Springfield, MO–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2012.  A citywide proposal that seeks to significantly reduce the penalties associated with the possession of marijuana will appear on the November electoral ballot. The Springfield City Clerk’s office on Friday affirmed that proponents of the municipal measure – Show-Me Cannabis Regulation and Springfield NORML – had[Read More…]

Local minister agrees to provide housing for Occupy Walk USA participant Danny Johnson, recharged with felonies after case was thrown out by judge in May. CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2012 – A Cook County Circuit Court judge agreed to release Occupy Walk USA participant and NATO protester Danny Johnson on $75,000 bond[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Police are seeking information regarding an armed robbery that occurred on Saturday, July 28, 2012, at a business in the 300 block of Main Street in Park Forest. Police were called to the business at 7:04 PM. Upon arrival, police saw a man waving for police to[Read More…]

The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) 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[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 3, 2012.  The Justice Department announced today that it reached an out-of-court agreement with the Escambia County School District in Alabama to end the use of race-based selection criteria for homecoming courts and other student activities in two of the district’s high schools. In response to the department’s[Read More…]

 WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 3, 2012.  Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman was resentenced today to serve 78 months in prison for his role in bribery, conspiracy, fraud and obstruction of justice charges involving former HealthSouth CEO Richard M. Scrushy, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division[Read More…]

The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) 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[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 30, 2012.  The Department of Justice and the Allentown, Pa., School District today filed a proposed consent decree addressing multiple complaints of sexual assault of students at Central Elementary School.  The comprehensive consent decree resolves allegations that six- and seven-year-old students were sexually assaulted by another student in[Read More…]

Chicago-(ENEWSPF)- A robbery occurred July 23 shortly before 3 p.m. at the Midland State Bank branch located at 1540 Route 59 in Joliet. The robber approached a teller and demanded cash. After getting an undisclosed amount, he fled on foot. There was no weapon involved in the robbery, and there[Read More…]

Chicago-(ENEWSPF)- Seven defendants, including two real estate investors and three licensed loan originators, were indicted July 24 for allegedly participating in a scheme to fraudulently obtain more than 20 residential mortgage loans totaling approximately $8.5 million from various lenders. The indictment alleges that the mortgages were obtained to finance the[Read More…]