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…]
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PSC’s Annual Jazz Festival Features National Musicians
Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Nationally known jazz musicians such as trumpeter Orbert Davis and drummer Joel Spencer will perform at the Prairie State College (PSC) 21st Annual Jazz Festival. The concert, which has sold out for five consecutive years, will be held on Friday, February 20 at 7:30 p.m., in the[Read More…]
Rich East Honors 85 Students at Special Awards Ceremony
Students (left to right) Rida Hodges, Shantell Hicks, Brian Culley-Tatum, Mercedes Collopy and Taimane Walls were honored last week at Righ East High School. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– These Rich East Rockets’ seniors and “Best Friends Forever” are among 85 students honored last week at a special awards ceremony[Read More…]
Rich East’s Stephan O’Neal Signs on for Football at NIU
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Stephan O’Neal, a student at Rich East High School, described by school officials as a standout athlete, signed a letter-of-intent last week to play football at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. With O’Neal at the signing in Park Forest are his parents, Charles and Felicia. (Photo Supplied)
Joseph Gray Named Park Forest Firefighter of the Year
Fire Chief Robert Wilcox Firefighter/Paramedic Joseph Gray with the Firefighter of the Year Award. (Photo: ENWESPF) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Firefighter/Paramedic Joseph Gray was honored as Park Forest Firefighter of the Year at an awards ceremony at last week’s Village Board meeting. Fire Chief Robert Wilcox and administrative members of the[Read More…]
Celebrating 60 Years of Park Forest History
Barbara Moore addresses the gathering for the Park Forest 60th Anniversary Celebration. (Photo: Wendy Heise) Photo Gallery: Park Forest 60th Anniversary Celebration Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– More than 150 gathered at Freedom Hall to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of Park Forest on Sunday, February 1, at 12 p.m.—sixty years to the[Read More…]
New Rules for Candidates in Park Forest Non-Partisan Elections
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Committee for Non-Partisan Local Government in Park Forest met last week in Village Hall to finalize plans for the upcoming forums in advance of the April 7 election. There are three Village Trustee seats open and two six-year seats open on the Library Board, and one[Read More…]
FBI Wants You to Get Educated on the Gang Threat
(GRAPHIC SUPPLIED) Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Gangs are morphing, multiplying, and migrating—entrenching themselves not just in our inner cites but increasingly in our ever-sprawling suburbs and wide-open rural spaces. In some communities, they are responsible for as much as a staggering 80 percent of all crimes. They are selling drugs to your[Read More…]
Mother of California Octuplets – What’s Your Opinion?
Commentary By Rosemary Piser Associate Editor, eNews Park Forest Nadya Suleman, the Southern California woman who recently gave birth to octuplets, provided her reasons for having a large family during Ann Curry’s exclusive interview on Friday’s Today show. According to Ms. Suleman, while growing up as an only child she[Read More…]
Media Matters: Fundamentally Flawed Stimulus Coverage
by Jamison Foser If there’s one fact that should be made clear in every news report about the stimulus package working its way through Congress, it is this: Government spending is stimulative. That’s a basic principle of economics, and understanding it is essential to assessing any stimulus package. So it[Read More…]
