News Analysis By Dahr Jamail T r u t h o u t US Army Specialist Victor Agosto served a 13-month deployment in Iraq with the 57th Expeditionary Signal Battalion. “What I did there, I know I contributed to death and human suffering,” Agosto told Truthout from Fort Hood, in[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Marian Catholic Prepares for 20th Endowment Golf Classic
(Photo Supplied) Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Marian Catholic Endowment Golf Classic committee makes final plans for the 20th annual event on Monday, Aug. 17 at Flossmoor and Idlewild Country Clubs. Committee members include (seated, L-R) Rick Thiernau, Mark Peifer ’81, Greg Underwood, Carlo Gozzi ’00, Sandy Sweeney and Gail Young.[Read More…]
Two Women Shot in Park Forest; Police Search for Alleged Offender
< source: chicagobreakingnews.com Updated July 18, 2009 at 10:01 p.m. Related: Park Forest Police Ask Shooting Suspect to Turn Self In Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Two women were shot during a reported home invasion Saturday in Park Forest. Police are seeking the alleged offender. According to a press release from the[Read More…]
Illinois FY10 State Budget: Bad News, Period
Commentary By State Rep. Greg Harris (D – 13th District) If you are hoping to find good news about our FY10 State Budget, you will not find it here. Illinois now joins the rest of the country in having approved a new budget for our new fiscal year, but there[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Reports for July 20, 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…]
Weekly Address: President Obama Says Health Care Reform Cannot Wait, July 18, 2009
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 18, 2009. Right now in Washington, our Senate and House of Representatives are both debating proposals for health insurance reform. Today, I want to speak with you about the stakes of this debate, for our people and for the future of our nation. This is an issue that[Read More…]
Remembering the Day I Met Walter Cronkite
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski "Youth is wasted on the young." – George Bernard Shaw That’s what Mr. O’Neill used to tell us in grade school. It was one of his favorite sayings. We’re told the quote originated with George Bernard Shaw, but, as far as I’m concerned, Mr. O’Neill said[Read More…]
Media Matters: Charting a Misleading Course on Health Care
News Analysis Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Nothing sends media conservatives off the deep end quite like the issue of health care reform. This week was certainly no exception. This Wednesday on his nationally syndicated radio show, Fox News’ Glenn Beck blew up on a caller who dared to challenge his unyielding, misleading[Read More…]
Departments of Education and HHS Highlight Agenda on Early Education and Support for Unprecedented Investment in Early Learning
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 17, 2009. Today, Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius highlighted the Obama Administration’s blueprint to improve and strengthen early learning programs, and announced their support for efforts in Congress to answer the President’s challenge to invest $10 billion in the Administration’s early[Read More…]
FBI: Two People Charged in Alleged United Nations Fraud Case
Buffalo, NY –(ENEWSPF)– Acting United States Attorney Kathleen M. Mehltretter announced today the unsealing of a 14-count Indictment charging Deborah Bowers, of Clarence, New York, and Steve Jabar, of Tonawanda, New York, with wire fraud, money laundering and making false statements in connection with a scheme to defraud the United[Read More…]
