The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other[Read More…]
Day: June 16, 2012
Governor Quinn Statement on President Obama’s Bold Action on Immigration
Springfield, IL–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2012. “Hard-working immigrants who make positive contributions to their communities and our country deserve the chance to succeed. President Obama’s action today means that hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants will have the chance to build a brighter future for themselves. “I fought for and signed[Read More…]
WEEKLY ADDRESS: Ending the Stalemate in Washington (Video/Text)
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 16, 2012. Over the last few weeks, I’ve been talking a lot about America’s economic future. I’ve told you how I believe we should go about creating strong, sustained growth; how we should pay down our long-term debt in a balanced way; and most of all, what we[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at the LGBT Pride Month Reception
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2012 – 5:16 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, hello, hello! (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Thank you so much. Well, thank you very much. Well, welcome to the White House, everybody. (Applause.) We are glad all of you could join us today. I want to thank[Read More…]
Video: Martha Wash – It´s Raining Men – Live
Martha Wash of the Weather Girls singing It’s raining men.
Watch Out for Crimes of Opportunity, Park Forest, Especially from Vehicles Left Unlocked
Park Forest Police in Washington, D.C. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Park Forest Police Department reminds you to lock your vehicles overnight: We’ve recently seen an increase in theft’s from unlocked cars overnight, especially in multi-family areas. Making sure your car is locked and the windows are rolled up[Read More…]
Join Us at the 2012 Main Street Nights Summer Entertainment Series
Silk & Smooth. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Village of Park Forest is sponsoring free entertainment in downtown Park Forest for seven weeks this summer. The family oriented Main Street Nights features local and regional entertainers on stage in the Village Green located at Cunningham and Victory Boulevard. Vendors[Read More…]
NASA Releases Workshop Data and Findings on Asteroid 2011 AG5
Orbit and current location (6/15/2012) of asteroid 2011 AG5. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Researchers anticipate that asteroid 2011 AG5, discovered in January 2011, will fly safely past and not impact Earth in 2040. Current findings and analysis data were reported at a May 29 workshop at NASA’s Goddard Space[Read More…]
FBI: Week in Review-South Bend
South Bend, IN-(ENEWSPF)- The United States Attorney’s Office announced that: Pleas: Timothy Johnson, 49, of Mishawaka, Indiana, pled guilty before Magistrate Judge Christopher Nuechterlein to the felony offense of the bank robbery of First Source Bank in South Bend. Magistrate Nuechterlein is recommending that the district court accept the tendered[Read More…]
FBI: Tamms Woman Guilty of Bank Robbery
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on June 14, 2012, Franchie Farmer, 39, of Tamms, Illinois, formerly of Thebes, Illinois, was convicted by a jury in Benton, Illinois, of armed bank robbery and using a firearm during a crime[Read More…]