Homewood District 153 School Board members Monday approved the 2016 budget of $28.5 million in operating costs. Revenues, however, are only $23 million. The board will be able to balance its budget to using money from the bond issue it passed by special referendum in 2011, and transferring money from[Read More…]

Flossmoor Fire Chief Chris Sewell, Fire Lt. Chris Bednarek andretired Chicago Heights Fire Chief James Angell.(Photo by Tom Houlihan/HF Chronicle) Firefighters prepare for the worst. They train for conditions where searing high temperatures and unsafe buildings pose severe danger to the community – and themselves. They are asked to rescue[Read More…]

Flossmoor officials say village emergency vehicles – ambulances, fire trucks and police cars – have a difficult time getting out of the 38-year-old municipal complex. Large firefighting rigs, when returning to the station, must make a sharp left turn off Berry Lane just a few feet south of Flossmoor Road.[Read More…]

  International competitors, from left, Clifton Culpepper,Emma McGowan, Lee Bridges and Jay Williams aremembers of the eXplosion Track and Walking Club meeting at Homewood-Flossmoor High School.(Photo by Marilyn Thomas/HF Chronicle) Hooray for our winners! Two members of eXplosion Track and Walking Club based at Homewood-Flossmoor High School brought home medals from the World[Read More…]

Sue Bertram of Flossmoor, a member of the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District board of trustees for 23 years, said her last meeting will be in January 2016. Sue Bertram At Tuesday’s board meeting, Bertram said “it’s been a really great run” but she will step down to spend more time with[Read More…]

[Editor’s note: The Chronicle is delighted to welcome H-F High School student and activist Jade Greear to our group of contributors. She also has her own blog at unconventionallyjade.com.] I, like everybody else in my family and circle of friends, love America. And like anything we love, we have a duty to[Read More…]

A year-long program designed to help participants understand and grow through reflections on diversity is being offered by Homewood District 153. Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity (SEED) takes an inside-out approach to diversity. It has been a part of the district’s teacher development program for 10 years, and was also[Read More…]

Runners dodge a nest of zombies during the 2014 Zombie Fun Run. (HF Chronicle file photo) Think you can out run the dead?   A zombie lurks in the brush alongside a trail through Butterfield Park during the 2014 Zombie Fun Run. (HF Chronicle file photo) Area residents who love a challenge will get the chance[Read More…]

53 calls: Traffic Stop (28), Assist Fire Dept. (4), Sign/Signal Out (1), Check Well Being (3), Request to Speak to Officer (1), Unwanted Subject (1), Traffic Accident with Damage (2), Disabled Vehicle (2), Burglar Alarm (1), Retail Theft (1), Juvenile Problem (1), Custody Dispute (1), Deceptive Practices (1), Noise Complaint[Read More…]

Video game machines at a Homewood establishment. (Photo by Eric Crump/HF Chronicle) Video gambling is coming to Flossmoor. In a unanimous vote Monday, village board members approved a local ordinance change so that video slot and poker machines, previously prohibited, are permitted in Flossmoor. There was no discussion of the proposed[Read More…]