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Purse stolen from residence Saturday evening

Homewood police report that a purse was stolen from a home Saturday evening while the resident was present. The incident occurred shortly before 7 p.m. at a home in the 17500 block of Sycamore Drive. The resident was not injured, police said. No weapon was mentioned or observed. The suspect[Read More…]

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Struggling Simeon sneaks by H-F

The Homewood-Flossmoor Vikings lost another close game Friday, falling to Simeon 57-54. The Vikings have a record of 5-3 but all three of those losses have been within a deficit of five points. 

Flossmoor Plan Commission OKs pickup truck parking

The Flossmoor Plan Commission gave its approval Thursday for changing a longstanding ordinance that bans Flossmoor residents from parking pickup trucks in their driveways.   Commissioners voted 4 to 1 to recommend that the Flossmoor Village Board adopt an amendment outlining new regulations that permit pickup-truck parking with some restrictions.   Part[Read More…]

New Flossmoor Library director Jamie Paicely. (LinkedIn photo)

New director starts at Flossmoor Public Library

Flossmoor Public Library’s new director Jamie Paicely said she is excited to be “immersed in the heart of the village” thanks to her new job.   Paicely joins the Flossmoor library after serving as director of the Steger-South Chicago Heights Library for four years. She started as a reference librarian[Read More…]

Cosplay lets adults create new realms, lives

  An artist rendering shows the proposed train stationon the east side of the tracks. (Provided image)  Cook County Commissioner Donna Miller’s office announced the 2019 Invest in Cook funding for biking, pedestrian, roadway, freight and transit infrastructure projects in a statement Monday. That included 10 infrastructure improvements in Miller’s 6th[Read More…]

Ad insertion order for April 2 election

Use The Chronicle’s annual holiday guide calendar to publicize your event. You will reach every home in Homewood and Flossmoor with the news. It’s free.  Note: The deadline to get events into the Dec. 1 print edition is Friday, Nov. 8. 

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