Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 1, 2016. Come celebrate the early spring woods with music at the annual Woods Music concert on Friday, March 18, 7 p.m. at Thorn Creek Nature Center. The evening will feature music performed by Seth Whitson with vocals and guitar, Christopher Kondrath and Julian Pat Romane on[Read More…]
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Whole Foods Market Recalls Maytag Blue Cheese Because Of Possible Health Risk
AUSTIN, Texas –(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2016. Whole Foods Market in Austin, Texas is voluntarily recalling Maytag Raw Milk Blue Cheese nationally due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria monocytogenes is an organism, which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, Feb. 29, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 29, 2016 – 12:53 P.M. EST MR. EARNEST: Let’s go to the questions. Kevin, do you want to start? Q Josh, can you talk a little bit about the White House’s assessment of how the ceasefire is working in Syria? MR. EARNEST: Well, listen, we’ve obviously been closely[Read More…]
A Modern Spin on Greek Mythology at Governors State University’s Center for Performing Arts
University Park, IL –(ENEWSPF)—March 1, 2016. Young love ended much too soon. Letters used for communication instead of speaking. A father-daughter relationship restored despite “the rules of the Underworld.” Characters called Stones. What more could you ask for in a good Greek tragedy? Immerse yourself in another-worldly experience on April[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Calls on Veterans Affairs to Restore Benefits to Veterans Defrauded by For-profit Schools
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–February 29, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today called on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to immediately restore federal military educational benefits for student veterans who attended deceptive for-profit schools, including Corinthian Colleges Inc. which operated Everest College campuses in Illinois. Madigan joined with attorneys general in[Read More…]
Governors State University Students and Higher Education Coalition to Make Funding Push for Colleges and Universities in Chicago’s Southland at Rally on March 7
Groups Unite to Urge Lawmakers, Governor to Solve Months-Long Funding Stalemate University Park, IL –(ENEWSPF)—February 29, 2016. Governors State University (GSU) students and local members of the Illinois Coalition to Invest in Higher Education will hold a rally Monday, March 7 at 3:30 p.m., outside GSU’s main entrance to outline[Read More…]
Remaining Defendant Pleads Guilty to Forced Labor Scheme that Exploited Guatemalan Minors at Ohio Egg Farms
OHIO–(ENEWSPF)–February 29, 2016. Ana Angelica Pedro Juan, 22, of Guatemala, the remaining indicted defendant in a human-trafficking ring, pleaded guilty today in federal court to conspiring to lure Guatemalan minors and adults into the United States on false pretenses, then coercing their labor at egg farms in Ohio. The guilty[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at Medal of Honor Presentation to Senior Chief Edward Byers, Jr., U.S. Navy
President Barack Obama presents the Medal of Honor to Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Edward C. Byers Jr. during a White House ceremony, Feb. 29, 2016. Byers received the medal for actions while serving as part of a team that rescued an American civilian held hostage in Afghanistan in 2012.[Read More…]
Department of Defense Press Briefing by Secretary Carter and Gen. Dunford, Feb. 29, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 29, 2016 SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ASH CARTER: Listen, thank you. Can everybody hear me? Thanks for — for being here. The chairman and I really appreciate your being here, look forward to talking to you, both of us, this morning. I’ll start. I just had the solemn honor[Read More…]
Animal Rights Activist Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Vandalizing a Farm and Releasing 2,000 Mink from Their Cages
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–February 29, 2016. A California man was sentenced today to three years in federal prison for vandalizing a Grundy County fur farm and releasing more than 2,000 mink from their cages. After releasing the mink, KEVIN JOHNSON and an accomplice spray painted the barn with the words, “Liberation is[Read More…]
