Many teens in Homewood and Flossmoor anxious to get their driver’s licenses will be waiting a bit longer. Due to COVID-19, Homewood-Flossmoor High School won’t offer its driver’s education program this summer. For H-F administrators, that’s good and bad news. Good that it gives the district a bit more time[Read More…]

Use this form to order two squares in the Congratulations Class of 2020 page, which will appear in the June 1 print edition of the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle.  The deadline for orders is Friday, May 15, at 5 p.m.

Destiny Waton receives a graduation gift from a friend during a celebratory parade in front of her home on Saturday. (Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle) The organization Destiny Watson started while she was a student at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, YouMatter2, is in the process of creating care packages for 2020 graduates who[Read More…]

March Each day the rules changed. It was hard to keep up. On Thursday I was embarrassed of Wednesday. On Sunday I was shameful of Saturday. Trivial tasks were suddenly of the greatest importance. |I vacuumed that kitchen floor with such purpose, and I had never gotten such satisfaction from[Read More…]

In the midst of a pandemic, community service is more important than ever, and the Rotary Club Foundation has a number of projects underway which will greatly increase the amount of gifts and contributions that will help the community weather the crisis. According to Foundation Board President Rick Thiernau, of[Read More…]

Milestone numbers Thursday. A number of milestones in the COVID-19 pandemic were reached on Thursday, May 7, as the state passed 70,000 cases and 3,000 deaths from the virus, and Homewood reached 200 cases and topped 20 deaths. The state has reached 70,873 total cases and 3,011 deaths. Homewood has lost 21 residents[Read More…]

Lisa Yoshino, a Response to Intervention coordinator at Churchill School in Homewood was one of hundreds of District 153 staff to have an appreciation sign planted her her front yard. (Provided photo) During the weekend of May 2, blue and white signs started sprouting up on people’s lawns. The signs[Read More…]

According to data from the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office and area senior-care facilities, residents age 70 and older have been greatly affected by the coronavirus outbreak.  As of May 5, people in that older age group accounted for more than 1,300 — nearly 63% — of Cook County’s total[Read More…]

As we ask more than ever from our medical workers, they also must maintain their own health and well-being. Doctors and nurses are working longer hours under difficult circumstances, namely the immense toll COVID-19 has taken on the health care system’s resources.  Simultaneously, they balance monumental shifts in their personal[Read More…]

Flossmoor wants first responders to have access to the addresses of individuals who have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus as they respond to emergencies. The village board unanimously approved a resolution in support of this move at the May 4 meeting.  As part of a collective effort from the[Read More…]