Patches, cracks and potholes dot the length of a section of 183rd Street in Homewood and Hazel Crest that is slated for resurfacing this fall. (Photo by Eric Crump/HF Chronicle) Area motorists who use 183rd Street on the west side of Homewood might want to find alternate routes from now until mid-November. Road[Read More…]

Despite challenging weather, Parker Junior High School’s cross country team Wednesday competed in its second meet of the fall season. During the meet, Parker took on teams from James Hart Junior High School, of Homewood, and New Lenox Liberty. It took place at Apollo Park in Homewood. In the two-mile seventh[Read More…]

While most of the audience temporarily seeks shelter under awnings to escape a brief rain shower, TALK’s adult advisor, Steve Ploum endures the weather to listen to a performer at the organization’s spoken word festival Saturday. The lives and thoughts of local poets echoed across Dixie Highway in Homewood Saturday, peppered with rain but[Read More…]

After careful consideration, I have decided to support the Iranian Nuclear Deal. This is not a decision I arrived at lightly.  Over the past few weeks, I listened to the opinions and concerns of my constituents and met with people from all walks of life. I heard impassioned arguments on[Read More…]

Discipline problems at Parker Junior High will no longer be tolerated, school officials said this week. And multiple, positive strategies are already making a difference at Parker, Flossmoor School District 161 Superintendent Craig Doster said Monday. “I have been to Parker nearly every day since the start of school,” Doster[Read More…]

As September arrives, Flossmoor Fest is only days away. This year’s village festival – it’s slated for Saturday, Sept. 12, in downtown Flossmoor and Flossmoor Park – includes several new activities for all ages. Pickleball is coming, and so are a nine-hole miniature golf course and a truck filled with[Read More…]

Area shoppers will be losing a popular household goods store when the Bed, Bath & Beyond closes. (Photo by Eric Crump/HF Chronicle) Homewood area shoppers will be losing a favorite store for household goods in the near future.  Bed, Bath & Beyond officials confirmed the company plans to close its store at[Read More…]

44 calls: Traffic Stop (22), Lockout (3), Citizen Assist (1), Juvenile Problem (1), Burglar Alarm (1), Stray Animal (1), Assist Fire Dept. (3), Customer/Management Dispute (1), Traffic Accident with Damage (3), Suspicious Circumstances (1), Retail Theft (1), Check Well Being (1), Notification (1), Parking Problem (1), Domestic Disturbance (2), Disturbance[Read More…]

As school board members get ready to approve a 2015-16 budget, Flossmoor District 161 is starting the academic year in good fiscal shape, its chief financial officer said Monday. The proposed budget includes a $403,467 surplus. It appears that general state aid from Illinois is going up by about $700,000. The[Read More…]

Homewood-Flossmoor Park District board members, calling medical insurance a special benefit for employees, decided not to make major policy changes despite an 11 percent increase in premiums. At the board meeting Aug. 18, board members considered what to do about the $75,000 increase while still offering insurance that would help keep employees and their[Read More…]