Homewood teachers are making e-learning lesson plans after the Illinois State Board of Education sent school districts a notice students will not be returning to their classrooms before April 30. ISBE is expecting remote learning to begin this week, but the District 153 calendar still has students off — two[Read More…]
Latest News
College is out for the year. So are graduation and other plans
Annie Reilly of Homewood, a music education major, packs up her saxophone as she prepares to move out of her apartment at the University of Illinois. (Provided photo)
Coping with COVID: April 1
GSU shares its PPE. Governors State University President Elaine Maimon reported: Two days after Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued his appeal, GSU’s College of Health and Human Services, led by Dean Catherine Balthazar, donated 3,000 pieces of personal protective equipment (PPE) to the Illinois Emergency Management Fund. Census gathering via Google. To promote[Read More…]
Governor extends stay-home order and school closing through April, local closures follow suit
Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced on Tuesday that he will sign a 30-day extension of the state’s disaster proclamation on April 1. The disaster proclamation provides the governor the authority to sign additional executive orders, extending the stay-at-home order and suspending on-site learning in K-12 schools through the month of April.[Read More…]
April 2020 e-edition
Our March 1 print edition included a center pull-out special section on health and wellness that was sponsored by Franciscan Health. COVID-19 was becoming a serious problem worldwide, but it had not yet made its presence felt in our area. We covered issues that still matter, in spite of the[Read More…]
Days before international travel, pandemic forces cancellation of H-F band tour
H-F Band members, from left, Emily Pearce, Jazmyn Kelley, Paul Crecco, Ella Bohlman and Liam Hughes, perform for supporters at the January auction to support the H-F band’s trip to Europe. (Chronicle file photo)
H-F area experiences deaths, rise in COVID-19 cases
As H-F residents work through their second week of a stay-at-home order, Cook County is reporting the latest infection numbers related to the coronavirus outbreak. On its website tracking COVID-19 cases in suburban Cook County, the Cook County Department of Public Health indicates 21 cases have been reported in Homewood, while 15[Read More…]
State announces school e-learning days will begin March 31
State Superintendent of Education Carmen I. Ayala declared on Friday that remote learning days will begin for schools statewide on March 31 and continue until in-person instruction can resume. As of now, the state’s stay-at-home order runs through April 7, although expectations are that schools will remain closed for the[Read More…]
Coping with COVID: March 30
In spite of the ongoing pandemic, Homewood diners will have four new choices available in the coming months, including 1) the Saucy Crab at 17620 Halsted St., 2) EmpanadUs at 1941 Ridge Road, 3) Don Goyo at 17536 Dixie Highway and 4) Pita at 18155 Dixie Highway. (Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle) It’s a difficult time[Read More…]
Laughing and dancing amid all that hand washing (and no toilet paper)
On Nov. 21 the Chronicle hosted its first virtual pop-up newsroom, an informal opportunity for readers to stop in and talk. The idea is to replicate the old newsroom function of providing a place for readers and reporters to meet and converse about the issues of the day, to discuss[Read More…]
Newsletter
