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(Photo by Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle) Cubs star Ben Zobrist’s clutch hit in Game 7 of the World Series on Tuesday sealed the fate of the Cleveland Indians — and Homewood Mayor Richard Hofeld. With the Cubs’ victory, Hofeld, a lifelong White Sox fan, lost a bet with Village Manager Jim Marino,[Read More…]
When the 60-foot Colorado spruce in Homewood’s Irwin Park was blown over in March, the community lost the tree that crowds gathered around for years during winter festivals. It was soon replaced by a 25-foot spruce that will make its debut as the community’s new holiday tree on Dec. 2[Read More…]
Cook County’s Health and Hospitals System will be the topic of discussion for the Nov. 16 meeting of the Homewood-Flossmoor Area League of Women Voters. The 7 p.m. meeting at the Homewood Public Library will feature Linda Christianson of the Cook County League of Women Voters who will make the[Read More…]
Following a Cook County grand jury indictment, an Indiana man is now facing five felony counts in the aftermath of a shooting in downtown Flossmoor this summer. Bryan Oedzes is now charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm, three counts of a hate crime and unlawful use of a weapon,[Read More…]
Plans for improvements to Lassen’s Sports Bar and Grill have been scaled back, but Homewood trustees approved an amended agreement Tuesday, Oct. 25, reaffirming a $203,500 investment in the project. Renovation plans for the popular eating and drinking establishment are still on the drawing board, but business owner Chris Rieckerman[Read More…]
Flossmoor firefighter/paramedic Tom Slayton demonstrates the Stryker lift unit. That greenish light shows where the arm on the device is located. (Photo by Tom Houlihan/H-F Chronicle) Emergency response can be backbreaking work. Until recently, there was only one way to move a patient, on a cot, into an ambulance — the two-man[Read More…]
For the Homewood-Flossmoor football team, it’s been a decidedly impressive – and undefeated – season of triumph over the odds. Not only because of the team’s sheer domination on the field. It is simply because the H-F team (10-0), now ranked eighth in the state, was never supposed to be[Read More…]
The Homewood District 153 board agreed to work with Mesirow Financial Inc. for the sale of $4.3 million in working cash bonds. The sale is being underwritten by community residents who approved a referendum for a property tax increase that will cover up to $9 million in new money for[Read More…]
Saving your own life has never been easier. Flossmoor firefighters say their free File of Life program can save valuable minutes by providing first responders – usually paramedics or police – with a mini-medical history when they make emergency calls to homes in the village.
Homewood-Flossmoor High School has been selected to participate in the Lead Higher Initiative, making it one of the country’s select high schools preparing economically and racially diverse students for greater academic challenges. Homewood-Flossmoor is among the 117 new schools selected for participation in the Lead Higher Initiative in the 2016-17[Read More…]
