Two development projects will be on the Homewood Board of Trustees’ agenda Tuesday, Dec. 9, and the village will honor Homewood-Flossmoor High School’s football team for its successful season. The meeting will take place in the board room of Village Hall, 2020 Chestnut Road.  The Vikings made it to the[Read More…]

Flossmoor Public Library held its winter festival on Saturday, Dec. 5th, with the lighting of the Christmas Tree. Prior to that, the library held a children’s holiday party, including storytime, balloon art, caricatures, face painting, and hot chocolate. 

Cherylyn Pesina, director of the Media Center for Hart andMillennium schools, with STAT students Olin Ortiz and Megan Bolling.(Photo by Marilyn Thomas/The Chronicle) Having trouble with technology? Ask a young person for assistance. Working with computers, smart boards, iPads and cell phones is second nature for members of the Student Technology[Read More…]

39 calls: Traffic Stop (17), Suspicious Auto (1), Disabled Vehicle (1), Burglar Alarm (7), Check Well Being (3), Parking Problem (1), Assist Fire Dept. (2), Burglary to Vehicle (2), Assist Other Agency (1), Neighbor Problem (1), Lockout (1), Panic Alarm (1), Traffic Accident with Damage (1) Traffic Stop (17) 12:03[Read More…]

The weather was better than it has been in recent years for Holiday Lights in Homewood, and crowds of people attended the annual winter festival Friday, Dec. 5.

Tommy Lowell, 11, receives a coupon Saturday, Dec. 6, fromHomewood Mayor Rich Hofeld for an egg roll at Eat Rice.(Photo by Eric Crump/The Chronicle)  Like finding lost keys, the unique snowflake was in the last place Tommy Lowell looked.  The youngster won a coupon for an egg roll at Eat Rice[Read More…]

From the Village of Homewood, a map of tonight’s Holiday Lights activities and local businesses for holiday shopping: Click on the map to see a larger image.  

“The Annual Progression of thePoinsetta” with, from left, IreneMercer, Tim Mercer (both ofChicago Heights) and RobertHindsley (of Homewood). (Photo provided) The St. Andrew Players of Homewood will present a holiday-themed musical, “Uh-Oh Here Comes Christmas,” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14, according to a news[Read More…]

The Illinois Student Assistance Commission has selected 73 Homewood-Flossmoor juniors for State Scholar honors. The State Scholar Program recognizes these students for their outstanding academic achievements, including ranking in the top 10 percent of the class and scoring in the 95th percentile on the ACT exam. State scholar designation provides honorary recognition with[Read More…]

An illuminated holiday yardcard on Olive Road in Homewood. (Photo byQuinn Crump/Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle) This year, residents will shine a spotlight on their holiday greetings as the Holiday Yard Cards Project returns to Homewood. You can’t miss these beautifully decorated 5-foot by 4-foot cards, and when the sun goes down, spotlights help[Read More…]