Wildlife expert Dianne Cobban of Homewood hugs  her cat, Binks. Cobban rescued Binks out of a house  in Park Forest whose owners moved and left her.  (Photo by Mary Compton/H-F Chronicle)  Editor’s note: This story first appeared as the cover feature in the Oct. 1, 2017, print edition of[Read More…]

Celebrate the decades at the Cancer Support Center’s Boo ’10 fundraiser Saturday, Oct. 21.  Guests are encouraged to come in costume from their favorite decade.  “You might love the roaring ’20s, or you might be an ’80s person,” said Jeanette Bruni, co-chair. “Costumes are not mandatory, but they are encouraged.[Read More…]

  Firefighters prepare to extinguish a controlled   blaze used to demonstrate the effect of   sprinkler systems during the 2016 Homewood   Fire Department open house. A similar   demonstration is planned for the open house   Saturday, Oct. 7. (Chronicle file photos)  There will be a new attraction at the Homewood Fire Department’s[Read More…]

The Shirley Ryan AbilityLab expects to open a new location in Homewood later this year. Construction has already begun at 19260 S. Halsted Street.    Walls are up for the Shirley  Ryan AbilityLab in this photo  taken Feb. 15 at the construction  site at South Halsted Street  and Holbrook Road.   (Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle)  AbilityLab provides[Read More…]

  Homewood Fire Chief Bob Grabowski helps   Kristina Sales of Glenwood get hands-on   experience with a fire hose at a PopUp   Science session on Sept. 23. (Photos by   Eric Crump)  Fighting a fire with algebra?  Teens at the Homewood Science Center’s “Pump It Up!” PopUp Science program found out just[Read More…]

“Stomping Grounds,” a night of dance that moves through international cultures, will be presented at 8 p.m. Oct. 7 at the Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University.  The program brings together more than 50 dancers for a full-throttled production of global percussive dance that will transport the audience[Read More…]

  Willow School student  Genesis Kimbrough  receives the Dockweiler  Award for her outstanding  efforts. Honoring her are,  from left, Tom Dockweiler;  Shelly Marks, school board  president; Melissa Lawson,  Willow School principal;  and District 153  Superintendent Dale  Mitchell. (Photos by   Marilyn Thomas/H-F   Chronicle)  Three special students earned the Dockweiler Award from Homewood School District 153 for their outstanding efforts last school year. [Read More…]

Florence Hardy is planning to offer Illinois investors an opportunity to stimulate local business through truCrowd Illinois, Inc., an online equity investment platform.  Florence Hardy Hardy, of Flossmoor, was given the chance to develop her ideas when her proposal for truCrowd was selected one of six startups in the BMO[Read More…]

The Cook County Assessor’s Office will host two assessment appeal seminars for Bloom Township residents on Tuesday, Sept. 26, and Wednesday, Oct.4.  Bloom Township was one of 17 south and southwest areas where property was reassessed this year.  Residents can have their questions about the reassessment process answered from 6[Read More…]

Flossmoor Baseball and Softball (FBBSB) is introducing a baseball hitting league this fall. The program, which is being offered for the first time, will take place from Nov. 4 to Dec. 14 in the Homewood-Flossmoor High School Field House.  The weekly program will focus on situational hitting. Each two-hour session[Read More…]