Local Scout Michael Perkins   is dressed as a pancake   Saturday, Feb. 27, at the   Homewood Indoor Farmers   Market to promote the   annual pancake breakfast.   (Photo by Eric Crump/H-F   Chronicle) Scouts want to go to camp. People want to eat pancakes. The convergence of those desires for 61 years has[Read More…]

The Illinois Student Assistance Commission has named 79 Homewood-Flossmoor High School seniors as 2016-17 Illinois State Scholars. Selection is based on student scores on the ACT or SAT exam, class rank and class size. Honorees are Jomarie Arban, Margaret Austin, Jessica Barry, Carli Bell, Ryan Bergal, Miles Bohlman, Kai Brady,[Read More…]

Four persons were arrested Thursday following a 40-mile chase that began following a robbery in Flossmoor. Flossmoor police said the four suspects were apprehended in north suburban Park Ridge after exiting the Tri-State Tollway (I-294) at Dempster Avenue. They were arrested near Lutheran General Hospital. According to a Flossmoor press release,[Read More…]

(Eric Crump photos/H-F Chronicle) The vacant buildings along the north side of Ridge Road west of Dairy Queen in Homewood are slated to be demolished soon, according to village officials. The buildings from 1722 to 1748 Ridge Road have been vacant for a number of years and are in disrepair,[Read More…]

Flossmoor village officials anticipate the Meijer storeat Crawford Avenue and Vollmer Road couldgenerate $354,000 from sales tax in the comingfiscal year, helping bolster the village budget.(Photo by Tom Houlihan/H-F Chronicle)  Flossmoor is poised to meet its goal of a zero growth budget for the 2017 fiscal year, Mayor Paul Braun said[Read More…]

Police Chief Bill Alcott gets a congratulatory handshake from Village President Richard Hofeld during the Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday. Alcott was sworn in as Homewood’s new police chief. From left, trustees Ray Robertson, Jay Heiferman, Anne Colton and Village Attorney Chris Cummings look on. It was standing room only Tuesday night in the Homewood[Read More…]

(Photo by Marilyn Thomas/H-F Chronicle) The sun was out and the temperatures were perfect, but the wind was whipping the flag Phil Knight, assistant superintendent of golf at Coyote Run, planted Tuesday on the 16th green. He and fellow staff members worked the past week mowing greens, changing cups, getting bunkers[Read More…]

Flossmoor officials may reconsider the village’s long standing restrictions on personal pickup truck parking. At Monday’s village board meeting, officials discussed taking a new look at the truck parking restrictions, which have been in place for several decades. Under Flossmoor’s zoning ordinance, personal pickup trucks must be parked within enclosed[Read More…]

The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District has set new rates for non-residents who participate in park programs. Fees have typically been 50 percent higher, but park board members agreed with parks Executive Director Debbie Kopas’ review and reduced most fees to 25 percent higher for non-residents. “In order to stay competitive with[Read More…]

  Brent Bachus takes the oath   of office Feb. 16 as he joins   the H-F Park District board.   (Photo by Marilyn Thomas/  H-F Chronicle) Flossmoor resident Brent Bachus was sworn in to office Feb. 16 filling a vacancy on the Homewood-Flossmoor Park Board. Bachus replaces Sue Bertram who stepped down from the[Read More…]