Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A bank teller may helped a resident avoid falling victim to a lottery scam last week. Officer Hoskins was dispatched to the Park Forest Police Department on February 4 to investigate a report of fraud. A resident reported receiving a letter allegedly sent by Publishers Clearing House[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…]

Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Nationally known jazz musicians such as trumpeter Orbert Davis and drummer Joel Spencer will perform at the Prairie State College (PSC) 21st Annual Jazz Festival. The concert, which has sold out for five consecutive years, will be held on Friday, February 20 at 7:30 p.m., in the[Read More…]

Students (left to right) Rida Hodges, Shantell Hicks, Brian Culley-Tatum, Mercedes Collopy and Taimane Walls were honored last week at Righ East High School. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– These Rich East Rockets’ seniors and “Best Friends Forever” are among 85 students honored last week at a special awards ceremony[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Stephan O’Neal, a student at Rich East High School, described by school officials as a standout athlete, signed a letter-of-intent last week to play football at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. With O’Neal at the signing in Park Forest are his parents, Charles and Felicia. (Photo Supplied)

Fire Chief Robert Wilcox Firefighter/Paramedic Joseph Gray with the Firefighter of the Year Award. (Photo: ENWESPF) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Firefighter/Paramedic Joseph Gray was honored as Park Forest Firefighter of the Year at an awards ceremony at last week’s Village Board meeting. Fire Chief Robert Wilcox and administrative members of the[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Committee for Non-Partisan Local Government in Park Forest met last week in Village Hall to finalize plans for the upcoming forums in advance of the April 7 election. There are three Village Trustee seats open and two six-year seats open on the Library Board, and one[Read More…]

(GRAPHIC SUPPLIED) Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Gangs are morphing, multiplying, and migrating—entrenching themselves not just in our inner cites but increasingly in our ever-sprawling suburbs and wide-open rural spaces. In some communities, they are responsible for as much as a staggering 80 percent of all crimes. They are selling drugs to your[Read More…]

by Jamison Foser If there’s one fact that should be made clear in every news report about the stimulus package working its way through Congress, it is this: Government spending is stimulative. That’s a basic principle of economics, and understanding it is essential to assessing any stimulus package. So it[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Media Matters for America previously identified numerous myths and falsehoods advanced by the media in their coverage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. As debate on the bill continues in Congress, other myths and falsehoods advanced by the media about the recovery package have risen to prominence.[Read More…]