University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Twelve presidents of Chicago-area institutions of higher learning met Friday to announce the formation of an alliance aimed at boosting community college and baccalaureate graduation rates. The Chicagoland Alliance for Degree Completion will engage in collaborative programs, efforts, and activities that facilitate and enhance student success toward[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
All Nations for Haiti Fashion Show at GSU
University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Supporting the rebuilding and empowerment of Haiti after the devastating earthquake is the goal of the “All Nations for Haiti” Fashion Show at Governors State University on May 21, from 7 to 9 p.m., in Sherman Hall. GSU students, representing many different nations, will take part in[Read More…]
Community Classes At Rich East High School
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The final in a series of free Community Classes at Rich East High School is set for 8 – 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 15, at the school, 300 Sauk Trail, Park Forest. Among the classes expected to be offered are: Computer Skills; Culinary Arts/Cooking, Word and Power[Read More…]
Attorney from Ford Heights to Address PSC Graduates
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Jerry Blakemore is coming home. Blakemore, who is the vice president and general counsel at Southern Illinois University, is the commencement speaker at the Prairie State College (PSC) 51st annual commencement on May 22. He was born and raised in Ford Heights. “I am happy to come[Read More…]
Obama Selects Kagan for Supreme Court
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– From the New York Times: President Obama will nominate Solicitor General Elena Kagan as the nation’s 112th justice, choosing his own chief advocate before the Supreme Court to join it in ruling on cases critical to his view of the country’s future, Democrats close to the White[Read More…]
Amy Peele Reads From Her Book Saturday
Amy Peele discusses her book as her mother Helen looks on. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Amy Peel read from her book Aunt Mary’s Guide to Raising Children the Old-Fashioned Way Saturday at Village Hall. The book recalls Ms. Peele’s childhood in Park Forest. The program was sponsored by[Read More…]
Deep-Sea Ice Crystals Foil Gulf Oil Leak Fix (with Video)
From the Chicago Tribune: A novel but risky attempt to use a 100-ton steel-and-concrete box to cover a deepwater oil well gushing toxic crude into the Gulf of Mexico was aborted Saturday after ice crystals encased it, an ominous development as thick blobs of tar began washing up on Alabama’s[Read More…]
Report: 2 Men Charged In ’08 Park Forest Murder
Cook County, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Southtown Star reports that two men have been charged in the shooting death of Jonathan Edwards, 24, of Hammond: Revenge for a relative’s murder led to two Chicago Heights men facing first-degree murder charges in connection with a 2008 killing in Park Forest, prosecutors said. Ouma[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Reports for May 10, 2010
The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Wendy Heise) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other[Read More…]
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on April Jobs Report
Washington DC–(ENEWSPF)– The addition of 290,000 jobs in April, the fourth consecutive monthly gain, is a hopeful sign, if it can be sustained, that real employment growth is finally underway. Still, we face an enormous challenge to get out of the more than 11-million job hole that was opened by[Read More…]
