Glenna Elvery wishes there were more people like herself. Glenna Elvey Not because she owns The Cottage on Dixie, Homewood’s popular upscale restaurant. And not because she’s the 2015 winner of the Abby Foundation’s Woman of the Year award. Elvery, who has supported South Suburban Family Shelter, Jones Memorial Center,[Read More…]

  Crews work to resurface the parking lot Wednesday at Walt’s Food Center on 183rd Street in Homewood. The project means shoppers temporarily have to park at the south end of the lot, but the store has personnel helping direct traffic. (Photos by Eric Crump/HF Chronicle)  

Flossmoor Station may soon offer video gambling machines if village trustees approve a measure to legalize them. (HF Chronicle file photo) Flossmoor trustees Tuesday took the first step toward allowing video gambling at establishments in the village that hold liquor licenses. In a unanimous vote, village board members directed attorney Edward McCormick[Read More…]

Samuel Taylor, almost 2, helps his mom, Ambra Taylor, haul their purchases from the Homewood Farmers Market on Saturday, Sept. 5. (Photos by Eric Crump/HF Chronicle)  

CHICAGO – House Speaker Michael J. Madigan on Tuesday released the following statement regarding the House override vote of the governor’s veto of Senate Bill 1229: “It was my expectation that all 71 House Democrats would be in attendance for legislative session last Wednesday. Instead, 70 were present. Had all[Read More…]

About 600 customers in the Homewood-Flossmoor area are without power Tuesday afternoon, according to the ComEd website. The four outage areas include the area of Evans and Gardiner, Hutchison Road and Collet Lane, and Brumley Drive in Flossmoor and one on Clyde Terrace in Homewood.  The cause of two outages[Read More…]

An aerial view of the nearly finished Homewood Portillo’s restaurant. (Provided photo by Jay Heiferman) Judging by local online conversations and reports from village officials, the arrival of Portillo’s Hot Dogs in Homewood is one of the most anticipated business events in some time. The wait will be over soon.  Portillo’s Hot[Read More…]

The Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle has been accepted as a member of the Illinois Press Association, one of the country’s largest state newspaper organizations. Lynne Lance, the IPA’s director of member relations, notified the Chronicle last week that the association’s board voted unanimously to approve the online newspaper’s membership. She said the Chronicle is currently[Read More…]

(Photo provided) Children gathered around as flag bearers Belinda Mendoza and Ricardo Cyril properly folded the old United States flag that had been raised daily at St. Joseph School in Homewood. They then raised a new flag presented to the school by the members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Wally Burns Memorial[Read More…]

42 calls: Traffic Stop (18), Unwanted Subject (1), Suspicious Circumstances (1), Suspicious Subject (2), Lockout (2), Abandoned Vehicle (1), Check Well Being (1), Burglar Alarm (4), Assist Fire Dept. (10), Domestic Disturbance (1), Traffic Accident with Damage (1) Traffic Stop (18) 12:01 a.m., 175th St. & Dixie Hwy. 12:18 a.m.,[Read More…]