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[Read More…]
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A Grand Opening for Tower Cleaners
Owner Janet Fiorenzo at the counter the day of Tower Cleaners’ Grand Opening. (Photo: Wendy Heise) Updated November 12, 2007, 11:45 a.m., with links to photographs from the event. Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Tower Cleaners recently celebrated the Grand Opening of its new location in Downtown Park Forest. The dry cleaning[Read More…]
Car Talk
Hello everyone. I just wanted to inform you that I will be featuring full fledged articles on automobiles in the near future. This weeks feature car will be the 2008 Ford Taurus, plus information on other new Ford models in the weeks to follow. Please feel free to comment on my submitted stories. Thanks for[Read More…]
Police Reports – November 5, 2007
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[Read More…]
Safe Halloween Draws Hundreds
Children and adults dance at the Halloween Party that followed Trick-or-Treating in Downtown Park Forest. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— According to Village officials, over 500 people turned out to the 21st Annual Safe Trick or Treat and Costume Contest in Downtown Park Forest on Wednesday, October 31st. Parents and[Read More…]
McCarthy’s Contract Sparks Fiery Debate
Trustee Jacqueline Agee, Board Chair Mark Fazzini, and President Paul J. McCarthy at last Tuesday’s contentiuos Board meeting. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Updated November 12, 2007 with one erratum Chicago Heights, IL—(ENEWSPF)— The decision by the Prairie State College (PSC) Board not to renew the contract of President Paul McCarthy sparked fireworks[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Joined Search For Missing Jogger
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Members of the Park Forest Police Department were called in to help with the search for Alma Mendez, from Chicago Heights, who went missing while jogging on Sunday, October 28. Her body found last Tuesday afternoon. Mendez had been jogging in the same Forest Preserve for the[Read More…]
Suspect Arrested in Phony Prescription Scheme
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— A woman was arrested in the Walgreens parking lot late Friday night after allegedly picking up a phony prescription for Vicodin. Police are seeking other suspects in connection with this case, which has allegedly targeted a number of pharmacies in Illinois and Indiana. On Friday, October 26,[Read More…]
Two Arrested in Alleged Home Invasion on Shawnee
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— A violent home invasion on Shawnee last week resulted in the apprehension and arrest of two suspects. One suspect was discovered by K-9 Brix allegedly hiding in bushes between two homes on Huron. Police were dispatched to the 300 block of Shawnee on October 27 at 11:19[Read More…]
Truck Window Shattered While Driver Inside
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— A resident reported that a window to his vehicle was punched and shattered last week. That’s happened before in Park Forest. The difference this time is the owner was inside the vehicle during the alleged offense. On October 27, around 11:00 p.m., a resident was returning home[Read More…]
