Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Look for snow in Park Forest Wednesday afternoon through Thursday at noon. Right now, the National Weather Service has us looking at approximately 3-5 inches of new snowfall. Schools may be delayed Thursday but the call to cancel schools, if that happens, likely will not come until[Read More…]
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State Senator Patrick Joyce Has Office in DownTown Park Forest
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- State Senator Patrick Joyce (IL-40) had a ribbon-cutting for his office in DownTown Park Forest on January 27. His office is at 270 Main Street on the second floor. He was appointed to the vacancy created when Toi Hutchinson resigned to become Illinois’ first Cannabis Regulation Oversight[Read More…]
‘Reflecting Dignity’ Exhibit at PSC Art Gallery Honors African American Experience
Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Christopher Art Gallery at Prairie State College’s newest exhibition, “Reflecting Dignity,” opened Feb. 10. An artists’ reception is on the horizon, scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 19, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the gallery, located at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. The exhibition[Read More…]
4 Southland College Prep Speech Team Members Place First in IHSA Regional Tournament
Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Southland College Prep Charter High School, of Richton Park, Illinois, scored four first places in the Illinois High School Association’s Regional Individual Speech Event tournament hosted by Marian Catholic High School February 8. Southland placed first in four of fourteen individual events, scored second in one event[Read More…]
2019 Novel Coronavirus—Important Information for Clinicians and Patients
By Carlos del Rio, MD1; Preeti N. Malani, MD, MSJ2,3 JAMA. Published online February 5, 2020-(ENEWSPF)- In early December 2019 a patient was diagnosed with an unusual pneumonia in the city of Wuhan, China. By December 31 the World Health Organization (WHO) regional office in Beijing had received notification of a cluster of patients with pneumonia[Read More…]
Data Error May Have Cancelled Almost 800 Former Inmates’ IL Voter Registrations
Board of Elections, Dept. Of Corrections Work to Correct Data Error Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Illinois State Board of Elections today notified 59 local election authorities that 774 former inmates of the Illinois Department of Corrections may have had their voter registrations erroneously canceled due to a data-matching error involving both[Read More…]
ABC7’s Cheryl Burton to Southland College Prep Honor Students: “Follow Your Dreams.”
Richton Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Cheryl Burton, news anchor of ABC7 Chicago, told Southland College Prep honor roll students to “follow your dreams.” “When you dream about what you love and you’re passionate that almost guarantees success for you,” Burton said. Burton was the speaker at the school’s annual CEO Honors Luncheon.[Read More…]
Gary Man Sentenced to 54 Months in Prison
For Possessing Firearms as a Felon Hammond, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Brion Harris, 36, of Gary, Indiana, was sentenced before District Court Judge Philip P. Simon following his plea of guilty to possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch. Harris received a sentence of 54 months in prison[Read More…]
Low-dose Aspirin May Reduce Preterm Birth Risk Among First-time Mothers
Bethsesda, MD-(ENEWSPF)- Daily low-dose aspirin, from as early as the sixth week of pregnancy through the 36th week, may lower the risk for preterm birth among first-time mothers, suggests a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. The clinical trial, which involved more than 11,000 women in several low-[Read More…]
Oxygen Line Opens New Perspective on the Far Universe
The Netherlands-(ENEWSPF)- A team of astronomers of Leiden University (the Netherlands) and the University of Texas (Austin, United States) has discovered a new way to map distant galaxies. They used an atomic oxygen spectral line for this. Normally, this spectral line cannot be captured with terrestrial telescopes. But because the[Read More…]
