Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- On Friday, January 29th, in conjunction with their “Hero” theme for the year, the IJP Fifth Grade Students were paid a surprise visit by the Marian Catholic High School (MCHS) Varsity Basketball Team. The Fifth Grade Hero activities involve a different student decorating the class Hero board[Read More…]
Day: February 12, 2016
Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Hate Crime for Threatening to Firebomb Two Mosques and Shoot Worshippers
FLORIDA–(ENEWSPF)–February 12, 2016. The Justice Department announced today that Martin Alan Schnitzler, 43, pleaded guilty to a hate crime in the Middle District of Florida for calling two mosques located in Pinellas County, Florida, and threatening to firebomb the mosques and shoot their congregants. Schnitzler pleaded guilty to obstructing persons[Read More…]
Announcing the Winner of the Healthy Communities Challenge
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 12, 2016. Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that nearly 13 million Americans selected a 2016 Marketplace plan during the third open enrollment period under the Affordable Care Act. This year’s successful open enrollment builds on recent years of rapid progress in expanding[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for February 12, 2016
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 local media. An arrest does not mean that[Read More…]
Park Forest Man Charged With Unlawful Restraint and Kidnapping, 2 Class X Felonies
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest police saved a woman from what must have been a terrifying ordeal in early February. And it all allegedly happened in town. A Park Forest man was charged with unlawful restraint and kidnapping, both Class X felonies, after police responded to a call that a[Read More…]
Democrats Blast Chair Blackburn’s ‘Abusive and Unjustifiable’ use of Subpoena Authority
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–February 12, 2016. Today all Democratic Members of the Select Investigative Panel sent a letter to Chair Blackburn objecting to her plan to go forward with unilateral and unjustifiable subpoenas, over the objection of Ranking Member Schakowsky and without any Panel debate or vote. “Marsha Blackburn’s statement that[Read More…]
Chicago Bears Thanks RB Matt Forte for Eight Great Years
LAKE FOREST, IL –(ENEWSPF)—February 12, 2016. The Chicago Bears will not re-sign RB Matt Forte for the 2016 season. The team’s all-purpose back for the last eight seasons played his final year under contract in 2015 and will be a free agent when the NFL league year begins on March[Read More…]
Community Alert: Police Investigating String Of Robberies Along Western Avenue
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Park Forest Police Department is actively investigating three separate incidents that occurred between January 30 and February 9, 2016 where a lone female resident of a multi-family housing area on the Western Avenue corridor was robbed or attempted to be robbed outside of their residence by two[Read More…]
Creation of Desert National Monuments Safeguards Vital Bird Habitats
President Obama Protects 1.8 Million Acres, Home to Millions of Birds Prairie Falcon. Photo: Peter Knoot/Audubon Photography Awards SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–(ENEWSPF)–February 12, 2016. Millions of California birds will be among the beneficiaries of three new national monuments created by executive order today. At the request of US Senator Dianne Feinstein, President Barack[Read More…]
VA Celebrates 70 Years of Partnering with Medical Schools
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–February 12, 2016. Caring for the nation’s Veterans is a shared honor and a shared responsibility, which is why the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) this year is celebrating the 70th anniversary of its partnership with the nation’s medical and health professional schools. Since 1946, VA has worked with[Read More…]
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