The winning Marian Catholic speech team. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Performance in the Round leads nine first-place finishes Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Led by a first place in Performance in the Round and eight other individual champions, Marian Catholic High School’s Speech Team scored 74 points to capture first place in the Thornridge[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Palin Headlines Birther Conference; Press Pretends Not To Notice
Commentary by Eric Boehlert If you don’t think there’s a media double standard that favors Republicans over Democrats, then let’s play a game of what-if. What if, in 2006, at Yearly Kos, the first annual convention of liberal bloggers and their readers, organizers shelled out $100,000 for former Vice President[Read More…]
NAACP Calls for End to Racial Disparities in Sentencing
Commentary An open letter from Benjamin Todd Jealous, President and CEO of the NAACP: A bill to end major racial and ethnic disparities in drug sentencing is on the move in the Senate, and we need your help to pass it. You may already know that there is an enormous[Read More…]
Haiti President: Quake Death Toll At 270,000
Death Count 40,000 More Than Government Report From Tuesday From WTAE Pittsburgh: Haiti’s president said the government has buried 270,000 bodies in mass graves since an earthquake struck a month ago. A statement from Rene Preval’s office in Port-au-Prince said Wednesday that the president gave the new figure during a[Read More…]
U.S. Cellular Interrupts St. Liborius School Dodge Ball Tournament with $100,000 Surprise
Students at St. Liborius school cheer as they learn their school won $100,000 from U.S. Cellular. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) St. Liborius School Named Second Champion in “Calling All Communities” Campaign Crete, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A dodge ball tournament turned into a $100,000 celebration this morning at St. Liborius School in Crete. Seventy-five U.S.[Read More…]
Providence Journal Says Time to Decriminalize Marijuana
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)– Ongoing efforts to reform marijuana laws in Rhode Island received a huge endorsement today from the state’s largest newspaper. In this editorial, the Providence Journal calls for the decriminalization of marijuana, writing that “[t]he pursuit of nonviolent marijuana users puts enormous strain on the justice system, feeds corruption[Read More…]
Married Cook County Sheriff’s Couple Named Deputies of the Year
K9 Specialist Derrick Rhodes and Sgt.Monica Rhodes. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Cook County, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Two Cook County Sheriff’s employees have been recognized as the Illinois Sheriff’s Association’s “Deputy of the Year,” Sheriff Thomas J. Dart proudly announced Tuesday, according to an announcement on the Cook County Sheriff’s Office website. Sgt. Monica Rhodes[Read More…]
SD 163’s Forest Trail Middle School Releases Second Quarter Honor Roll
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Park Forest-Chicago Heights School District 163’s Forest Trail Middle School recently released its second quarter honor roll. Names of students receiving top honors appear below. Principal’s Award 6th grade Kayla Clark Visente Cruz Meridith Embry Jasmine Levy Jada Roberts Elysia Sawyers Darrion Talley Karynlyn Vazquez Mildred Zidel[Read More…]
SD 163’s Beacon Hill Primary Center Releases Second Quarter Honor Roll
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Park Forest-Chicago Heights School District 163’s Beacon Hill Primary Center recently released its second quarter honor roll. Names of students receiving top honors appear below. Principal’s Award Bethany Adney Autumn Bladen Adenike Cotton Harmoni Hawthorne Daniel Love-Jordan Nylah Moore Ra’shyia Santiago High Honors Isabel Acosta Kristina Adney[Read More…]
SD 163’s Blackhawk Intermediate Center Releases Second Quarter Honor Roll
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Park Forest-Chicago Heights School District 163’s Blackhawk Intermediate Center recently released its second quarter honor roll. Names of students receiving top honors appear below. Principal’s Award 3rd grade Tehearah Ferguson Casandra Hughes Amari Venerable 4th grade Eric Allen Breanna Carter Fontez McNeal Isabela Romano Coretta Simmons 5th[Read More…]
