1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (147+ words) Hot Hidden Gem has runners sweating through cleaned-up course a month after tornado HF Chronicle After a summer of violent storms, bad air and severe heat, Flossmoor recovered and was ready for the seventh running of the Hidden Gem Half…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (124+ words) HF Chronicle After Flossmoor public works crews finished the first pass through the village picking up tree debris from the parkways following the July 3-4 storms, the pile of debris in the parking lot behind the Public Works Department building looked…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (125+ words) HF Chronicle The Homewood Village Board approved a contract at the Aug. 25 meeting to repair the roofs of Homewood’s village hall and the Homewood Auditorium. According to Josh Burman, director of the Public Works Department, the restoration is intended to…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (148+ words) HF Chronicle Homewood and Flossmoor public works crews have been in debris collection mode almost continuously since a severe storm July 3 brought down trees and limbs. The community has been hit by two tornadoes since, with increasing numbers of trees…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (135+ words) HF Chronicle You Matter 2 partnered with A Perfect Harmony Catering to provide free food to community members in the Flossmoor Community Church parking lot on Thursday, Aug. 13. The relief effort was organized after two tornadoes within 16 days time left many…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (926+ words) The Flossmoor Village Board affirmed Mayor Michelle Nelson’s local disaster declaration following the Aug. 11 tornado and severe storms, a move intended to support the village’s ongoing response and help position it for potential county, state and federal assistance. The declaration,…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (173+ words) Following the restoration of more than 410,000 customers after multiple rounds of severe weather in northern Illinois, ComEd is connecting Indiana’s NIPSCO utility with 10 contractor crews, comprised of 40 workers, to assist in restoration efforts in northwest Indiana. Currently, more than 100,000 NIPSCO…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (84+ words) hfchronicle.com The road to recovery started with Lansing neighbors immediately helping one another after a derecho and tornado tore through the village Aug. 11. It continued with village officials and area agencies mobilizing personnel, and on Friday, it followed as…...