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Park Forest’s Annual Park Permit Lottery Set for Saturday, February 4

Park Forest’s Central Park (Source: villageofparkforest.com) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2017. The Park Forest Recreation and Parks Department will hold its Annual Park Permit Lottery on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017 beginning at 9 a.m. at Park Forest’s Village Hall, 350 Victory Drive. The event is held each year to allow[Read More…]

Sprint 1Million Project Activation Fair and Teen Zone Open House to be Held on Tuesday, Jan.17

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2017.  Some 250 high school students in Park Forest stand to become the proud new owners of cellular devices thanks to a new initiative from Sprint. Park Forest was selected as one of 11 communities across the country by Sprint and the Sprint Foundation to participate[Read More…]

President Obama Awards Vice President Biden the Presidential Medal of Freedom (Videos)

President Obama: “As good a man as God ever created” Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2017.  During a surprise send-off for Vice President Joe Biden, President Obama awarded Biden the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The emotional presentation and remarks are in the video sbelow. https://youtu.be/LjKZhSCTwp4   https://youtu.be/STJv9191ftQ Source: Youtube  

Where’s the Salt, Park Forest?

To The Editor: I have just noticed that at 11:30 in the morning on Thursday, January 12, with the town well encased with ice and low temperatures continuing, the downtown area has not been salted and I wonder why that is. Are they waiting for a lawsuit? Is this the way Village[Read More…]

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Dangerous, Potentially Destructive Ice Storm Looms For 1,000-mile Swath Of Central Us

By Alex Sosnowski, Senior Meteorologist for AccuWeather.com AccuWeather-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports people from Texas to Ohio are bracing for a long-duration ice storm that could turn destructive and cut power to hundreds of thousands from Friday to Sunday. A shallow layer of cold air in the atmosphere will accompany a storm over the central United[Read More…]

Rep. John Lewis Senate Testimony in Sen. Jeff Sessions Confirmation Hearing, January 11, 2017 (Transcript & Video)

Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) Photo Source: johnlewis.house.gov Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 11, 2017.  Representative John Lewis (D-GA) testified today to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in opposition to the nomination of Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, III (R-AL) to be the Attorney General of the United States. Representative Lewis’ remarks as delivered follow. [Read More…]

Sen. Cory Booker’s Testimony on Sen. Jeff Sessions at the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing, January 11, 2017 (Transcript & Video)

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 11, 2017. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) became the first Senator to testify against a fellow Senator’s cabinet nomination. Below are Senator Booker’s remarks as prepared for delivery at today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) to be Attorney General of the United States.[Read More…]

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