CommentaryInside the First Amendment By Charles C. Haynes First Amendment Center senior scholar Unconstitutional Bible classes have been popping up in public schools all over America in recent years — and most of them go unchallenged. But that may be about to change. On March 5, a West Texas School[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Police Report – March 24, 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 local[Read More…]
Bullet Fired Through Window on Hickory
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— A bullet was fired through the bedroom window of a house in the 200 block of Hickory on March 16. Luckily, the resident was not home at the time. The resident reported returning home late Sunday evening on March 16 and discovering a hole in his bedroom[Read More…]
Winter Soldiers Sound Off
The Progressive April 2008 Issue Dahr Jamail Jason Moon suffers from persistent insomnia as he wrestles with memories of his time in Iraq. “While on our initial convoy into Iraq in early June 2003, we were given a direct order that if any children or civilians got in front of[Read More…]
Western Ave. Construction to Begin – EJ&E Tracks to Close
The EJ&E Railroad crossing on Western Ave., shown here in its most common condition, will be closed entirely for one week in April. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) will be widening and resurfacing Western Ave from Illinois Street to Steger Road beginning April 1.[Read More…]
Voluntary Recall of Heparin Solutions
Scientific Protein Laboratories LLC (SPL) manufactures Heparin Sodium USP active pharmaceutical ingredient that is used by B. Braun Medical Inc. to produce Heparin Sodium in 5% Dextrose and 0.9% Sodium Chloride injection solutions IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–B. Braun Medical Inc. was recently notified by its supplier, Scientific Protein Laboratories LLC (SPL)[Read More…]
Rep. Riley Announces 2008 Scholarship Applications Available
Rep. Al Riley, D-Olympia Fields, announced the immediate availability of General Assembly Scholarship applications. (PHOTO SUPPLIED ) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Applications for eight Illinois General Assembly Scholarships are now available for students residing in the 38th Legislative District of State Representative Al Riley. Applications should be returned to Representative Riley’s[Read More…]
Recall of Heparin
VALLEY FORGE, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–American Health Packaging (AHP), a subsidiary of AmerisourceBergen Corporation (NYSE:ABC), today announced a voluntary recall of 1,421 units (25 vials per unit) of 10000 USP units/ml heparin sodium injection 1ml vials as part of the broader February 29, 2008 recall of Heparin products made by Baxter Healthcare[Read More…]
State Reps. To Hold Budget Hearing Tuesday
To The Editor: Recently, the governor unveiled his budget proposal to the Illinois General Assembly and although many details are still missing, it is quite clear that this budget will impact our region of the state. In the face of a $750 million deficit for the current year and difficult[Read More…]
Celebrating Earth Day 2008
Cook County Commissioner Joan Murphy. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Cook County Commissioner Joan Patricia Murphy issued a statement encouraging families to live healthy, discover nature and celebrate Earth Day. "Earth Day is a special reminder to us, that we need to be concerned about our planet each and every[Read More…]
