After two years of reporting on the community, the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle is becoming an active participant in local events. On Sept. 10, the paper will sponsor Flossmoor Fest and also a new golf-and-craft-beer event, Fore and Pour, hosted by the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District. On Oct. 1, the Chronicle will sponsor[Read More…]

Cecilia Dudik scampers across Martin Avenue in frontof the stage as the Eric Lambert Band performsduring Homewood’s Giant Block Party on Saturday.(Photos by Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle) It apparently takes more than a half-day of occasionally torrential rain to derail a Homewood festival. Rain was heavy enough Saturday morning, Aug. 20, to flood[Read More…]

Crows might want to think twice about visiting Homewood. The first Scarecrow Contest, sponsored by the village Community Relations Committee, has resulted in a small army of scarecrows to protect the community. The contest was held at Fall Fest on Sept. 20, and village officials plan to post the entries throughout[Read More…]

Homewood’s Giant Block Party on Saturday, Aug. 20, got off to a rough start caused by a morning of periodic deluges, but organizers and festival goers did not let that stop them from rallying in the afternoon and having a good time into the evening. Here are scenes from afternoon and[Read More…]

Parker Junior High School is starting the 2016-17 academic year with a new assistant principal.   Shemeka Fountain Shemeka Fountain, a 16-year veteran of junior high schools in Dolton and South Holland, began her assignment at Parker on Wednesday. The night before, Flossmoor District 161 school board members unanimously approved[Read More…]

Thursday is the deadline for entries in a 2nd Congressional District #02ByYou online photo competition. U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., invites residents and visitors to reveal the beauty and distinctiveness of the district she represents in Congress. “I’m leaving it to the imagination of our talented photographers to highlight what[Read More…]

Ingalls Health System is planning a merger with the University of Chicago Medical Center. Ingalls Hospital in Harvey has been an independent community hospital for 92 years. Rep. Will Davis, D-Homewood, invites the community to give testimony on the proposed merger at a community meeting from 4 to 7 p.m.[Read More…]

Flossmoor School District 161 is looking for residency cheats. As a new academic year starts – Aug. 22 is the first full day of class – as many as 12 prospective students enrolling in district schools have been “red-flagged” for residency questions, Superintendent Craig Doster said this week. That means[Read More…]

Two Homewood firefighters suffered minor injuries, but residents escaped unharmed from a house fire Thursday morning in the 2400 block of Spruce Road. Homewood Deputy Fire Chief Steve DeJong said the firefighters have returned to duty. The family is being assisted by the local chapter of the Red Cross, he[Read More…]

Metra announced Tuesday, Aug. 16, that Calumet station will undergo rehabilitation work that will affect access to the platform.   Deterioration is evident   along the base of a   Calumet train station   warming house.  (Chronicle 2015 file photo) Beginning Tuesday, Aug. 30, the north entrance and the north half of the platform will be closed[Read More…]