Eileen Darin, third from left, is congratulated by District153 Superintendent Dale Mitchell, Churchill SchoolPrincipal CeCe Coffey and school boardPresident Shelly Marks after receivingthe Jerry Morin Award. (Photo by Marilyn Thomas/HF Chronicle) The District 153 Board of Education presented the Jerry Morin Educational Excellence Award to Churchill School technology teacher Eileen Darin. A district[Read More…]

A fighterfighter practices scaling a ladder duing aSeptember 2014 training session at the BrianCarey Training Center in Homewood.(HF Chronicle file photos) Fire and smoke filled the brick ranch house on Hagen Lane in Flossmoor. As firefighters entered the house, an oxygen tank exploded. Crews from Flossmoor and other communities went[Read More…]

Prairie State College (PSC) has named outstanding Homewood and Flossmoor students to its fall semester Dean’s List. Students had a semester grade point average (GPA) of 3.75 or better; completed a minimum of 12 credit hours at PSC during the fall semester; and have a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or[Read More…]

St. Joseph School sixth grader Antonio Thomaslistens as science fair judge Jenne Farley asksa question. (Photo by Marilyn Thomas/HF Chronicle) St. Joseph School in Homewood hosted a science fair for third through eighth graders on Jan. 27. Judges got to look at a host of topics, including “Which soda pop is[Read More…]

(Provided photo) Homewood’s Hart School cheerleaders gather around the winning 8th grade basketball team that will be in state competition this weekend after defeating Glenwood’s Brookwood School 54-47 in a game Wednesday. The Panthers will take on East St. Louis in the first round of the state tournament on Saturday.

The Cook County Assessor’s Office has recovered more than $15.6 million after investigating erroneous tax exemptions as part of the Erroneous Homestead Exemption Program. In addition to the money already collected, the assessor’s office is pursuing more than $13 million billed, including more than $2 million in liens collected at[Read More…]

After a record-breaking season, the H-F chess team is headed for state competition. (Provided photo) The Homewood-Flossmoor High School Chess team competed in the Southwest Suburban Conference tournament on Jan. 30 and finished the season tied for first place in conference’s Red Division. It was the highest conference finish in the[Read More…]

From left, Sawyer, Kurt, Rachel and Hunter Horcher spend some time at the Homewood Public Library recently. Sawyer and Rachel deal with a rare genetic condition that causes chronic pain. (Photos by Eric Crump/HF Chronicle) Sawyer Horcher of Homewood is a bright, creative 7-year-old. She loves to paint. She loves to dance. She loves[Read More…]

Local residents march west along Ridge Road on Saturday evening to express their opposition to a neomasculinist group whose leader wrote an essay arguing for the legalization of rape. (Photo by Eric Crump/HF Chronicle) A rally and march in Homewood on Saturday night was intended to send a message to neomasculinists and to the[Read More…]

Rep. Anthony DeLuca, D-Chicago Heights, voted to support a bill that would restore funding for the Monetary Award Program (MAP) and community colleges. Statewide, approximately 130,000 students use the MAP grant program to seek higher education. The bill also restores grants for technical education, adult education and adult literacy programs[Read More…]