Kimberly Steward is owner of Doghouse Press. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Local Business of the Week Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Kimberly Steward, a home-based Park Forest business owner, is a self-published author, facilitator, motivational speaker — and survivor. She is the sole proprietor of Doghouse Press, focusing on the prevention of child abuse[Read More…]

The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo:Wendy Heise) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other local[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A Chicago Heights man was arrested following an incident where he allegedly punched a woman and then struck her with a car, according police. Police were dispatched to a residence in the 100 block of Sauk Trail at 10:21 p.m. to investigate a report of a fight.[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— The Rich East Rockets (6-7, 2-0) got their second straight conference victory over Rich South on Saturday. Defeating the Stars 21-1, the Rockets showed domination throughout the game. Marcus Cruz pitched a complete game allowing one run on three hits. The offense was lead by Larry Mikrut[Read More…]

Updated 4-30-09 at 10:54 a.m. with information regarding Grand Opening events at Orchard Fresh Market. Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— If your club, church, organization or local business will be holding activities or events in our community during the upcoming week or if you would like to announce personal events such as[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Rich East High School varsity boys baseball team edged out Thornridge Friday to improve their record to 5-7-1. Defeating Thornridge 6-5, the Rockets managed seven hits to the four Thornridge put on the board. Gabe Adams, Sean Cameron, Marcus Cruz, and Sean Goggins contributed one run[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Rich East Girls Varsity Softball team fell to Illinois Hope Lutheran High School 10-9 in a Friday afternoon slugfest. Unfortunately, Illinois Lutheran had most of the hits. The Rockets record stands at 4-7-0. Box Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Illinois[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Rich East High School’s Girls Varsity Softball team pummeled Rich Central 13-0 Thursday. The Rockets had 9 hits. Rich Central managed only one hit. The Rockets improved their record to 4-6-0. Rich Central dropped to 2-4-0.

Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Marian Catholic High School is gearing up for the second session of its Job Search Workshop. The workshop, led by Marian Mothers Club parents Sharon Stillman and Karen Marvinac, will be held on Tuesday, April 28, at 3:30 in Marian’s Computer Lab. The first session was held[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Rich East boys won their opening baseball conference game against Rich South 5-3 Thursday. Steve Dees threw a complete game giving up two earned run to get the win. Sean Cameron topped East’s scoring with two runs and one RBI. Marcus Cruz, Larry Mikrut and Erik[Read More…]