The Homewood village board approved a 3.59 percent increase in the real estate tax levy over the previous year at its Dec. 11 meeting.   Patrick McAneny takes  the oath of office Dec. 12  after being hired as  Homewood’s assistant  public works director.  (Eric Crump/H-F   Chronicle) Homewood will levy $6,448,178 in taxes. That[Read More…]

If the Santa who led the holiday parade during Flossmoor’s annual Winterfest Dec. 8 was not the “real Santa,” then he probably has connections to the real guy.  At least, that’s 8-year-old Talia Thompson’s theory.  “If he’s not the real Santa, then we count on him to maybe deliver (our[Read More…]

  Six-foot, 9-inch Bloom  center Martice Mitchell,  flies for the block against  Viking guard Trace Williams.  Mitchell has received four  offers to play basketball  after high school. (Photos  by Donald Crocker/H-F   Chronicle)  Bloom High School squeezed by Homewood-Flossmoor High’s Vikings 57-53 in a heated rematch.    The Vikings lost another close one to the Blazing Trojans[Read More…]

Cook County Commissioner Donna Miller is sponsoring a resolution to develop a countywide CPR/AED training awareness campaign.    Cook County   Commissioner   Donna Miller    (Facebook photo)  CPR refers to cardiopulmonary resuscitation, a first aid procedure to help people whose heart has stopped. AED stands for automated external defibrillator, a device that[Read More…]

Two Homewood businesses received bomb threats on Thursday, Dec. 13, but police said the threats do no appear to be credible. Both threats were delivered via email and contained a demand for payment, according to Homewood police. Police received the first report at about 1:15 p.m. regarding a threat against[Read More…]

Students these days are immersed in digital social media, but they — and their parents — might not be prepared to deal with its dark side. And the dark side can be pretty bad.   During a recent presentation   at H-F High School, retired  police detective Richard  Wistocki offered students tips  for avoiding danger on social  media. (Photos by Eric Crump/  H-F[Read More…]

How would you make a superhero costume? At its Cosplay Showoff program on Sunday, Homewood Public Library offers an inside look on costume creation connected to comic books, movies, video games and nerd culture.  Costume creation touches on science, technology, engineering, art and math.   Avid cosplayer Christopher   English, seen here dressed  Lance Strongbow from[Read More…]