Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Registration for fall 2012 courses continues at Prairie State College (PSC). Credit courses begin Monday, Aug. 20. Non-credit courses include a variety of single-day and multiple-session offerings that begin throughout the fall. Both credit and non-credit courses are listed in the fall class schedule, available on the[Read More…]
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Midwest Midsummer Drought Update: More Heat to Come
Source: AccuWeather.com State College, PA-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather.com predicts heat will re-intensify over Kansas City, Omaha and Des Moines, while higher humidity leads to some downpours from Memphis to Louisville and Cincinnati into mid-August. Areas from Minneapolis to Chicago, Detroit and Indianapolis will be near the edge of the extreme heat and drought[Read More…]
Governors State University Hosts Undergraduate Instant Admission Day
University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Prospective undergraduate students, with the proper transcripts, can be admitted on the spot to Governors State University at Instant Admission Day on Saturday, July 28. GSU will host the free open house event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for students interested in transferring into one of[Read More…]
Summer Meeting Set for League of Women Voters of the Park Forest Area
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The League of Women Voters of the Park Forest Area will host their annual Summer Breakfast on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at 9:00 AM at the home of Myrtle Martin, 225 Berry Street in Park Forest. The group will review its local study and position on the subject of Holding Dual[Read More…]
Two Dead Following Fire at Ash Street Cooperative (Videos/Story)
Marge from Ash Street reacts to the fire on Ash Street earlier Tuesday afternoon. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Updated 7:30 p.m., July 10, 2012 More pictures from the deadly inferno here on Facebook. Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest officials confirm the deaths of a 59-year-old male and a 78-year-old female following[Read More…]
Federal Transportation Bill Creates Jobs While Investing in Illinois Mass Transit, Highways, Durbin Says
Projects Moving Forward This Construction Season As a Result of Legislation CHICAGO, IL–(ENEWSPF)–July 9, 2012. Approximately 68,000 Illinois jobs will be created or saved and the state’s highway and mass transit systems will be improved as a result of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act signed[Read More…]
HHS Announces 89 New Accountable Care Organizations
2.4 million people with Medicare to receive better, more coordinated care Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 9, 2012. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today, that as of July 1, 89 new Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) began serving 1.2 million people with Medicare in 40 states and Washington, D.C. ACOs[Read More…]
Manufacturing Partnership Builds Southland’s Workforce
EAST HAZEL CREST, IL–(ENEWSPF)–July 9, 2012—It could be a match made in heaven: pairing up to 131 people needing good paying jobs with manufacturers who can’t find enough skilled workers to punch-in. That’s what the Calumet Green Manufacturing Partnership (CGMP) aims to do in its Manufacturing Skills Job Training Program[Read More…]
Focus on Chess While the Music Sails
(Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Gene Finley and Ruful Martin focus on a game of chess during festivities in the Village Green on July 4, 2012. As the two men played, intently focused, a band played for the crowds gathered.
In and Around Park Forest Week of July 9, 2012
The raised beds at the community garden by the fire station grow strong. (ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—July 9, 2012. ‘In and Around Park Forest’ will not be published the week of July 16 as I will be taking a much needed vacation. The column will resume on July 23. If[Read More…]
