South Suburban Family Shelter Inc. (SSFS) is looking for individuals, families or businesses interested in participating in its annual Adopt-A-Family Holiday Program.    Adopt-A-Family is designed to help victims of domestic violence and their children during the holiday season.   The victims and their children who participate in Adopt-A-Family are experiencing[Read More…]

Oct. 20, 2016 Dear Editor, The voters of Cook County have a real chance to effect change on Nov. 8. Near the end of the ballot (after all the judges) is a binding referendum to eliminate the elected Recorder of Deeds position and transfer the duties of that office to[Read More…]

Did you know that Homewood-Flossmoor High School opens its facilities to the public during the winter months? Contingent on student activities on the calendar, both the field house and pool are open to residents on regular school days. Runners and walkers can use the indoor track Mondays through Fridays from[Read More…]

Homewood District 153 invites the community to a 6 p.m. ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday, Oct. 18, that will officially open the SMART Lab at James Hart School, 18220 Morgan Ave. Parents and residents will get a first-hand look between 6 and 7 p.m. at how students are using the[Read More…]

  Seventh grade girls team Parker Junior High School’s cross country teams swept the South Suburban Junior High School Association conference meet. Parker’s runners placed first in all four categories at the meet, which took place Oct. 3 at Apollo Park in Homewood.    Seventh grade boys team A total[Read More…]

  President Bill Clinton speaks during a campaign stop  at Homewood-Flossmoor High School in 1996. (Provided   photos courtesy of the Homewood Historical Society)   The presidential election of 2016 is rapidly nearing an end. Although neither candidate has visited the Homewood-Flossmoor area this year, a number of presidential candidates, presidents and a[Read More…]

Construction crews are putting the final touches on Flossmoor’s Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria, which is scheduled to open next week. Malnati’s carryout and delivery restaurant will open on Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 3315 Vollmer Road in Flossmoor. In recent weeks, crews have been doing extensive renovation work at the Malnati’s space[Read More…]

Got a cabinet full of old medicines? Drop them off at the Homewood Farmer’s Market from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 8. Drop-off will be at the Homewood Village Hall parking lot, 2020 Chestnut Road. Representatives from the Cook County Department of Environmental Control will accept expired[Read More…]

After more than 10 months of negotiations, Ingalls Memorial Hospital has become part of the UChicago Medicine brand with its merger with the University of Chicago Medicine. The hospital, based in Harvey, has five outpatient centers, including its Family Care Center in Flossmoor. The merger was announced Tuesday, Oct. 4.[Read More…]

Editor’s note: This story originally was published in the September 2016 print edition of the Chronicle. Art lovers who “Pull Up a Chair” next month will help support Flossmoor’s Sculpture Garden and other public art. But they may also walk away with a work of art that’s a unique piece[Read More…]