Rich Hofeld was reelected to his eighth consecutive term as village president, according to unofficial results from the April 1 election, and the trustee candidates running with him on the Greater Homewood Party prevailed over challenges by the new Greener Homewood Party. Greater Homewood Party village clerk candidate Nakina Flores[Read More…]
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Election 2025: One new member joins District 153 school board
Becky Popelka was the top vote-getter with 2,360 votes in the Homewood School District 153 school board election April 1. Broderick Booth, who was up for reelection, received 2,275 votes, and Christine Scully, who is serving on the board by appointment, ran in her first school board race. She received[Read More…]
Letter: Homewood resident appreciates Chronicle election coverage
Dear Mr. Crump and the entire H-F Chronicle Staff, I want to take the time to thank you all for your coverage of the upcoming election on April 1, 2025. I, like I would guess many HF residents, am not always engaged as much as I could or should be[Read More…]
Election 2025: District 233 candidates answer questions about H-F High
A League of Women Voters forum Saturday, March 1, gave voters in District 233 a chance to hear directly from candidates for the Homewood-Flossmoor High School school board. Candidates Lenita Gipson, Ariana Leonard, Aredell “AJ” Roundtree and Camille O’Quin were on the dais to answer questions for 90 minutes. Candidate[Read More…]
Election 2025: Introducing Liz Varmecky
Note: This is the ninth in a 10-part series of stories introducing candidates who are on the ballot for the first time in Homewood and Flossmoor village board races. There is more competition for trustee seats than usual in Homewood. In 2023, five candidates ran for four seats. This year,[Read More…]
Election 2025: Introducing Patrick McAneney
Note: This is the seventh in a 10-part series of stories introducing candidates who are on the ballot for the first time in Homewood and Flossmoor village board races. There is more competition for trustee seats than usual in Homewood. In 2023, five candidates ran for four seats. This year,[Read More…]
Election 2025: Introducing Brady Chalmers
Note: This is the first in a 10-part series introducing candidates who are on the ballot for the first time in village board races in Homewood and Flossmoor. The last time Homewood Mayor Rich Hofeld had competition was in 2009. This year, newcomer Brady Chalmers will compete for the job.[Read More…]
H-F parks election sees Johnson re-elected, Ojode wins open seat
Two seats on the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District Board of Commissioners were open in the April 2019 election. Voters chose board president Steve Johnson to remain on the board, and also selected newcomer Linda Ojode. Ojode will fill the seat vacated by outgoing commissioner Christina Jackson, who did not run for reelection.[Read More…]
District 233 forum offers insights into 10 candidates positions
The Homewood-Flossmoor League of Women Voters candidate forum on Sunday drew a crowd of about 50 people who got to hear 2-minute introductions, 1-minute answers to audience questions and 2-minute closing statements from Debbie Berman, Jonathan Cook, Pamela Jackson, Jimo Kasali, Merle Kimbrough-Huckabee, Nathan Legardy, P. Andrew Lindstrom, Gerald Pauling,[Read More…]


