The latest numbers for 30 South Suburban towns, Cook and Will Counties, State of Illinois Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest still has the highest rate of confirmed SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) cases per 100,000 at 1,619.30. The Village has 347 total with 184 of those located at Ludeman Center. The Town of[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Preckwinkle Praises Judge’s Decision to Not Release Names of COVID-19-positive Patients in Cook Co.
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle issued a statement praising the decision of Judge Anna Demacopoulus to not release the names of patients who test positive for COVID-19 in Cook County. “Today, Judge Demacopoulos denied the Northwest Central Dispatch Systems emergency request to release the names and addresses[Read More…]
Rain to Finally Ebb Thursday Afternoon
“Row, row, row your boat, gently down the street…” – Adapted Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The rain giving us “Park Forest: The Swamp” will finally ebb and should finally let up by early afternoon Thursday, the National Weather Service reports. Wednesday night through Thursday morning will see continued rain, however, with[Read More…]
PFPD: Man Wanted in Connection with Alleged Battery Outside Library
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Park Forest Police Department is seeking the public’s help in identifying the man pictured who is wanted in connection with an alleged aggravated battery in what the department is calling a cold case, police said in a statement Wednesday. On March 19, 2019, the man in[Read More…]
COVID-19: South Chicago Heights Now Has 2nd Highest Rate per 100k; 65 Ludeman Staff Test Positive
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- As testing increases for COVID-19, we become aware of more cases of the virus. South Chicago Heights now has the second-highest rate per 100,000 at 1,304.66. With a population of only 4,139, South Chicago Heights’ 54 cases drive its rate up. The Town of Cicero still has[Read More…]
COVID-19: Ludeman Center Has 150 Cases, Park Forest 321 Confirmed Total
65 Ludeman Staff Test Positive As Well Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Elisabeth Ludeman Developmental Center in has become a mini-epicenter of COVID-19 in the Village of Park Forest. As of this writing on April 28, 2020, Park Forest has 321 confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 Disease, and, as of Sunday, April[Read More…]
COVID-19: Cicero Amasses Largest Number of Cases; Park Forest Rate Escalates
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The number and of known COVID-19 cases and rates per 100,000 people continue to rise in most of the 30 towns tracked by eNews Park Forest. The Town of Cicero has the largest number of cases at 610 with a rate of 727.15 per 100,000. The city[Read More…]
Alleged Sucker Punch, Attack, Lands Man Battery Charge
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Park Forest man is facing a battery charge after he allegedly sucker-punched another man and then allegedly continued to strike him while the two were riding an elevator in Juniper Tower, according to police. Adrian P. Bramlett Jr., 28, 350 Juniper St., Park Forest, was arrested[Read More…]
Read Gov. Pritzker’s Full Executive Order Extending Stay-at-Home, Easing Some, Requiring Masks
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Illinois stay-at-home order will remain in effect through the end of May Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Thursday. His COVID-19 Executive Order No. XX also includes a requirement that people wear a face covering or mask when they are unable to maintain a 6-foot distance. Six feet is[Read More…]
COVID-19: Numbers Rise in South Suburbs; Access to Testing Increases. Park Forest Still Has Highest Rate.
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The number of COVID-19 rose again in each of the 30 suburb eNews Park Forest tracks. No doubt the rise in some of those figures is happening because testing has become more available in the South Suburbs at last. We are including a list of South and[Read More…]
