56 calls: Traffic Stop (35), Burglar Alarm (3), Check Well Being (2), Assist Fire Dept. (8), Suspicious Circumstances (1), Found Property (1), Assist Other Agency (1), Traffic Accident with Damage (2), Disabled Vehicle (1), Juvenile Problem (1), Citizen Assist (1) Traffic Stop (35) 12:24 a.m., Kedzie Ave. & Olive Rd.[Read More…]
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Police Reports: Jan. 28, 2015
71 calls: Traffic Stop (42), Assist Fire Dept. (6), Burglar Alarm (5), Domestic Disturbance (2), Abandoned Vehicle (3), Lockout (4), Disabled Vehicle (2), Stray Animal (1), Traffic Hazard (1), Hit & Run (1), Citizen Assist (1), Suspicious Subject (2), Barking Dog (1) Traffic Stop (42) 12:00 a.m., I-80/I-294 & Halsted[Read More…]
Police Reports: Jan. 27, 2015
75 calls: Traffic Stop (56), Abandoned Vehicle (1), Burglar Alarm (3), Traffic Accident with Damage (1), Assist Fire Dept. (6), Lockout (1), Suspicious Circumstances (1), Minibike Complaint (1), Parking Problem (1), Domestic Disturbance (1), Noise Complaint (1), Check Well Being (1), Disturbance (1) Traffic Stop (56) 12:03 a.m., 18300 Highland[Read More…]
District 153 board remembers past superintendent Jim Mahan
55 calls: Traffic Stop (32), Assist Fire Dept. (6), Lockout (2), Notification (1), Burglar Alarm (4), Parking Problem (2), Check Well Being (1), Domestic Disturbance (1), Assist Other Agency (1), Juvenile Problem (1), Traffic Accident with Damage (2), Unwanted Subject (1), Lost Property (1) Traffic Stop (32) 12:14 a.m., 18400[Read More…]
Police Reports: Jan. 22, 2015
49 calls: Traffic Stop (34), Abandoned Vehicle (1), Assist Fire Dept. (2), Suspicious Subject (2), Burglar Alarm (5), Found Property (1), Assist Other Agency (1), Check Well Being (1), Suspicious Circumstances (1), Disturbance (1) Traffic Stop (34) 12:18 a.m., 175th St. & Butternut Rd. 12:35 a.m., 18024 Halsted St. 1:10[Read More…]
Second psychiatrist says suspect in grocery stabbing unfit for trial
The Homewood District 153 School Board held a moment of reflection upon the announcement that its former superintendent, Jim Mahan, had died Monday, March 16. He was a Flossmoor resident. Mahan served as superintendent from 1984 to 1999. It was a time of major growth in the district, said Board President Shelly Marks.[Read More…]
Smith family’s best friend missing for five years, finds way home thanks to ID chip
54 calls: Traffic Stop (29), Assist Fire Dept. (6), Burglar Alarm (3), Stray Animal (6), Customer/Management Dispute (1), Suspicious Subject (2), Disabled Vehicle (2), Suspicious Circumstances (2), Retail Theft (1), Unwanted Subject (1), Warrant Service (1) Traffic Stop (29) 12:05 a.m., Dixie Hwy. & Hawthorne Rd. 12:17 a.m., Halsted St.[Read More…]
ID chips can be miracle workers helping to reunite owners with lost pets
A second court-appointed psychiatrist has found Pol Danilov not fit for trial following last October’s attack on an elderly woman in a Homewood grocery store. Pol Danilov During Danilov’s latest appearance at the Markham courthouse on Monday, Cook County Associate Judge Michelle Pitman ordered a transfer of the case to[Read More…]
Potbelly’s soft opening benefits H-F High School
Sherah, stolen when she was a puppy, was returned to her Homewood family more than five years later. (Photoby Marilyn Thomas/TheChronicle) Sherah, a tan and black German Shepherd eight-month-old pup, loved to play in the family’s back yard with Gerald and Jennifer Smith’s first and second graders. But then someone hopped their home’s six foot privacy[Read More…]
Police Reports: Jan. 21, 2015
Animal tags are required in Homewood and Flossmoor, but they aren’t a foolproof way to get a lost pet back. The best and easiest method is implanting a radio frequency identification microchip into the pet. It’s a simple process. The veterinarian injects the chip under the skin as though administering a shot.[Read More…]


