CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—January 16, 2018. Chicagoan Gwen Cohen, the new chair of a citizen’s advisory board to Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts (CCPA), is not a professional performer. As first vice president and wealth advisor at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, her expertise really is in serving the financial needs of[Read More…]
Park Forest
Should Park Forest Rename Streets Honoring Confederate Figures? Public Forum This Week.
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Should Park Forest rename streets that honor those who fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War? The question took on new meaning after the attack in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017 when James Alex Fields Jr., 20, rammed a car into a group of people protesting[Read More…]
Spartan Men (12-3) Mount Late Comeback, Fall Short In Test With ESCC Leader Marist
Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Marian Catholic turned on a fourth-quarter rush on Thursday, but couldn’t completely overcome a 14-point deficit in a 53-47 ESCC loss to visiting Marist. The Spartans (12-3) are 11-1 in non-league play, but fell to 1-2 in the ESCC. The closest Marian got down the stretch was[Read More…]
Spartan Women Topple JCA To Improve To 2-0 In ESCC
Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Shannan Mitchell and Tia Morgan turned in twin 15-point efforts on Friday, as host Marian Catholic rolled to a 59-32 ESCC decision over Joliet Catholic Academy for its third straight victory. Marian (17-3, 2-0) also got 10 points from Kaylen Evans, while Alyshea Smith added eight points off[Read More…]
UChicago Study of Ancient Fossil Complicates the Shark Family Tree
Prof. Michael Coates leads research on new evolutionary branches of sharks CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—January 12, 2018 By: Matt Wood About 385 million years ago in the Devonian age, a strange, two-and-a-half-foot-long shark died and drifted to the bottom of the sea, over what is now the Rhine River valley. Gladbachus adentatus, named[Read More…]
Open Auditions Called for Comedy “Happy Birthday, Henry Snikrep!” at South Suburban College
Open Auditions Called for Comedy “Happy Birthday, Henry Snikrep!” at South Suburban College SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)—January 12, 2018. The SSC Playhouse announces open auditions for its 2018 world-premiere of the hilarious down-home comedy, “Happy Birthday, Henry Snikrep!” written by Markham native, Wesley Perkins, on Thursday, February 1st from 4[Read More…]
DePaul University’s ‘Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play’ Takes Different Approach to Storytelling
Show opens January 26 at DePaul University’s Theatre School CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—January 11, 2018 By: Anna Ables [email protected] The Theatre School at DePaul University presents “Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play” written by American playwright Anne Washburn and directed by graduate student Jeremy Aluma, with music by American composer Michael Friedman. The production[Read More…]
Dollar General Announces Voluntary Recall of Clover Valley® Iced Oatmeal Cookies
Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—January 11, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Dollar General Corporation has notified the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that is a voluntarily recalling its 12-ounce packages of Clover Valley® Iced Oatmeal Cookies over concerns of undeclared milk and tree nuts. Consumers with a milk and/or nut allergy or sensitivity[Read More…]
Malik J. Fountain, Southland College Prep Sophomore, Places First in VFW Competition
Richton Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A sophomore at Southland College Prep Charter High School, Malik J. Fountain, only 15-years-old, was awarded first place in the Veterans of Foreign Wars 16th District’s annual Voice of Democracy competition. Earlier, he won the Benjamin O. Davis VFW Post 311 and Auxiliary’s competition, according to a[Read More…]
Anthony Townsend of Park Forest Named to Lincoln University of Missouri Fall 2017 Dean’s List
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2018 By: Misty Young Anthony Townsend of Park Forest was named to the Fall 2017 Dean’s List at Lincoln University of Missouri. In order to qualify for the Dean’s List a student must acquire at least a 3.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale, with[Read More…]
