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LNA: Gov. JB Pritzker tours tornado-hit neighborhood in Lansing
13+ hour 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…...
Kindness counts, and so does the food
15+ hour, 24+ min ago (88+ words) HF Chronicle More in Local News: For three days, Dunning’s in downtown Flossmoor had no power, but that did not stop owner Maureen Mader from taking care of her neighbors. Her husband bought her a new grill and she took…...
Tornado took chance for respite from Homewood cancer patient
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (81+ words) HF Chronicle Lauren Seeley had a plan after her latest chemotherapy treatment. Instead, she spent hours bailing water from her Homewood apartment after a tornado tore roofing from the building and sent rain pouring into the home where she had…...
ComEd: Extensive destruction presents challenges for power restoration in some areas
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (144+ words) HF Chronicle In a steady light rain, ComEd Vice President of Operations Jeremy Smith briefed reporters in the Homewood-Flossmoor High School parking lot Thursday afternoon while crews in the background worked to repair downed lines and poles along Kedzie Avenue....
Ravisloe Country Club at 125: A renewed sense of purpose
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (207+ words) Karen Torme Olson is an award-winning journalist, author, teacher, and recently retired secondary school counselor. For the last four decades, she has crafted stories and photos for numerous publishing outlets, including the Chicago Tribune, Google, Stars and Stripes, Frommer’s Travel…...
World???s first golf course arboretum suffers blow to tree population from storms
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (145+ words) World’s first golf course arboretum suffers blow to tree population from storms HF Chronicle Ravisloe Country Club, the world’s first golf course to earn designation as an arboretum, lost more than 100 trees during the July 27 tornado that hit Homewood, and…...
NWS: Sixth tornado identified from Aug. 11 storm; lights on in downtown Homewood
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (109+ words) HF Chronicle Power went out for the majority of both Homewood and Flossmoor residents and businesses shortly before noon on Tuesday, Aug. 11, as a result of a derecho that caused high winds and widespread damage throughout the region and… Eric…...
NWS: EF-1 tornado hit Homewood, Flossmoor on Aug. 11
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (383+ words) The National Weather Service in Chicago announced Wednesday evening, Aug. 12, that five confirmed tornadoes were produced in a storm system that caused widespread damage and power outages throughout the region on Aug. 11. One of those tornadoes, an EF-1 storm, started…...
Homewood comes together after being struck by another tornado
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (130+ words) hfchronicle.com The tornado that struck Homewood on the morning of Aug. 11 was a dominant topic at the village board meeting that night. The meeting was held in a Wind Creek Chicago Southland hotel ballroom because village hall was without…...
Storm damage stories abound at Red Cross distribution event in Homewood
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (88+ words) hfchronicle.com More in Local News: Residents of Homewood and Flossmoor accepted food from Red Cross volunteers Wednesday evening from a makeshift distribution center at Cherry Creek Plaza in Homewood. Stories of no power, downed trees, blocked roads and damage…...