CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2014. Roosevelt University has its largest freshman class and a record number of full-time students this fall. The freshman class totals 600 students, up nearly 40 percent over last year. Roosevelt’s previous record for new full-time freshmen was 574, also set in the fall of 2009. Academic quality[Read More…]
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New Exhibition of Photographs at South Suburban College
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL–(ENEWSPF)—October 31, 2014. The Art & Design Department of South Suburban College (SSC) is pleased to announce a new exhibition on display in the Photo Four Gallery on the college’s Main Campus in South Holland. The exhibition, entitled LIGHTFALL, is a series of photographs by Kevin Nance. LIGHTFALL[Read More…]
Boil Order Lifted in Park Forest
Park Forest Public Works crew members work Wednesday afternoon on the water main break on Park St. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The following statement appeared on the Village of Park Forest’s Web site at 12:20 p.m. lifting the boil order imposed yesterday: “The precautionary boil order is now[Read More…]
Alliance for Retired Americans Friday Alert, Oct. 31, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2014. Don’t Forget: Tuesday is Election Day! Tuesday, November 4 is Election Day, and seniors in every state will be affected by the results. If right-wing extremists take over both houses of Congress, then Social Security and Medicare will be direct targets of the majority in both[Read More…]
U.S. Attorney’s Office to Conduct Election Day Monitoring on Nov. 4
Election Day Hotline: (312) 469-6157 CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2014. The U.S. Attorney’s Office will monitor the general election in Chicago and surrounding suburbs on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014, Zachary T. Fardon, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, announced today. As part of the monitoring effort, the office will[Read More…]
Governor Quinn and Mayor Emanuel Thank New Safe Passage Workers
Nearly 700 Additional Workers Hired This Year to Serve 133 Schools, 69,000 Students Across the City CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel joined Chicago Public Schools (CPS) officials to welcome hundreds of newly-hired workers to the Safe Passage program at a rally today. The[Read More…]
South Suburban College Volleyball Team to Host Regionals Monday, November 3
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL–(ENEWSPF)—October 31, 2014. The South Suburban College Women’s Volleyball Team will host their National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region IV playoff matchup on Monday, November 3rd at 6:00 p.m. The #3-seeded Lady Bulldogs will play host #6 Morton College in South Holland. The winner will travel to[Read More…]
Bruce Rauner’s Shady Nursing Home Empire Stretched to Chicago Suburbs
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 31, 2014. The corporation founded by Bruce Rauner’s private equity firm to buy up and profit from nursing homes nationwide ran three such homes in the Chicago area—two in south suburban Burbank and one in Barrington, state and company records show. The Chicago-area homes—Exceptional Health Care and Brentwood Sub-Acute[Read More…]
Urban Streams Expert to Talk at Sierra Club Meeting on November 10
Matteson, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 30, 2014. The Sauk-Calumet Group of the Illinois Sierra Club will hold its monthly meeting on Monday, November 10, at 7:15 p.m. at the Frankfort Community Center, 140 Oak Street. PLEASE BE ADVISED: for the remainder of 2014 the meetings will NOT be held at the Frankfort Public[Read More…]
Pre-election Day Voting in Suburban Cook Surpasses 2010 with Four Days To Go
Orland Township has been the busiest early voting site in suburban Cook County. (Bryan Docter/Cook County Clerk’s Office) More than 115,000 voters have voted early, by mail or during grace period registration Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- With four days left in early voting, suburban Cook County already has greater participation in early[Read More…]
