Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Charles C. Haynes First Amendment Center Suddenly this summer, the reality of same-sex couples lining up to get married in California has led some religious leaders to rethink their government role. In a letter last month, Bishop Marc Handley Andrus of the Episcopal Diocese[Read More…]

Inter Press Service By Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail* BAGHDAD, Jul 23 (IPS) – Welcomed at first after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, most NGOs have run into scepticism and mistrust. Few remain to help. Hundreds of local and foreign NGOs became active in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in[Read More…]

Photo Gallery: Cold Blooded Creatures and Alan Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The entertainment continues this evening on Main Street in Park Forest with Kpani Addy & Kolomashi and Waterhouse. Kpani Addy is a third generation master drummer. He is accompanied by his American dance troupe. Waterhouse Experience[Read More…]

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–UCLA Anderson School of Management will join a select group of business schools around the nation to offer the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV), an innovative program designed to provide specialized entrepreneurship training for post-9/11 military personnel injured in the line of duty. The nine-day bootcamp,[Read More…]

Inter Press Service By Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail* FALLUJAH, Jul 21 (IPS) – U.S. and Iraqi forces are preparing another siege of Fallujah under the pretext of combating "terror", residents and officials say. Located 69 km west of Baghdad, the city that suffered two devastating U.S. attacks in 2004[Read More…]

The interior of the new ambulance. (Photo: Wendy Heise) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Fire Chief Rober Wilcox and members of the Park Forest Fire Department showcased the Village’s new fire engine and ambulance prior to the July 14 board meeting. The engine holds 400 gallons of water, enough to put out[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Police discovered drugs and cash when executing a search warrant on Lester Street one day last week just before dawn. Two men were arrested. On Thursday, July 17, 2008, at approximately 5:21 a.m., members of the South Suburban Emergency Response Team (SSERT) executed a search warrant at[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Police stopped a fight near the intersection of Wildwood and Westgate streets last week. Two men were found with knives and arrested, one telling police he was "willing to die fighting." Police were dispatched to the area of Wildwood and Westgate on Tuesday, July 15 in reference[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Police were dispatched to the 100 block of Peach St. on July 15 just before 10:30 a.m. to investigate a report of a 12-year-old child who had barricaded himself in a bathroom. He told dispatchers his 19-year-old cousin was allegedly threatening to shoot him with a gun.[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[Read More…]