Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The Department of Defense (DOD) released its second Annual Suicide Report (ASR) which showed that 498 service members died by suicide in the calendar year 2019. The Department said in a statement that it is committed to the health, safety, and well-being of Service members, veterans, and families[Read More…]
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Distribution of Mail Ballots for Suburban Cook Voters Begins Today
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Office of Cook County Clerk Karen A. Yarbrough will begin distributing a record number of mail ballots today to more than 400,000 suburban Cook County voters who have made a request to cast their vote by mail in the November 3 General Election. The Clerk’s Elections Unit[Read More…]
Prairie State College Graduate on Experience as NASA Intern
Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- If 2020 has taught us anything, it is that life is a chaotic system, where small differences cascade into a variation of outcomes. Recent Prairie State College (PSC) graduate, Emanuel “Manny” Gomez, who spent his summer as an intern at NASA, anecdotally agrees. You see, if Gomez[Read More…]
Drama Group Kicks Off 2020-2021 Season with Live-streamed Play The Voice of the Prairie
Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- While theatres across America remain dark due to CoVid-19, The Drama Group has been working hard to find a way to bring live streaming theatre back to its audience in the Southland. We are proud to kick off our 90th Anniversary season this month. Our new chapter[Read More…]
ICC Urges Utilities to Extend Moratorium on Disconnections through Winter 2021
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Concerned with steady coronavirus infection rates and the approaching cold weather, the Illinois Commerce Commission sent a letter to large state-regulated utilities requesting an extension of the moratorium on residential customer disconnections for non-payment until March 31, 2021. The letter, signed by all five Commissioners, notes that the[Read More…]
Sept. 21-28 Is Rail Safety Week in Illinois
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Governor JB Pritzker has declared September 21-27, 2020 as Illinois Rail Safety Week. This is the 7th year Illinois has set aside a week in September for a statewide awareness initiative to educate drivers and pedestrians about safety around railroad tracks and trains. In observation, and in place of in-person[Read More…]
COVID-19 Numbers Continue to Rise in Region
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The number of COVID-19 cases is still on the rise in the 30 towns eNews Park Forest regularly tracks, though the percent change in cases has dropped in most of these towns over the past two weeks. Orland Park crossed the 1,100 mark at 1,156 cases and[Read More…]
Thunderstorms to Rumble Into Park Forest Sunday, Pause Labor Day
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Sunday will see thunderstorms that will likely pause on Labor Day, only to return Monday night. There is an 80% chance of thunderstorms Sunday, mainly before noon, according to the National Weather Service. And while the wind could gust as high as 40 mph, the Village should[Read More…]
Op-Ed: Adolescent Drug Use Online Seminar – 10 Things Parents Can Do
By Danny RomeoSpecial Assistant to State Representative Robert Rita ENEWSPF- The following is an op-ed from State Representative Robert Rita’s Office on Adolescent Drug Use. There’s no way of sugarcoating this, 2020 has been nothing less than catastrophic. The beginning of the year started out positive, we were having extremely[Read More…]
Free Internet Service to School-age Housing Authority Residents across Suburban Cook County
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Housing Authority of Cook County (HACC) and Comcast announced a partnership to provide free in-home, high-speed Internet service to Housing Authority residents with school-age children through the Internet Essentials Partnership Program (IEPP). The service, which will be free of charge to qualifying HACC residents for the 2020-21 school year,[Read More…]
