Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Mayor John Ostenburg will not seek re-election in the upcoming April 2019 consolidated election. After 20 years, another will wield the gavel in Park Forest. eNews Park Forest learned of this Saturday at Kiwanis Pancake Day as Mayor Ostenburg sat with his wife Jackie and his immediate[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Park Forest Police Beat through September 24, 2018
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Editor’s Note: This police beat coverage represents reports from September 18 through September 24, 2018. Charges for those arrested in this time period include disorderly conduct, domestic battery, and criminal damage to property. We provide more details in these police beat reports now that we offer subscriptions. We invite[Read More…]
Domestic Incidents: Park Forest Police Beat Through September 17, 2018
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Editor’s Note: This police beat coverage represents reports from through September 17, 2018. There were only two arrests reported during this period, both relating to domestic incidents. One of these domestic incidents includes a charge of violation of a stalking no contact order. Information on the Stalking No[Read More…]
Domestic Battery & Battery: Park Forest Police Beat through September 10, 2018
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Editor’s Note: This police beat coverage represents reports from through September 10, 2018. Charges include two incidents of domestic battery and one of battery. There was also an incident where someone was charged with driving while license was suspended. We provide more details in these reports now that[Read More…]
Interfaith Group SWIFT Takes Peace Message to the Highway
Tinley Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- If “a picture is worth a thousand words,” then perhaps a well-placed billboard is worth a hundred public events. That is the reasoning behind a new marketing effort launched this week by the SouthWest InterFaith Team (SWIFT), a 15-year-old collaboration among 18 area churches, synagogues and mosques in the[Read More…]
Public Meeting Monday in Park Forest on Closing of Talala School; SD 201-U Officials to Attend.
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Crete Monee School District 201-U plans to close five schools by June 2020. Among them is Talala School in Park Forest which educates close to 320 students who live in the Will County section of Park Forest located south of Sauk Trail. There is a public meeting[Read More…]
Park Forest Women Share #MeToo Sexual Assault Stories, Believe Dr. Christine Blasey Ford
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Women of Park Forest have their own #MeToo stories to tell about sexual assault, rape, and why many of them never reported the attacks they allege were committed against them years ago. Men and some some women asked how any woman would not go public if she[Read More…]
What next? Paintball Attacks in Park Forest.
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest Police are warning residents about a series of paintball attacks that occurred through the Village yesterday evening and early this morning. You read that right: paintball attacks. Paintball shots are far from harmless. Meant to be used in games, some have turned paintball guns into[Read More…]
Retail Theft, Domestic Battery, Stolen Car Found: Police Reports Through Sept. 6, 2018
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Editor’s Note: This coverage represents reports from through August 30, 2018. Charges include two incidents of retail theft, one of domestic battery, and one incident where a car reported stolen out of Chicago was found in Park Forest. We provide more details in these reports now that we offer[Read More…]
Store Closing Sales Continue at Steger Kmart
Steger, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Sales continue at the Steger Kmart. The store is scheduled to close for good on November 25, 2018. The pharmacy closes tomorrow. The parking lot was full perhaps as it would have been in the mid-90s or earlier. One shopper eNews Park Forest encountered thought the store was[Read More…]
