Visitors admire the vintage and contemporary vehicles   parked in the St. Joseph Parish parking lot during the   2017 Drivin’ the Dixie event. The Homewood stop   this year will be at St. Paul Community Church.  (Chronicle file photo)  An event locals have known as something special for the past 17[Read More…]

Veterans marching and riding in the Homewood Memorial Day on Monday, May 28, received applause and shouted expressions of gratitude for their service from the crowds lining Dixie Highway and Olive Road. The veterans of Wally Burns VFW Post 8077, the sponsoring organization of the annual event to honor those[Read More…]

The Homewood-Flossmoor High School Foundation has announced the 2018 scholarship winners.  The foundation manages these scholarship accounts and makes the awards to seniors at the end of the school year. This year, 21 students received awards.  Elizabeth F. Barry Memorial Scholarship — Lauren Parker, $2,500.  Elyse Bell Girls Golf Scholarship — LaMeah Brownlee,[Read More…]

  Joy Goff, left, greets Larry Pettis as Gail Kaufman looks  on. Goff retired from the H-F Racquet & Fitness Club  staff in May. (Photos by Marilyn Thomas/H-F Chronicle)  Instructor Joy Goff has been on the move sharing her enthusiasm for stepping, swimming and stretching for 35 years with guests at the Homewood-Flossmoor[Read More…]

“Be true to your school …” and more than 50 members of the James Hart School Class of 2014, awaiting their graduation from Homewood-Flossmoor High School on June 3, returned to Hart for a celebratory visit on Friday, May 25.  “I remember dancing. We had a conga line in the[Read More…]

The District 233 school board is considering a proposal for a long-range plan for Homewood-Flossmoor High School.  Dr. Robert Mandonia made a presentation to the board at the May 15 meeting outlining the benefits of a five-year strategic plan. He suggested using a TEAM 233 logo for the project with[Read More…]

  It was smiles all around as the girls track team at  Homewood-Flossmoor High poses with its second  place trophy at the Illinois State Track Meet May 19.  (Provided photos)  The girls track and field team at Homewood-Flossmoor High School brought home the second place trophy and three first place honors from the[Read More…]

Anne Shimojima is the featured teller for the June 13 “Tales to Wet Your Whistle.” The program, for storytellers and story listeners, begins at 7 p.m. at Redbird Café, 2057 Ridge Road in Homewood. Guests are welcome to the free event starting at 6:45 p.m.   “Tales to Wet Your Whistle”[Read More…]

How do you honor a neighbor who is a renowned scientist credited with discovering theories on solar wind?    Homewood-Flossmoor High  School Superintendent Von  Mansfield, center, presents  Dr. Eugene Parker, left, with  a drawing by senior Amya  Jaimes during the May 12  program honoring the  astrophysicist.   (Provided photos from  H-F High School) Homewood-Flossmoor High School’s fine arts program[Read More…]

  This photo taken May 9 shows   the tree’s distressed condition.   Leaves were gone on more than   two-thirds of the tree. (Photo   by Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle)  The tree in Irwin Park, which residents affectionately call the Christmas tree, needs to be replaced — again.  In March 2016, a 60-foot Colorado spruce[Read More…]