Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Robert D. Grant, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), is asking for the public’s help in identifying the individual depicted on the below wanted flyer, dubbed the “Schiller Park Bank Robber,” who is responsible for the attempted robbery of[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
FBI: Former City Inspector Convicted of Taking Bribes to Help Obtain State Food Sanitation Certificates for More Than 500 Individuals
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A southwest suburban woman who was authorized by the Illinois Department of Public Health to teach food service sanitation classes and administer state certification exams was convicted of conspiracy to commit bribery for accepting at least $79,650 in return for fraudulently arranging to provide bogus certificates for at[Read More…]
FBI: Pittsburg Man Sentenced to Probation
Conviction was for Wire Fraud Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Robert E. Gulledge, Jr., 59, of Pittsburg, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to five years of probation with a special condition[Read More…]
Report Highlights Community Role in Successful Immigrant Integration
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2011. Today the Center for American Progress released, “All Immigration is Local: Receiving Communities and Their Role in Successful Immigrant Integration,” a groundbreaking report that outlines how receiving communities—the places, along with their residents, in which newcomers settle—can overcome the challenges of immigrant settlement and proactively bridge[Read More…]
Opening Remarks by President Obama on Open Government Partnership
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2011 – 2:35 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good afternoon, everyone. And welcome to this inaugural event of a partnership that’s already transforming how governments serve their citizens in the 21st century. One year ago, at the U.N. General Assembly, I stated a simple truth — that the[Read More…]
Statement by Secretary of State Clinton on Assassination of Afghanistan High Peace Council Head Professor Burhanuddin Rabbani
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2011. The United States condemns in the strongest terms the assassination in Kabul of Professor Rabbani, the former President of Afghanistan and head of the High Peace Council. We extend our condolences to his family, and to all the people of Afghanistan, including those who were[Read More…]
McHugh Cites Major Improvements at Arlington National Cemetery
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2011. Secretary of the Army John M. McHugh today released publicly a “Report to Congress,” updating improvements made at Arlington National Cemetery more than a year after he ousted the cemetery’s leadership and made sweeping changes in its structure and oversight. “In just over a year, the[Read More…]
Airmen Missing In Action From WWII Identified, September 20, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2011. The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of nine servicemen, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and are being returned to their families for burial with full military honors. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. William J.[Read More…]
Durbin, Kirk Ask Metra to Justify Fare Increases, Consulting Fees
CHICAGO, IL—(ENEWSPF)—September 20, 2011. United States Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today sent a letter to Alex Clifford, Executive Director and CEO of Metra, asking him to offer an explanation of costs incurred by the agency, and justify the proposed 30% fare increase. Metra currently has a[Read More…]
Durbin Announced Nearly $2 Million Investment in Illinois Communities to Create Jobs and Boost Development
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2011. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced that five Illinois communities – Chicago, Champaign, Macomb, Rock Island and Rockford – have received Economic Development Administration (EDA) grants to create jobs and boost economic development in the region. EDA is an agency within the U.S. Commerce Department[Read More…]
