Homewood Public Library’s 3D printer works at makinga toy dragon. (Photo by Marilyn Thomas/HF Chronicle) Drop the idea that a printer only prints. A 3D printer creates. The TAZ 4, the latest piece of equipment in the Digital Media Lab at the Homewood Public Library, shows how revolutionary changes in computer[Read More…]

And now, for some H-F Chronicle sloganeering. “Read the Chronicle. Tell your friends.” “Get in the H-F Chronicle habit.” “Don’t miss a day of the H-F Chronicle.” “Say, ‘I saw it in the Chronicle.’” Breathtaking, right? We are sure that you are already texting your friends, “Read the Chronicle.” Or[Read More…]

Three journalists make up the leadership team of the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle. Each has a passion for local news, a wealth of experience and a desire to serve the community.  The HF Chronicle is your newspaper. We thought you might like to know more about who’s at the helm. Eric’s story[Read More…]

Beautiful mammatus clouds over Homewood. These photos were taken between 8:14 and 8:20 p.m. Wednesday.  

When I started at the H-F Chronicle last fall, I met with school and village officials with whom I’d be working. Tom Houlihan “You can do lots of things that I can’t do,” I told them. “But you can’t do journalism. I can do journalism.” I think they understood what[Read More…]

Once a reporter, always a reporter? Maybe so.  Marilyn Thomas For me, working on the Chronicle is coming full circle.  My first job was at a newspaper. I was a high school file clerk/typist and in short order a writer at my neighborhood paper, The Daily Calumet. Its moniker was “America’s Oldest[Read More…]

I founded my first newspaper when I was 10.   Eric Crump It folded after one issue, but in that edition, my best friend and I got the word out about what was important in our world: What my brother got for his birthday, what TV shows were on, that sort[Read More…]

28 calls: Traffic Stop (6), Juvenile Problem (1), Assist Fire Dept. (4), Domestic Disturbance (1), Traffic Accident with Damage (1), Medical Alert Alarm (1), Suspicious Circumstances (2), Burglar Alarm (2), Traffic Control (1), Lockout (2), Request to Speak to Officer (1), Retail Theft (1), Found Property (1), Assist Other Agency[Read More…]

52 calls: Traffic Stop (18), Traffic Accident with Damage (2), Warrant Service (1), Burglar Alarm (2), Sign/Signal Out (2), Assist Fire Dept. (4), Check Well Being (4), Attempt to Locate (1), Vicious Dog (1), Lockout (5), Suspicious Subject (1), Noise Complaint (2), Domestic Disturbance (1), Found Property (1), Parking Problem[Read More…]

Visitors to Homewood’s Art & Garden Fair this weekend will have an opportunity to help the Cancer Support Center by shopping at the Village Door Flea Market. The flea market will be located in the parking lot at the rear of the shop at 2019 Ridge Road and will be[Read More…]