Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—January 19, 2013. The Wilton Center Farm Group will hold an organizational meeting on Wednesday, January 23 at 9 p.m. at the Hirsch Funeral Home 3501 W. Lincoln Highway, Matteson. Work has started at the farm but an organization structure has not been formalized. The purpose of this[Read More…]
Day: January 19, 2013
American Signature Recalls Hayward Push Back Chairs Due to Fall Hazard
Sold Exclusively at Value City Furniture and American Signature Furniture Stores Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 19, 2013. The following product safety recall was voluntarily conducted by the firm in cooperation with the CPSC. Consumers should stop using the product immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell[Read More…]
Weekly Address: Now Is The Time to Take Action Against Gun Violence (Video/Text)
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 19, 2013. Hi, everybody. This week, I announced a series of concrete steps we should take to protect our children and our communities from gun violence. These proposals grew out of meetings Vice President Biden and his task force held over the last month with more than 200[Read More…]
ISAF Joint Command Operational Update, January 19, 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan–(ENEWSPF)–January 19, 2013 – During a security operation in Sherzad district, Nangarhar province, today, an Afghan and coalition force killed a local Taliban leader, Qari Sayed Wali, and arrested a second Taliban leader. Qari Sayed Wali distributed and emplaced IEDs throughout Sherzad district and conducted the April 2012 attack on[Read More…]
Fire Sprinkler Valve Prop Donation Provides Leaning Opportunity for PSC Fire Academy Students
Photo, left to right: Tom Augustyn, Thomas Lia, Eric Radtke, Dean Townsend, Paul Rosenthal, Jerry Kennedy, Chad Vlietstra, Patty Zuccarello, Bill Brei, Marie Hansel, and Rich Atwood. (SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Students in the Prairie State College (PSC) fire science program now will have the opportunity to actually see how[Read More…]
Indictments Returned in Hammond Federal Court
Hammond, IN-(ENEWSPF)- The United States Attorney’s Office announced that the following indictments were returned on January 16, 2013: Brealon B. Miller, Jr., 24, and David L. Hardin, Jr., 22, both of Gary, Indiana, were charged in an indictment with the robbery of BMO Bank in Hammond, Indiana, and use of[Read More…]
North Suburban Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for $4 Million Fraud of 50 Investors in Sleep Disorder Businesses
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A north suburban man with a history of multiple bankruptcies, financial schemes, and civil lawsuits that twice resulted in contempt findings was sentenced January 17 to 10 years in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining more than $4 million from 51 investors in a now-defunct sleep disorder businesses that[Read More…]
Former Chicago Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for $8 Million Investment Fraud and $1.5 Million Tax Fraud
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A former Chicago man was taken into custody after he was sentenced today to 12 years in federal prison for an investment and tax fraud scheme in which he swindled 57 investors, some of whom he had purported to befriend, of just under $8 million and failed to[Read More…]
President Obama’s Video Message for the 2013 Annual Martin Luther King Jr.
President Obama pays tribute to the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and his commitment to service.
Video: World’s Biggest Garbage Dump – Plastic in the Ocean
The world biggest garbage dump is a floating one and has twice the size of the USA.