Law to Reduce Violence by Allowing Law Enforcement to Prosecute Gang Leaders for Crimes They Order CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 11, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn today signed a tough new law to fight gang crime and reduce violence in Illinois. The new law empowers law enforcement with the ability to prosecute street gang[Read More…]
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Health Care Law Delivers Free Preventive Services to 665,852 People with Medicare in Illinois
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 11, 2012. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced that the Affordable Care Act helped 665,852 people in Illinois with original Medicare receive at least one preventive service at no cost to them during the first five months of 2012. This includes 45,719 who have[Read More…]
Health Care Law Delivers Free Preventive Services to Over 14 Million People with Medicare in 2012
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 11, 2012. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced that the Affordable Care Act helped 14.3 million people with in original Medicare get at least one preventive service at no cost to them during the first five months of 2012. This includes 1.1 million who[Read More…]
UnitedHealthcare Voluntarily Extends Important Health Reform Protections Regardless of Upcoming Rulings by Supreme Court
MINNETONKA, Minn.–(ENEWSPF)–June 11, 2012 – UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) company, will continue to offer important health care insurance protections that were included in the 2010 health care reform law, no matter how the U.S. Supreme Court rules in cases currently pending before the Court. UnitedHealthcare will continue provisions[Read More…]
Park Forest Library Hosting Summer-Long Student Art Exhibit
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 9, 2012. The Park Forest Public Library is hosting a summer-long art exhibit featuring the work from students in Park Forest and the surrounding communities. Mrs. Patricia Moore, an art instructor at the Tall Grass Art Association School of Art, curated students’ work from Illinois School in[Read More…]
Last Out and Celebratory Pile-on at Marian Catholic Baseball State Championship (Video)
Marian Spartans hold aloft their first-ever state trophy for baseball. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Below, the winning team surrounds their state trophy. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Joliet, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Watch winning pitcher Ben Santori attempt to flee the inevitable celebratory pile-on as the Marian Spartans clinch their first state title Saturday. Story: Spartans (25-17) Throttle[Read More…]
Movie Review: PROMETHEUS
The spaceship Prometheus. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Movie Reviews By Bernie Jablonski This is probably the quintessential example of my reaction to a shocking scene or event in a movie. I saw Alien in 1979. It’s still the only movie in that series I’ve seen. I was twenty-one years old, I believe,[Read More…]
Spartans (25-17) Throttle LaSalle-Peru To Capture IHSA 3A State Championship
Pat Schmidt takes a rip Saturday at Joliet in the state title game vs. LaSalle-Peru. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) JOLIET-(ENEWSPF)- Winning pitcher Ben Santori was backed an eight-run explosion in the third inning, as Marian Catholic broke a 1-1 tie and rolled to the IHSA 3A state championship with a 10-2 trouncing[Read More…]
Richton Park, IL Elementary School Community Walks 5,125 Miles to Honor Faculty Member’s Brother–A Soldier Who Went the ‘Extra Mile’
RICHTON PARK–(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2012— For one long month, mile after mile– 5,125 of them—470 fourth through sixth grade students trekked around and around the Sauk School campus. And so did all of their teachers. And so did all of their school secretaries and paraprofessionals. The entire Matteson District 162[Read More…]
Spartans (24-17) Top ESCC Rival Nazareth for Berth in IHSA 3A State Title Contest
Eric Hurley rounds third to score the first run in a state semi vs. Nazareth Friday. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) JOLIET-(ENEWSPF)- After splitting a pair of ESCC contests this year, Spartan senior pitcher Brett Lilek made the rubber game against Nazareth Academy look like a mismatch Friday, as the Seattle Mariner-draftee fanned[Read More…]
