Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Charles C. Haynes First Amendment Center senior scholar Assigned to draw a landscape, a senior at Tomah High School in Madison, Wis., drew a path surrounded by mountains and clouds leading to a cross. At the top of the picture, he put the words[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Durbin Visits SouthCom
Senator Dick Durbin tours SouthCom Dispatch in Matteson. (Photo: VOPF) Senator meets with local officials and tours dispatch center Matteson, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Village Officials met with United States Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) Saturday, March 29th at SouthCom Emergency Dispatch Center in Matteson. The meeting was a follow up to an earlier[Read More…]
Village Raises Funds for Connie Woolfolk Memorial Fund
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Staff members of the Village of Park Forest recently raised money to be donated to the family of Connie Woolfolk, one of five women slain in the February 2nd shooting at a local Lane Bryant department store. Woolfolk was an employee of the Village for seven years before launching Mortgages,[Read More…]
Woman Faces False Prescription Charges
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Police arrested a woman who allegedly gave a false prescription to a pharmacist. Officers responded to a call from employees at Walgreens, 15 S. Orchard, on Friday, April 4 advising them at a customer had allegedly dropped off a false prescription for Hydrocodone, a narcotic drug related[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Report – April 14, 2008
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…]
Iraq: From One Dictator to the Next
Inter Press Service Analysis by Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail* BAGHDAD, Apr 12 (IPS) – Many Iraqis have come to believe that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is just as much a dictator as Saddam Hussein was. "Al-Maliki is a dictator who must be removed by all means," 35-year-old Abdul-Riza[Read More…]
Baquba: A little too tense to be truce
Inter Press Service By Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail* BAQUBA, Apr 8 (IPS) – As violence continues in Baghdad and southern Iraq, it seems quiet on the surface in Baquba, the volatile city 40km north of Baghdad. But few believe truce between the U.S.-backed Awakening Groups and the government security[Read More…]
Shia battles spread to Baquba
Inter Press Service By Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail* BAQUBA, Apr 7 (IPS) – Battles between rival Shia groups have spread from Basra in the south to Baquba in the north. Clashes between the Mehdi Army of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and the Badr Organisation militia of the Supreme Islamic[Read More…]
Marian Catholic Athletes Make Spring College Commitments
Twelve Marian Catholic High School student-athletes signed letters of intent on Wednesday, including (seated, L-R) football players Mike Berens, Julian Williams and Brandon Sherman, Molly Rockrohr. STANDING: Meg Gilley, Ben Nichele, Kara Walsh, Kevin Edwards and Mark Scott, Katie Stillman, Jackie Mitrovich and Melanie Hall. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)–[Read More…]
BBB Warning on Home Improvement Scams
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– With the spring season finally here, the Better Business Bureau of Chicago is warning homeowners to be on the lookout for home-improvement scams. This is the time of year when less-than-reputable or unqualified contractors offer promising services at extremely low prices. They usually show up at your door[Read More…]
