Ben Faught of Monee prepares to enjoy a Slurpee Sunday. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Families and friends near and far filled Park Forest’s 7-Eleven on 7-11 as the store celebrated Slurpee Mania, an all-day event featuring raffle prizes, free snacks, and that luscious, smooth, tingling, virtually intoxicating thirst quencher[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—July 10, 2010. Carlos Santana and Steve Winwood, each named by Rolling Stone magazine as being one of the ‘100 Greatest Guitarists of All Times’ performed Friday night at Tinley Park’s First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre to a capacity crowd and left no doubt as to why each has[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—July 9, 2010. The Center for American Progress, in conjunction with A Woman’s Nation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and TIME magazine, conducted a landmark study in the summer of 2009 into public attitudes about women, society, and the workplace. Women are approaching the historic milestone of constituting half of the[Read More…]

BOSTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2010.  In two related cases, a federal district court in Massachusetts has ruled that critical portions of the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) violate the federal Constitution. In striking down the section of the statute that bars federal legal protections to legally married same-sex couples, Judge Joseph[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)-June 30, 2010. Eric Clapton and Roger Daltrey hit Summerfest’s Main stage Monday on a cool Milwaukee evening. The mix of blues and rock warmed the capacity crowd consisting of a mix of young and old alike. Fresh from the Crossroad Festival, Clapton’s set included only 3 songs[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— The Park Forest Commission on Human Relations is accepting nominations for the Good Egg Award. The Good Egg Award recognizes leadership and community service that has had a significant impact on fostering inter-group relations and equal opportunity in the South Suburbs. The award honors youth and adults,[Read More…]

Fabulously Focused is coming to Tall Grass.(PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– “Fabulously Focused”, an exhibit of current works of Tall Grass Gallery Artists, will open on Friday, July 9, with a reception from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Eleven new artists have successfully completed the jurying process and were invited[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2010.  Thank you all very much. (Applause.) Thank you. Gee, let’s do this every week. (Laughter.) It’s great after a hard week to tell you how delighted I am to join with all of you from the State Department and USAID and indeed from departments across our[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2010.  Today, the White House announced the appointment of 13 outstanding men and women to serve as White House Fellows.  The White House Fellows come from diverse backgrounds, varied professions and all of the 2010-2011 Fellows have shown a strong commitment to public service and leadership.  The[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 21, 2010.  Gay and transgender homeless youth make up an estimated 20 percent of all homeless youth in the United States, according to a new report from the Center for American Progress. Tomorrow, the Obama administration will release their strategy to prevent and end homelessness. CAP’s new report,[Read More…]