Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced the arrest of two west suburban men, who are alleged to have operated a Ponzi scheme which defrauded over 100 investors out of more than $4 million. CHRISTOPHER R. ANDERSEN, age[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Marian Catholic Forensics Team Report from Downers Grove Tournament
(PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Marian Catholic Forensics Team recently participated in the Downers Grove South Varsity Invitational Tournament, the largest high school forensics tournament in the state of Illinois. Marian Catholic finished 8th out of 70 teams, advancing 11 into the finals. Top finishers were Joe Wlos (Crete)[Read More…]
eNews Park Forest Exceeds 70,000 Visit Mark Two Consecutive Months
As of yesterday morning, eNews Park Forest exceeded 70,000 visits two months in a row! And it looks like the next glass ceiling, 80,000 visitors, is within reach in our last few days of January 2010. I want to thank all of our readers and reporters, and especially Rosemary Piser,[Read More…]
Police and South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force Seek Missing Park Forest Woman
Dana Hayes Update January 29, 2010, 2:17 p.m.: Police Locate Vehicle of Missing Park Forest Woman Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Park Forest Police Department is attempting to learn the whereabouts of Dana Hayes, who has been missing from her Park Forest home since Monday, January 25, 2010, police said Thursday[Read More…]
Anti-Trafficking Efforts in Haiti
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2010. The Department of State is actively involved in addressing the potential for trafficking in persons, particularly children, in post-earthquake Haiti. The disaster in Haiti has displaced many people and separated numerous children from their families, posing great risk and higher vulnerability to human trafficking. The Department[Read More…]
Haiti: Doctors Without Borders Reports Immediate and Long-Term Health Needs
HAITI—(ENEWSPF)—January 28, 2010. Brigg Reilley is an epidemiologist with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Haiti. He’s gathering information on the medical needs and issues MSF teams are seeing. The data helps create a bigger picture of what people’s healthcare needs are now and how they may evolve. This[Read More…]
President Obama Reaffirms Desire to End ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–Jan. 28, 2010 – President Barack Obama announced during his State of the Union address last night that he intends to work with Congress and the military during the year ahead to repeal the so-called “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law. Obama said he will aim “to finally repeal the law[Read More…]
American Red Cross Delivers Critical Supplies to Haiti
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2010 — In an operation that has involved more emergency response teams than any other single-country disaster in global Red Cross history, the American Red Cross has so far spent or committed more than $67 million to meet the most urgent needs of earthquake survivors in Haiti. The[Read More…]
U.S. Team Assesses Haiti’s Communications Needs
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2010. A U.S. team is on-the-ground in Haiti evaluating the status of the country’s communications infrastructure and services following the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12th. The team was deployed in response to a request from Director General Montàigne Marcelin of Conseil National des Télécommunications[Read More…]
UN Secretary-General Praises ‘Extraordinary Courage and Dedication’ of Staff, in Message to Memorial Service for Haiti Mission’s Earthquake Dead
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—28 January 2010. The following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the memorial service for staff of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), delivered by Edmond Mulet, Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General, in Port-au-Prince today, 28 January: Dear colleagues, friends, I know there is little[Read More…]
