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…]

Update March 16, 2009: Video added, 11:35 a.m. Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Park Forest Police and the South Suburban Emergency Response Team (SSERT) responded to a report of an armed home invasion on Sunday, March 15. According to a press release from the Park Forest Police Department, at approximately 8:15 a.m.[Read More…]

President Barack Obama Announces Key FDA Appointments and Tougher Food Safety Measures Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– In his weekly address, President Barack Obama announced the appointments of Dr. Margaret Hamburg as Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, and Dr. Joshua Sharfstein as the Principal Deputy Commissioner, as well as the creation[Read More…]

Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The individual depicted in the surveillance photograph at the left is wanted for the March 6th armed robbery of the First Bank branch, located at 5310 West Cermak Road in Chicago. He is described as a White or Hispanic/male, 40-50 years of age, 230 pounds. Source: CHICAGO.FBI.GOV

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The Department of Justice today announced that $100 million is available for crime victim programs as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. This funding will be administered by the department’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) through its Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), which[Read More…]

University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Civic and Community Engagement lecture series at Governors State University sponsored by the University Honors Program and the College of Arts and Sciences’ Political and Justice Studies Program continues with a presentation by Sister Catherine Ryan. Sister Catherine Ryan is currently the Executive Director of Maryville[Read More…]

Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Prairie State College (PSC) student Jaime Woods, of Flossmoor, pins a microphone on Archbishop Desmond Tutu during a taping of the Kennedy King College and WYCC-TV program “Inside Justice.” Chris Ussery, PSC professor of music production, directed the audio for the program while PSC’s music production students[Read More…]

Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Marian Catholic High School recently honored its Students of the Month for February. Following is a listing by department: Leadership Emmaus:Danielle Edgeworth, Shannnon Nash, Kalila Harris. Advancement:Kaitlyn Hawthorn. Attendance:Amber Taylor. Business:Moe Giglio. Campus Ministry: Kaila Turner, Ashley Orendorff. Child Development:Chinnna Newsroom. English: Nicole Fedinets, Alexis Jones, Colleen[Read More…]

New York, NY –(ENEWSPF)– LEV L. DASSIN, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, JOSEPH M. DEMAREST, JR., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and ALAN D. LEBOWITZ, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the United[Read More…]

Special Agent in Charge Andrew G. Arena, Detroit Division, issued the following statement on March 9: Detroit, MI–(ENEWSPF)– Special Agent Paul M. Sorce, assigned to the FBI’s Detroit Field Office, was involved in a serious automobile accident while carrying out his duties today. He was taken to St. John’s Hospital[Read More…]