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It’s a truism among parents that whenever you give a kid a fancy new toy that was at the top of their Christmas list, the first thing they do is play with the box it came in. Taking that phenomenon further, the Homewood Science Center provided a big pile of[Read More…]
A 20-year-old Lynwood man is facing additional felony charges following his arrest for home invasion in Flossmoor in early December. Eric Charleston Hagan, 20, of the 18000 block of Willow Drive in Lynwood is now charged with felony armed home invasion, residential burglary, attempted armed robbery and aggravated unlawful use[Read More…]
Plans for a Buona Beef restaurant in Flossmoor are moving ahead.At their Jan. 5 meeting, village plan commission members voted to recommend approval of Buona’s proposal to build a restaurant adjacent to the Meijer store at Vollmer Road and Crawford Avenue.
Here at the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle, we truly believe our namesake communities are excellent places to live and raise families. Tom Houlihan That’s partially because we’re parents who know the enormous benefits to bringing up kids in towns where the schools are the centerpiece of community life, and where diversity[Read More…]
Homewood residents have until noon Saturday, April 1, to get orders in for half-price trees through the village’s TreeShare Program. Residents can purchase up to two trees and split the cost with the village.Varieties available and residents’ costs are: Gingerbread maple, $84 Bitternut hickory, $33 American yellowwood, $77 Hardy rubbertree,[Read More…]
U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., will host Job Readiness Boot Camp on Wednesday, March 29, and a Youth Job and Resource Expo on Saturday, April 1. The Job Readiness Boot Camp on Wednesday is from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., in Room T107 of the Technical Building of Thornton Township High[Read More…]
New District 161 Superintendent Dana Smith meets National Junior Honor Society student volunteers. (Provided photos) Flossmoor School District 161 held a reception Thursday, March 23, to welcome its new superintendent, Dana Smith, to the district. Related story:Flossmoor School District 161 announces appointment of new superintendent (March 16, 2017) [Read More…]
It was a spirited discussion between two candidates for the Prairie State College District 515 board of trustees at the March 27 debate hosted by the Homewood-Flossmoor League of Women Voters. Jay Readey of Flossmoor and Camiella Williams of Chicago Heights took turns answering audience questions covering finances, student services,[Read More…]
Shortstop Mya Valadez, a senior, keeps her eye on the ball during an H-F softball practice. (Provided photo) You have to get up pretty early in the morning to keep pace with the Homewood-Flossmoor High School girls softball and boys baseball teams. Early: at about 4 a.m. As the regular[Read More…]
South Suburban Family Shelter officials Vicki Meilach, left, and Jennifer Gabreyna describe the shelter’s services and thank the community for a surge of support following state funding cuts. (Photos by Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle) The state might be failing to provide support for local domestic violence agency South Suburban Family Shelter (SSFS), but the Homewood-Flossmoor community[Read More…]
