Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Illinois Hardest Hit Program offers temporary help to homeowners faced with unemployment and underemployment to catch up on their mortgage payments and keep their home. Preventing foreclosure is one of the most essential ways to keep our communities strong. Cook County Commissioner Joan Murphy wants to make certain[Read More…]
Day: July 28, 2013
Park Forest Officially Dedicates Rail Fan Park
David Beaks and Jaydon of Chicago Heights at the grande opening of the Park Forest Rail Fan Park. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL- Park Forest dedicates its Rail Fan Park. More pictures available here.
Video, Pics: Construction Begins at Park Forest’s Dollar General Store on Main Street
Park Forest, IL- Construction at the Park Forest new Dollar General on Main Street store begins. More photos posted here.
FBI: Illinois Man Indicted for Obstruction of Justice and Filing False Liens Against Two Federal Judges and Other Government Employees
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The Justice Department announced July 25 that Tyree Davis Sr. of Flossmoor, Illinois, was arrested on an eight-count indictment charging him with obstruction of justice and filing fraudulent multi-billion-dollar liens against government employees. The indictment was returned on July 24, 2013, by a federal grand jury in Chicago.[Read More…]
FBI: Alleged Attempts to Collect Debts Lead to Extortion Charges Against Nine Chicago Men
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Three federal grand jury indictments were unsealed July 24 charging a total of nine defendants with allegedly collecting debts through the use of intimidation, fear, and, in one instance, physical violence. The indictments, which were returned Tuesday, were unsealed July 24 following arrests made by special agents of[Read More…]
MPP Airs Ad at Brickyard 400 NASCAR Race
NASCAR fans attending this weekend’s Brickyard 400 races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will be greeted by an MPP video ad in support of making marijuana legal for adults. It is scheduled to air dozens of times on a jumbotron outside the entrance of the speedway, which will be “the[Read More…]
After Quinn Signs, Online Voter Registration Coming to Illinois
Clerk Orr excited to bring Illinois voters into digital age Chicago, IL- Governor Pat Quinn signed legislation revising the Illinois Election Code to give residents the ability to register to vote online. First proposed by Governor Quinn during his 2013 State of the State address, Illinois is now the 18th[Read More…]
Police: ‘Combative’ Knife-wielding Victory Center Resident Dead after Being Shot with Bean Bag Rounds
Victory Center in Park Forest. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest police are waiting for the results of an autopsy following the death of a 95-year-old Victory Center resident police describe in a statement as "combative," and wielding a foot-long "butcher-type kitchen knife." In a statement released July[Read More…]