From the Park Forest Fire Department on Facebook Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Between April 23 and 29, the Park Forest Fire Department activity report shows the PFFD had a total number of 67 responses. Of these, 17 were for fire/service, 50 were for EMS services. The report from the PFFD follows: Training[Read More…]
Day: May 8, 2017
Barack Obama School Opens Greenhouse And Horticulture Center
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- School District 163 reports that the Barack Obama School of Leadership and STEM, 401 Concorde Drive, Chicago Heights, will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new atrium, greenhouse and Horticulture Education Center at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 23. The greenhouse and Horticulture Center will serve as a[Read More…]
Governors State University to Offer Business Administration B.A. Coursework at Kankakee Community College
University Park, IL –(ENEWSPF)–May 8, 2017. Governors State University is partnering with Kankakee Community College to offer coursework from our AACSB accredited Business Administration B.A. program. Courses will be offered at the Kankakee Community College North Extension Center starting Fall 2017. Governors State University Provost and Vice President of Academic[Read More…]
Addicted to the War on Drugs: Just as We Were Wising Up, President Trump has Us Back In an Old-style Fight Against Narcotics
President Trump seems to believe the only way America can win a war on drugs is to put up a wall. Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 8, 2017 By: Grant Smith America and the world have learned hard lessons about the failings of the war on drugs. For too long, we saw drugs[Read More…]
Threat Of Flooding Rain, Severe Storms To Return To Central Us At Midweek
Renee Duff Meteorologist for AccuWeather.com AccuWeather-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports rain and thunderstorms will return to storm-weary areas of the central and southern Plains around the middle of the week. The thunderstorms will follow a much-needed dry spell into Tuesday. Many areas continue to recover from extensive flooding and severe weather from this past[Read More…]
Chilly Air To Threaten A Frost In Parts Of The Northeastern Us This Week
Renee Duff Meteorologist for AccuWeather.com AccuWeather-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports the chilly air swinging through the northeastern United States will not relinquish its grip until at least the middle of May. For most, the cool pattern will result in temperatures averaging 10 to 15 degrees Fahrenheit below early May averages. For some, the[Read More…]
Speaker Madigan: Gov. Rauner Must Make Budget First Priority
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- As the budget impasse continues in Illinois, Speaker Michael J. Madigan issued the following statement Monday, imploring Gov. Bruce Rauner to “join us in putting the budget first.” He says “House Democrats stand ready to work with him in good faith. Speaker Madigan’s statement follows: “For nearly two years,[Read More…]
ACLU Sues Trump Administration for Records on Botched Yemen Raid
Lawsuit Aims to Uncover Documents on Legal Basis and Outcome of Assault That Killed Navy SEAL and Numerous Yemeni Civilians NEW YORK –(ENEWSPF)–May 8, 2017. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit today demanding that the Trump administration release documents about a January 29 raid in Yemen that left[Read More…]
University of Chicago Student Library Employees File Petition to Unionize
University of Chicago Library CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—May 8, 2017. A coalition of University of Chicago student library workers filed a petition yesterday to become one of the nation’s first primarily undergraduate student unions at a private university. The group of student employees, calling themselves the Student Library Employees Union, worked with[Read More…]
Results of Chicago’s 49th Ward Participatory Budgeting Initiative Announced
PB49 Community Reps (left to right) Carol Melnick and Tonia Andreina, Gale School student Christian Garcia, and PB49 Coordinator Cecilia Salinas celebrate that the Gale School “Learning Garden” was one of the winning project proposals in the 49th Ward Participatory Budgeting election. CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—May 8, 2017. In the eighth annual 49th Ward[Read More…]
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