Bruce Collins signed with Valparaiso University. (ALL PHOTOS SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Three Rich East Rockets athletes signed to recently play college sports. Bruce Collins signed to play football at Valparaiso University, Jamere Dismukes signed for basketball at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, and Shea Sumpter signed to play basketball at[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Lady Rockets basketball player and Rich East senior Sydney Streater has signed to be a student-athlete at John A. Logan College in Carterville, Illinois. Sharing in the moment with Sydney are her grandmother, Mary Douglas {bottom left) and her mother, Kathleen (bottom right). Also (top row, from[Read More…]

Story revised April 27 at 12:14 p.m. with additional information provided by Rich East High School Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Rich East Jazz Band and Drumline traveled to Nashville recently to participate in the 2009 Nashville Music Festival. Students and chaperones had an outstanding experience. The first stop was a[Read More…]

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, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A Chicago Heights man was arrested following an incident where he allegedly punched a woman and then struck her with a car, according police. Police were dispatched to a residence in the 100 block of Sauk Trail at 10:21 p.m. to investigate a report of a fight.[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— The Rich East Rockets (6-7, 2-0) got their second straight conference victory over Rich South on Saturday. Defeating the Stars 21-1, the Rockets showed domination throughout the game. Marcus Cruz pitched a complete game allowing one run on three hits. The offense was lead by Larry Mikrut[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Rich East High School varsity boys baseball team edged out Thornridge Friday to improve their record to 5-7-1. Defeating Thornridge 6-5, the Rockets managed seven hits to the four Thornridge put on the board. Gabe Adams, Sean Cameron, Marcus Cruz, and Sean Goggins contributed one run[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Rich East Girls Varsity Softball team fell to Illinois Hope Lutheran High School 10-9 in a Friday afternoon slugfest. Unfortunately, Illinois Lutheran had most of the hits. The Rockets record stands at 4-7-0. Box Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Illinois[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Rich East High School’s Girls Varsity Softball team pummeled Rich Central 13-0 Thursday. The Rockets had 9 hits. Rich Central managed only one hit. The Rockets improved their record to 4-6-0. Rich Central dropped to 2-4-0.

Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Marian Catholic High School is gearing up for the second session of its Job Search Workshop. The workshop, led by Marian Mothers Club parents Sharon Stillman and Karen Marvinac, will be held on Tuesday, April 28, at 3:30 in Marian’s Computer Lab. The first session was held[Read More…]