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 locating a suspected member of the Latin Kings street gang who is wanted for the June 2007 murder of a 14-year-old Chicago youth in an[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Park Forest Police Reports for August 31, 2009
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 local[Read More…]
Park Forest Youth Moved to Help Bring Clean Water to People in Developing Countries
Sam Girmai-Jones holds a LifeStraw. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– When Sam Girmai-Jones was in church one Sunday in March, the priest talked about the church’s ministry to Africa where wells were being built to provide clean drinking water to the residents. Nine-year-old Sam was surprised to learn that many[Read More…]
Frozen Culinary Circle™ Fettuccini Alfredo with Chicken Recalled Due to Possible Listeria Contamination
MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SUPERVALU INC.® (NYSE:SVU) is voluntarily recalling frozen Culinary Circle™ Fettuccini Alfredo with Chicken products because they may have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The products are found in the frozen foods section in a 38 oz. package and were sold at SUPERVALU-owned stores including Acme®, Albertsons®,[Read More…]
For Labor, After Health Care Reform Next Goal Is Passing EFCA
Commentary By John A. Ostenburg Organized labor in America has two major goals during the coming year: (1) to see health care reform enacted by the Congress of the United States, and (2) to see the same body pass the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). Anyone in the nation who is[Read More…]
Not All TIFs Are Bad — Just the Ones that Aren’t Real TIFs Are Bad!
Commentary By John A. Ostenburg Even lots of informed citizens, when they hear about TIF districts, have a negative reaction. TIFs have a bad reputation and it’s not totally undeserved. First of all, let’s define what constitutes a TIF district. The acronym stands for tax increment financing. A TIF district[Read More…]
Voluntary Prodcut Recall: Chef Pierre® Gourmet Lemon Meringue Pie, Day Code 9159 Only
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2009. Chef Pierre® is voluntarily recalling a partial production run of the following foodservice product as a precautionary measure as the product may contain milk, an undeclared allergen, posing a potential serious and life-threatening health risk to milk-allergic individuals. This recall affects 4,380 cases of Chef Pierre[Read More…]
Faces of Homelessness: Meet Drew
Drew from InvisiblePeople.tv on Vimeo. Commentary Can anything prepare us for Drew’s story? Drew lost his job, then he lost his wife and daughter to a drunk driver. He is an educated man, but today he lives on leftover food he finds in dumpsters. There’s nothing I can add to[Read More…]
The Media’s Health Care Filibuster
Commentary By Jamison Foser All year, the media have told us that passage of health care reform requires not just the 51 Senate votes that would constitute a majority, but the 60 votes required to invoke cloture and shut off debate. It’s such a common refrain, the media often employ[Read More…]
Storming Camelot: Sen. Kennedy’s Death Brings Out Worst from the Right
Commentary By Karl Frisch Following Wednesday’s early-morning news that Sen. Edward M. Kennedy had lost his battle with brain cancer, Media Matters posted the following statement from president Eric Burns at 3:51 a.m. ET on the County Fair blog: “Ted Kennedy was a true American statesman. The values that he[Read More…]
