Bass-Simmons showHomewood trustees samplesof art created by patrons of Paintertaining, a party and artservice they hope to open in downtown Homewood earlyin February. (Photo by QuinnCrump/The Chronicle) Two downtown Homewood spots currently used for seasonal pop-up shops are poised to host permanent businesses. One new business got the green[Read More…]

Homewood Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 30, to consider two time-sensitive items regarding downtown redevelopment. The first would enable the village to move forward with the Martin Avenue streetscape project. The second would terminate the Central Business District tax increment financing district,[Read More…]

49 calls: Traffic Stop (31), Assist Fire Dept. (3), Suspicious Subject (3), Disabled Vehicle (1), Suspicious Circumstances (2), Disturbance (1), Lockout (1), Stray Animal (1), Check Well Being (2), Burglar Alarm (3), Custody Dispute (1) Traffic Stop (31) 1:24 a.m., 183rd St. & Highland Ave. 1:31 a.m., 19000 Halsted St.[Read More…]

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…]