Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)–May 24, 2016. Jonathan Smith was the former Chief of the Special Litigation Section of the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice who was responsible for conducting pattern and practice investigations and to bring litigation to address patterns and practices of the violation of the United States Constitution and federal[Read More…]
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Marian Catholic Graduates 280 At 55th Commencement Exercises
Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Marian Catholic High School held its 55th Commencement Exercises at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Tinley Park. Two hundred and eighty students joined the ranks of the alumni on Monday, May 23. The class of 2016 has earned nearly $20 million in scholarships. The class Valedictorian[Read More…]
Report: Two FBI Agents Shot; Man Found Dead Inside Home On Rich Court
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- According a report in the Chicago Sun-Times, “Two FBI agents were shot and a man they were seeking was found dead in a Park Forest home, authorities said.” The incident happened in Rich Court, north and to the west of Rich East High School. According to the[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Department’s Summer Youth Program Registering Now, Starts June 13
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2016. The Park Forest Police Department’s summer youth program is registering now. The Park Forest Police Department’s Police Athletic Activities Center (P.A.A.C.) is an athletic-based summer youth program for ages 10 to 15, being held this year June 13 to July 21, from 5:30 p.m. to[Read More…]
Super Hero Fun Run & Walk to Benefit Officer Tim Jones to be Held on Saturday, May 28
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2016. Break out your super hero costumes and take part in a run/walk event on Saturday, May 28, inspired by and benefiting Park Forest’s own super hero, Officer Tim Jones. The race begins at 8 a.m. at Park Forest’s Village Hall. The run is a non-timed,[Read More…]
Rep. Gutiérrez Calls On DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson to Grant Temporary Protected Status To Ecuadorians
“I am asking the Secretary to take action as quickly as possible to lift the uncertainty facing Ecuadorians in the U.S.” A makeshift camp in Pedernales, Ecuador on April 26, 2016. Photo by Enes Duran/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Chicago – (ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2016. On Monday, Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) called on[Read More…]
Welding Open Houses Coming to South Suburban College
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2016. South Suburban College (SSC) is hosting Open Houses for their Welding Lab on Tuesday, June 7 from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., and Thursday, June 9 from 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., both in Room L-275 on their Main Campus in South Holland. The[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Helps Break Ground For Albany Park Stormwater Diversion Tunnel
Tunnel Will Have Capacity to Divert 2,300 Cubic Feet of Water Per Second, Preventing Types of Floods that Devastated Neighborhood Twice in Recent Years CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel was joined today by Senator Dick Durbin, Alderman Margaret Laurino (39th Ward) and other partners in breaking ground for the[Read More…]
Calls to Raise the Social Security Retirement Age Are Out of Touch
Shonna Bennett volunteers at a branch of the Citrus County Library in Beverly Hills, Florida, on September 10, 2014. Source: AP/John Raoux Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2016. As the debate around Social Security continues on Capitol Hill and evidence of the widening gap in life expectancy between the richest[Read More…]
School Funding Reform: Education Funding Press Conference
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Members of the Downstate Caucus of the Illinois Senate hold a press conference to discuss the merits of changing the current education funding formula.
