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Red Cross Shelters. Homewood officials announced there are two American Red Cross shelters available for those impacted by the storms. One shelter is located at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 205 E. Jackson St. in Joliet. The other is located at the Rauner Center – American Red Cross Headquarters, 2200 W. Harrison St. in Chicago. Call 1-800-733-2767 for mor...

A shooting victim is in critical condition at an area hospital after being shot several times Wednesday, Aug. 12, according to Homewood police.

Officers responded to a report of shots fired in the 1300 block of Jeffery Drive about 3:15 p.m. and discovered the male victim.

Officers learned the description of a vehicle used by two possible suspects and locat...

In a steady light rain, ComEd Vice President of Operations Jeremy Smith briefed reporters in the Homewood-Flossmoor High School parking lot Thursday afternoon while crews in the background worked to repair downed lines and poles along Kedzie Avenue.

Smith said continuing bad weather and the severity of destruction were factors in the effort to restore power to the r...

Ravisloe Country Club, the world’s first golf course to earn designation as an arboretum, lost more than 100 trees during the July 27 tornado that hit Homewood, and about 10 more fell in the Aug. 11 storm.

The course

Homewood Public Library posted on its Facebook page Thursday afternoon, Aug. 13, that power was back on after two days of darkness. Other downtown businesspeople confirmed their lights were on, and ComEd reported progress restoring power communitywide.

Power went out for the majority of both Homewood and Flossmoor residents and businesses shortly before noon on Tues...