Kids will enjoy Halloween happenings

By Chronicle staff on October 29, 2019 - 11:11am
Don't be frightened, the Hughes family, at 18145 
  Riegel Road in Homewood, is sure these are all 
  friendly ghosts and monsters. Trick or treaters 
  can try to get past them for the scheduled trick 
  or treat hours of 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday.

 

Members of Rotary and HBA plan informational event for Nov. 7

By Chronicle staff on October 28, 2019 - 9:59pm

Homewood Business Association logoHave you ever ever wondered what the Homewood Rotary Club does to serve the community? Did you know the organization has donated more than $75,000 in the past three years to various projects and organizations? 

Flossmoor resident walks the 2,192 miles of the Appalachian Trail

By Marilyn Thomas on October 28, 2019 - 9:45pm
  • Madeline Morris of Flossmoor spent six months hiking the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine.
  • Morris, carrying her pack, is excited to make it to the Eastern Continental Divide.
  • The Appalachian Trial takes hikers through all types of terrain, including shimmying through rock formations in Mahoosuc Notch gap.
  • A beautiful morning sunrise welcomes Morris.
  • Morris at the half-way point. Markers along the trail the distance yet to be covered.
  • Shelters like this one on the trail can be a welcome respite and a place to get out of the elements.
  • For a good part of the trip, Morris, right, hiked with two sisters and a brother from Griffin, Georgia.
  • Along the trail in the Smokey Mountain National Park.
  • A wild pony licks Morris' legs, attracted by the salt in her sweat.
  • A remarkable view from Morris' tent in the Shenandoah Mountains.
  • Morris celebrates the completion of her 2,192-mile hike at Mt. Katahdin in Maine.
Each year, fewer than 1,000 people walk the Appalachian Trail from end to end. Madeline Morris of Flossmoor is now one of them.
 
 

Homewood train station renovation project now fully funded

By Eric Crump on October 28, 2019 - 7:39pm
  This rendering shows how the renovated Homewood
Metra station may look. (Provided photo)

 

Homewood gardeners special efforts win Blue Ribbon, Beautification Awards

By Marilyn Thomas on October 27, 2019 - 8:40pm
  The Stafford House at 18520 Dundee won a Blue
  Ribbon Award from the Homewood Beautification
  Committee. (Provided photo)

Saturday’s soggy weather closes viaduct

By Chronicle staff on October 26, 2019 - 11:56pm
The downpour Saturday evening closed the Dixie
Highway viaduct in Homewood and forced drivers
in Flossmoor to use only one lane of the
Flossmoor Road viaduct.

 

Parker cross country turns in historic season

By David P. Funk on October 25, 2019 - 8:57pm
Parker Junior High School cross country program
posted some of the best results it has ever achieved
earlier this month at the state meet in Normal.
 

White Pines fundraiser Oct. 29 at Portillo's

By Chronicle staff on October 24, 2019 - 11:12pm
Proceeds from Portillo’s sales on Tuesday, Oct. 29,
will benefit the District 153 annual trip to
White Pines Nature Ranch.

 

Business and fashion success because of doors opened by women like Elizabeth Keckley

By Provided News on October 24, 2019 - 11:04pm
Editor's note: This story was provided by the Flossmoor Community Relations Committee. It is part of a series that paired local black-owned business people with their counterparts from history. This story features Brenda Livingston, owner of Maxine's Boutique, and Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley, a 19th century dress maker.

What inspired you to start your business?

District 233 board deals with aftermath of video recording decision

By Eric Crump on October 23, 2019 - 10:04pm

Although the Homewood-Flossmoor High School District 233 board voted in September not to begin video recording board meetings, the issue emerged again at its meeting Tuesday in a debate about how to appropriately change meeting minutes.

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