EDMOND, Okla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Two Virginia Tech students, on campus during the horrific shootings that killed 32 people earlier this year, will share their experience with university presidents, school administrators and law enforcement at the 2007 National Campus Security Summit, to be held May 30 on the University of Central Oklahoma campus[Read More…]

Sterk's in Park Forest announced the store closing late last week. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Sales Advertising Almost Everything at 30-50% Off  Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Sterk's Super Foods formally announced the closing of their Park Forest store last week with signs in the window advertising, "30-50% Off," and "Store Closing Sale." The[Read More…]

Fix Our Ailing School Funding Tax System  As we all know, the way Illinois funds our public schools ensures that some children are "winners" and some are "losers," all based on where the child happens to live.  Our Illinois school funding system is overly reliant on local property taxes, with[Read More…]

Trustee Brandon, Mayor Ostenburg, Trustees O'Neill and Kopycinski after Swearing-In Ceremonies Monday night. (Photo: Ross Brazzale) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Mayor John Ostenburg was sworn in for his third term at the Village Board Meeting on May 14. Incumbents Mae Brandon and Georgia O'Neill were sworn in as trustees, as was[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Before adjourning sine die and reorganizing, the Village Board concluded old business by dropping its appeal to the Illinois Property Tax Appeals Board (PTAB) for the Ash Street Cooperative. According to the memo prepared by Village Manager Tom Mick for the meeting, for more than a year,[Read More…]

Members of the District 163 School Board take the oath of office. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— School Board 163 held a special session on Monday, May 14 to swear in new board members. Virginia Ford, Cheryl Franklin and Walter Mosby each won 4 year terms. Melvin Pumphrey and Paul[Read More…]

Photo: Morguefile.com 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 media. An arrest does[Read More…]

By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director Streetside news racks — those ubiquitous metal or plastic boxes that dispense newspapers and informational publications of all types — may seem an anachronism in the high-tech Internet era. But in fact they remain a significant method of distributing news and[Read More…]

Network begins "I'm an Air American!" campaign with Paul Newman ad. AAR Hosts interview 30+ Headliners for Official ReLaunch on May 21-22, including: Clinton, Edwards, Obama, Richardson — as well as Steinem, Sorensen, Newman, Nader, Stephanopoulos, Spitzer, Bloomberg, Waxman. Nancy Scola hired as chief blogger. NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)– May 17, 2007– Air America Radio[Read More…]