Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Impress your friends this spring with your birding smarts and binocular savvy. Come to get an early start with this popular hobby – bird watching. Learn key shapes, markings, habits, and songs for our most common local birds with crafts, activities, sounds and a hike. Plus create special projects for[Read More…]
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Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon: Park Forest Police Reports Through December 4, 2018
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Editor’s Note: These police reports represent incidents through December 4, 2018. Charges for those cited in this time period include incidences alleging of domestic battery, possession of cannabis, and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Providing more details than readers will find in any other police beat reports, we invite readers[Read More…]
Creative Activities Set for This Week at the Park Forest Library
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- There’s a week of creative activities ahead at the Park Forest Library, plenty for kids, teens, and a lecture on acupuncture for adults. These events are above and beyond the usual services the library provides. There are technology services, including access to public computers, printing, free Wi-Fi,[Read More…]
Burglaries from Unlocked Vehicles: Reports Through November 27, 2018
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Besides one instance of a burglary from a residence, burglaries from unlocked vehicles dominated the time of police in the week leading up to November 27, 2018. No one felt compelled to smash open windows to gain entry to these vehicles. They didn’t have to. We all[Read More…]
PSC Hosts Final 60th Anniversary Celebration, Recognizes Pillars of the Community
Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Prairie State College (PSC) welcomed the Village of Hazel Crest and the City of Country Club Hills to its final 60thAnniversary Community event to celebrate PSC’s 60 years of educating the community. The college has held monthly celebrations throughout 2018 to recognize the villages and cities in[Read More…]
PSC Seeking Public Comment for Accrediting Evaluation
Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Do you have experience with Prairie State College (PSC) or comments regarding the educational institution you would like to share? PSC is seeking comments about the college from the public, in preparation for its periodic evaluation by its regional accrediting agency. The college will host a visit from[Read More…]
Felony Burglary, Battery: Park Forest Police Blotter Reports Through November 27, 2018
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Editor’s Note: These police reports represent incidents through November 27, 2018. Charges for those cited in this time period include instances of battery, domestic battery, and one man who was charged with felony burglary. Providing more details than readers will find in any other police beat reports, we invite readers to[Read More…]
Holiday Tree Lighting Set for December 7
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The annual Holiday Tree Lighting takes place on Friday, Dec. 7, from 5 to 6:30 p.m., at Dining on the Green, 349 Main Street. The free event includes Mr. D’s Magic Show, holiday music, goody bags and refreshments. At 6:30 p.m. the lighting of the holiday trees takes[Read More…]
Governors State Offers Creative Arts Talent Scholarships
University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Governors State University (GSU) is now offering Creative Arts Talent Scholarships to freshman and transfer students as part of the state’s AIM HIGH generous initiative to help four-year public universities enroll and retain high-achieving students. Beginning fall 2019, students who excel in the classroom and in the[Read More…]
Meet Park Forest’s Finance Meister: Director Mark Pries
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- It hasn’t happened in more than a quarter-century. Park Forest is poised to pass its first tax levy reduction in 26 years. The 0.3% tax levy decrease might not seem like much, but it is a tax decrease. It’s not a tax increase. The recommendation for the[Read More…]
