Village offers support to those in the apartment complex. Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Park Forest Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred on Sunday, October 20, 2019, at approximately 9:20 p.m. within an apartment building on the 100 block of East Sycamore Drive. Police issued a statement on this[Read More…]
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Park Forest Police Blotter Reports Through August 28, 2019
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- These police reports include arrests through August 28, 2019. Charges for those arrested include violations of orders of protection and domestic battery. Providing more details than readers will find in any other police beat reports, we invite readers to subscribe to get the whole story, every day. eNews Park Forest has always published[Read More…]
What Hope Now That Rich East Is to Close?
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The reactions were swift and biting to the news that the School District 227 Board of Education voted 4-3 to close Rich East High School late Tuesday night. The sudden, quick vote after hours of presentations took many in attendance by surprise, amounting to a late-night last-minute[Read More…]
Washington Mourns the Passing of Elijah Cummings
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Congressman Elijah Cummings, 68, Democrat from Maryland’s 7th Congressional District, died about 2:45 a.m. Thursday “due to complications from longstanding health problems.” His death was mourned by many in the nation’s capital. Congresswoman Robin Kelly said on social media, “So very sad to wake up to the news of[Read More…]
Call for Auditions: Mary Page Marlowe at The Drama Group
Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Drama Group Studio Theatre announces a call for auditions for the play Mary Page Marlowe, directed by Chuck Cairns. According to a release from The Drama Group, “Mary Page Marlowe leads an unremarkable life. As an accountant in Ohio with two children, few would expect her[Read More…]
Sox Topple Tigers in Season Finale
By Stevie Garcia Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- With the offseason just nine innings away, the White Sox (71-89) looked to finish their season on the positive side on Sunday afternoon, September 29, against the division doormat Detroit Tigers (47-113) at Guaranteed Rate Field on the South Side. Left-hander Ross Detwiler (3-5 6.85),[Read More…]
Coming to GSU: The Laramie Project. Sadly it Still Resonates Today.
University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- On October 6, 1998, a 21-year-old University of Wyoming student was kidnapped, brutally beaten, and left tied to a fence in the middle of the prairie just outside Laramie, Wyoming. He would not be discovered until the next day. The only spots on his body not covered[Read More…]
S.A.M.B.A. Celebrates WANDERLUST – Festival of the Arts 2019
Crete, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Crete Creative Art Gallery & School in Crete, Illinois, a member of S.A.M.B.A. [Southland Arts Municipalities Business Alliance] is teaming up with Rita Collins of St Rita’s Amazing Traveling Bookstore and Textual Apothecary from Eureka, Montana, to celebrate the epitome of WANDERLUST, theme of S.A.M.B.A’s 2019 Festival of[Read More…]
CBAI Presents First Career Fair Ahead of Jan. 1 Adult Use Law
Des Plaines, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A new industry is about to unfold. As Illinois prepares to legalize adult use of cannabis, the industry is coming together to present the first opportunity for those interested in finding the right job in this growing field. The Cannabis Business Association of Illinois (CBAI) is having[Read More…]
Police Charge Second Man in Connection with 2018 Park Forest Homicide
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest Police announced first-degree murder charges against a man in connection with an April 2018 shooting where one person died. According to a statement issued Tuesday by police, on April 27, 2018, at approximately 12:50 a.m., Park Forest officers responded to the 100 block of Algonquin[Read More…]
