Rep. Robin Kelly, ranking member of the U.S. House Subcommittee on Information Technology, hosted a field hearing in Chicago on Monday, June 20, to hear views from business leaders on how effectively federal cyber laws and regulations have been working since the enactment of the landmark Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act[Read More…]

Some Homewood residents may soon be looking for parking alternatives following approval Tuesday, June 14, of two new ordinances by the village board. Police Chief Bill Alcott proposed both ordinances at the May 24 board meeting. Both ordinances are supported by Fire Chief Bob Grabowski. The first ordinance prohibits parallel[Read More…]

  Jack Dunlavy of Homewood  worked to restore the  Stations of the Cross display  for his Eagle Scout project. Jack Dunlavy became the 110th member of Boy Scout Troop 342 to earn the rank of Eagle Scout. Dunlavy earned the required 21 badges and then took on the task of making major improvements[Read More…]

School District 161 Superintendent Craig Doster, left, accepts a $25,000 donation from Meijer presented by Becky Beketic, the Flossmoor storedirector, that will help the district’sSTEM program. (Photos by Tom Houlihan/H-F Chronicle) Meijer opened its superstore in Flossmoor Tuesday with a gift to the community — two donations of $25,000 each to Flossmoor School District 161[Read More…]

An artist’s rendering shows the look of a new Krispy Kreme doughnut shop design. The store that will be built on Halsted Street in Homewood will be the first in the Chicago area to use the new design.(Provided image) A new Krispy Kreme doughnut shop in Homewood will be the first in the company’s[Read More…]

(Photo by Tom Houlihan) You hear the chirp followed by, perhaps, a brief flash of red. Then the feathered warrior swoops down, coming distressingly close to your head, and bringing back unpleasant memories of Alfred Hitchcock’s avian horror story, “The Birds.” Red-winged blackbirds have reportedly scared the bejabbers out of[Read More…]

Master gardeners and backyard warriors alike can view seven stunning outdoor showcases when the Southland Community Garden Walk returns next weekend. The sixth edition of the garden walk, sponsored the South Cook Section of the National Council of Jewish Women, takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June[Read More…]

H-F High students competing in the National ACT-SO eventinclude (from left): Naj’ee Chatman, Aundria LaNier,Janelle Butler, Leah Moss, Nacyla Mitchelland Ashlie Glasper. (Provided photo) Homewood-Flossmoor High School will be well represented at the national Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO) competition July 14 through 17. The program hosted by[Read More…]

While doing interviews for the Chronicle’s story on our LGBTQ neighbors, there was one moment at which my heart literally jumped.   Rainbow in our midst — Our  LGBTQ neighbors in the  Homewood-Flossmoor  community Andrea Denney — she and her wife Beth Reich are the parents of three adopted children — told me about an email she[Read More…]

Our apologies! Friday afternoon and evening the Chronicle website was inaccessible and was displaying a message that some readers found confusing. We had a problem during a routine software update, and the message was a default alert from the program.  We’re working now to restore several stories that were not[Read More…]