Watch the official trailer for The Hate U Give below Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest Police took the unusual move last week of addressing police shootings with a demographic that otherwise might be on the cusp of trusting police the least. A group of eight grade students from the Michelle Obama[Read More…]
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Your Police Department Veterans: PFPD Video
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Park Forest Police Department paid video tribute Sunday to military veterans who currently serve the residents. The video includes one officer, Detective Alex Bregin, who currently serves in the US Army Reserves and has for the past 13 years. Our veterans with the Park Forest Police[Read More…]
Veterans Day Program Saturday at Freedom Hall
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Saturday the Village of Park Forest will honor veterans in a program that begins at noon in Freedom Hall. Beginning an hour before that, there will be a display of military vehicles on the lawn outside the iconic concert venue and theatre. Village Manager Tom Mick, a[Read More…]
Crete Public Library Honors Our Military this November
Crete, IL-(ENEWSPF)- This November, Crete Public Library will honor American servicemen and women in three unique ways: by featuring a display of hats worn by the military from the Revolutionary War to the present, by offering a program presented by a veteran who fell in love with his wife through the letters she sent him while he was stationed abroad, and[Read More…]
Food for Fines at Crete Library: Crete Township Food Pantry & Library Patrons both Win
Crete, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Crete Public Library will offer patrons a way to avoid paying fines for overdue items while supporting the Crete Township Food Pantry at the same time. The program, which began Thursday, November 1, involves the library deducting $1 from fines due for each non-expired item donated to[Read More…]
Racing Extinction This Week at the Park Forest Library
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Among many other things, learn about the early years of Park Forest during the Potpourri of Lectures series Thursday at 10:30 a.m. That’s for adults. For kids and teens? The week promises an almost endless list of activities. And on Thursday? Stop by for the movie Racing[Read More…]
Do Not Retain These Judges in 2018; Vote NO on Judge Tommy Brewer
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- This is a concise listing of Cook County judges who voters should not retain in the November 6, 2018 election. We provided a more extensive list that also listed all the bar associations that evaluate judges. This is simply a list of judges who should not be[Read More…]
Tomorrow’s Scientists Encounter Schoolyard Habitat at GSU
Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- An early fall chill is bristling in the air, but a warm smile comes over the face of six-year-old Izaiah Osborne when he sees a bird outside Family Development Center, part of the Schoolyard Habitat at Governor State University (GSU). “Hey, that’s a pollinator,’’ exclaims the boy, who with other[Read More…]
GSU Day of Humanities Commemorates WW I
Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Governor State University’s (GSU) Day of Humanities will explore poetic stanzas portraying the weight of war, the British reasoning for going to war, personal stories of PTSD—all on November 12, the Monday after Veterans Day, From 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., a series of events will commemorate the[Read More…]
PSC Speech Team Brings Home Accolades from Tournament
Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Prairie State College (PSC) students recently participated in a speech tournament at Moraine Valley Community College. The team placed seventh overall, and several team members brought home individual awards. Elijah Leake of Flossmoor placed fourth in Communication Analysis. Chelsea Boyde of Tinley Park placed fifth in Informative Speech.[Read More…]
