The “no parking” signs installed in the lot behind Eldridge and Eldridge Dental Group may come down as quickly as they went up.​ A sign placed in the parking lot north of 1944 Ridge Road, part of an ongoing dispute between two downtown businesses. (Photo by Eric Crump/HF Chronicle) The signs, embedded in the parking[Read More…]

Shoppers flock to downtown Homewood during the 2014 Holiday Lights festival. The festival is one of several key events for downtown businesses. (HF Chronicle file photo) Some holiday shoppers could find themselves earning a bonus for shopping at downtown Homewood stores in coming weeks.  The Downtown Homewood Business Association (DHBA) is hoping to[Read More…]

In a few days, the Homewood District 153 school board will decide what it will ask of voters in a March referendum.  At its Monday, Nov. 16, meeting the board will announce its plan for future funding, and whether District 153 may soon have three schools. Closing Millennium School and[Read More…]

Flossmoor School District 161 will be filling two key administrative positions before the start of a new academic year next summer. ​Superintendent Craig Doster said Monday that the district will soon post job notices for principal at Heather Hill School and for director of special education. He expects the job[Read More…]

As a Flossmoor house burned Saturday, firefighters safely removed a victim through a window to a waiting ambulance. Three search-and-rescue firefighters inside the house transferred the victim, a 90-year-old woman, to another three-member firefighting team outside the team, Flossmoor Assistant Fire Chief Keith Damm said Monday. The victim was discovered[Read More…]

A Flossmoor woman has been charged with aggravated arson and attempted first degree murder following Saturday’s fire at her home in the 2000 block of Hagen Lane. Denise Tropp Denise M. Tropp. 64, of the Hagen address, was charged after admitting to police that she started the fire following an[Read More…]

Scaffolding is placed in the stairwell leading to the Metra platform at the Homewood train station to allow workers to repair ceiling tiles and windows. The stairwell repairs are among the last in a maintenance project implemented by Metra at the request of Homewood officials. (Photo by Eric Crump/HF Chronicle) Metra didn’t quite make its goal[Read More…]

Volunteers manage a controlled burn Sunday in Izaak Walton Preserve prairie land. From left, Jay Eagle, Sam Casella, Josiah Brown, Craig Johnson and Joseph Cole keep the fire headed in the right direction. In the wild, unfettered fire helps keep prairies healthy. In the suburbs, some judicious fettering is a good thing.  Sunday was[Read More…]

Prairie State College is hosting “Action/Reaction,” an art exhibit running through Dec. 3 of works by a collective of artists with military service. The show is in the Christopher Art Gallery on the main campus, 202 S. Halsted St., Chicago Heights. A reception for the artists is scheduled from 4:30 to 7[Read More…]

Tobias Cichon describes his vision for Rabid Brewing. He plans to brew craft beers and open a taproom at 17759 Bretz Drive in Homewood. (Photo by Eric Crump/HF Chronicle) The space at 17759 Bretz Drive in Homewood is something of a blank canvas — four bare walls, a restroom and in an expanse of[Read More…]