The Village Board Room was at or over capacity for the final Candidates’ Forum Sunday. (ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 25, 2013. The festival of Passover begins on Monday, March 25th. Passover commemorates the emancipation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt and is one of the Jewish religion’s most[Read More…]
Day: March 24, 2013
DOD Identifies Two Army Casualties, March 24, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2013. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Sgt. 1st Class James F. Grissom, 31, of Hayward, Calif., died March 21 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, of wounds suffered from small arms fire March 18 in[Read More…]
Press Availability by Secretary of State Kerry in Baghdad, Iraq, March 24, 2013
Baghdad, Iraq–(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2013. SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon. As-Salāmu `Alaykum. I’m glad to be here with all of you, and it’s a pleasure for me to be able to be back in Iraq. I haven’t been able to be here for a little bit of time now, so the difference[Read More…]
Video: Gay British Teen Steven Simpson Dies After Being Set On Fire, Man Convicted
From the Huggington Post’s Gay Voices section: A young British man has been convicted of manslaughter after killing a gay teen by setting him on fire. The BBC reports that 20-year-old Jordan Sheard has been sentenced to three and a half years in jail for the death of Steven Simpson after pleading[Read More…]
Sauk-Calumet Group of the Illinois Sierra Club to Hold Monthly Meeting Monday, April 8
Matteson, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 24, 2013. The Sauk-Calumet Group of the Illinois Sierra Club will hold its monthly meeting on Monday, April 8th, at 7:15 p.m. at the Frankfort Public Library, 21119 Pfeiffer Rd. (just off Rt. 30). The subject of this program will be biking through Holland. Sierra Club member Bob[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for March 22, 2013
A winter past at the Park Forest Police Station. (ENEWSPF) 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[Read More…]