Local historian and community leader Jim Wright died on March 10, 2023, after a six-year battle with cancer. Over the years, he contributed a number of articles about local history to the Chronicle.

• Major events in 125-year history of Homewood FD (Oct. 8, 2021)
• Some of golf’s greats have played the Calumet Country Club course (Dec. 29, 2019)
• Brawls, bucket brigades showed need for police, fire services (Sept. 25, 2018)
• Homewood’s early years: The village begins to grow up (April 5, 2018)
• Feb. 11 is 125th anniversary of Homewood’s incorporation (Feb. 11, 2018)
• Homewood’s Miller was the ‘Edison’ of roller coasters (Oct. 7, 2017)
• Homewood-Flossmoor’s 1st golf club established in 1899 (July 8, 2017)
• Unassuming E-Com building was built 80 years ago for county highway police (March 30, 2017)
• Campaigners: Four presidents have visited H-F area (Oct. 11, 2016)

Jim was also a key source for the Chronicle and Bionic Content’s State of Golf web documentary.