Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 24, 2014. Social Security Benefits will Increase by 1.7% in 2015 Monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for nearly 64 million Americans will increase 1.7% in 2015, the Social Security Administration announced on Wednesday. The Social Security Act ties the annual cost of living adjustment[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 24, 2014. Edgar’s Place Coffee House will proudly present Buddy Mondlock on Saturday, November 8 beginning at 8 p.m. Edgar’s Place is located in the Unitarian Universalist Community Church (UUCC), 70 Sycamore Drive, Park Forest. Buddy Mondlock has written songs recorded by Joan Baez, Peter, Paul and[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 23, 2014. The Village of Park Forest is working with neighboring communities to create an Illinois Enterprise Zone. The proposed zone would be called the Will-Cook Enterprise Zone and would include commercial and industrial properties within the municipalities of Matteson, Monee, Park Forest, Richton Park, and University[Read More…]

Peotone, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 23, 2014. The 2014 Household Hazardous Waste, Motor Oil & Electronics Collection event will take place at Peotone High School, 605 West North Street on Saturday, October 25 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Collection of nearly all types of electronics and household chemicals, hazardous materials and liquids[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 22, 2014. All Aboard! Experience the thrill of riding the last electric interurban railroad in the country while viewing the historic sites of its 100+ year corridor beyond the windows. Join local historian and author, Cynthia Ogorek, on Saturday, November 8, as she makes her book, Along[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 21, 2014. On Friday, November 7 at 7:30 p.m., Freedom Hall in Park Forest will welcome the critically acclaimed steel guitar legends The Slide Brothers to perform their unique blend of sacred steel, rock and blues.   Musicians Calvin Cooke, Chuck Campbell, Darick Campbell and Aubrey Ghent are[Read More…]

New York –(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2014.  Today Arizona Republican Attorney General Tom Horne announced that he will not appeal a ruling by U.S. District Court Judge John Sedwick, which held that Arizona’s law denying the freedom to marry to same-sex couples is unconstitutional. Arizona is now the 31st state where same-sex[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2014. Health Experts: Sequester and Other Budget Cuts Left us Vulnerable to Ebola Health experts are saying that the budget cuts, including sequestration, resulting from fiscal conservatives’ goal of cutting government at all costs, has greatly exacerbated the Ebola crisis in Africa and left the U.S. vulnerable.[Read More…]

CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. –(ENEWSPF)—October 17, 2014. Move For Hunger is teaming up with Prairie State College to host a Turn Down For What! concert food drive. The concert will involve the entire college community and offer incentive to people who donate. Collected items will benefit the people in the region[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 17, 2014. Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that the federal government will recognize same-sex marriages taking place in the states affected by the Supreme Court’s recent decision to decline to review rulings from three federal appeals courts that had struck down bans on same-sex marriage. The Attorney[Read More…]