Jonathan Billig posted a memorial to his mother Etel today on Facebook which includes her last acting performance. We join Jonathan in remembering a Park Forest legend.
Day: December 16, 2015
Police Issue Community Alert Regarding Burglaries in Multi-family Areas of Park Forest
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Park Forest Police have issued a community alert for residents regarding a string of burglaries in the multi-family areas of town: co-ops, apartments, and condominiums. The alert follows: In the past 5 weeks, there have been 9 Residential Burglaries reported in the multi-family areas of Park[Read More…]
Discovery: Nearby Star Hosts Closest Alien Planet in the “Habitable Zone” (Video)
Australia-(ENEWSPF)- UNSW Australia astronomers have discovered the closest potentially habitable planet found outside our solar system so far, orbiting a star just 14 light years away. The planet, more than four times the mass of the Earth, is one of three that the team detected around a red dwarf star called[Read More…]
Hubble Captures First-ever Predicted Exploding Star
HST-(ENEWSPF)- Many stars end their lives with a with a bang, but only a few of these stellar explosions have been caught in the act. When they are, spotting them successfully has been down to pure luck — until now. On 11 December 2015 astronomers not only imaged a supernova[Read More…]
Drug Use Trends Remain Stable or Decline Among Teens
NIH’s 2015 Monitoring the Future survey shows long term decline in illicit drug use, prescription opioid abuse, cigarette and alcohol use among the nation’s youth. Bethesda, MD-(ENEWSPF)- The 2015 Monitoring the Future survey (MTF) shows decreasing use of a number of substances, including cigarettes, alcohol, prescription opioid pain relievers, and synthetic[Read More…]
Poverty May Slightly Increase Childhood Risk of Neurological Impairment, NIH Study Suggests
Bethesda, MD-(ENEWSPF)- Children from low income environments appear to have a higher risk of neurological impairment than those from more economically secure circumstances, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions. This neurological impairment appears to be distinct from the risk of cognitive and emotional delays known[Read More…]