The Village of Park Forest has begun making video of past board meetings available online. (Photo: VOPF) Video Archive of Meetings Also Available Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Monday meetings of the Village Board in Park Forest are now streaming live online. Every first, second, and fourth Monday of the month, you[Read More…]

Guest Commentary By Algernon H. Penn, Chairman Friends of ALNAC Judy Ogalla, Vice President of STAND had a very terse response in her op ed response to me last week. Too bad it was absent of little facts. Ms. Ogalla stated, “Mayor Craig Johnson and Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr.have stated[Read More…]

Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Representative Al Riley (left) meets Prairie State College students Alicia Bell (Calumet City) and Atinuke Isola (Country Club Hills) and staff member Alanda Gray (Matteson). College students and staff gathered to greet Representative Riley along with Senator Edward Maloney, Representatives David Miller and Anthony DeLuca, and Reba[Read More…]

Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Marian Catholic High School will present the fabled Broadway musical Grease May 1-3 in the school’s Croarkin Theatre. This musical, which began life as a play with incidental music at the old Kingston Mines Theater in Chicago ’s Lincoln Park , has certainly left its impact on[Read More…]

Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director Thomas Jefferson’s 266th birthday came and went on April 13 without much notice by Americans. At Monticello, Mr. Jefferson’s historic home near Charlottesville, Va., the U.S. Army’s Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps provided music, and[Read More…]

Orchard Fresh Market will celebrate its Grand Opening May 1 with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 3:00 p.m. (Photo: Wendy Heise) Updated 4-20-09 at 2:03 p.m., with new information from GSU re: Mid East Panel Discussions. Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— If your club, organization or local business will be holding activities[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— The Park Forest Fire Department reminds all residents that all homes should be equipped with at least one all-purpose dry chemical fire extinguisher. This kind of fire extinguisher is often labeled as an ABC Extinguisher which can be used to extinguish class A (ordinary combustibles like wood,[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…]

Prairie State College’s National Champion Forensics Team: (from left to right) Jimmie Johnson, Coach Dave Naze, Thaddaeus Carr, and Terrance Clanton. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– We are the champions. The Prairie State College (PSC) Forensics Team can proudly sing the Queen classic. The team was recently crowned National Forensics[Read More…]

From left to right: Bruce Peerson, Michelle Cox, and Charlie Rohrer. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– When an ice storm hit the Chicago area on December 18, Bruce Peerson, of Crete, knew an opportunity when he saw one. The Prairie State College (PSC) student grabbed his camera and took photos[Read More…]