Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Prairie State College (PSC) administration has announced the decision to remain online for the spring 2021 semester. This decision, similar to fall, was made as a precautionary measure to minimize the spread of COVID-19. Coronavirus has infected millions of people nationwide and caused thousands of deaths. Reports[Read More…]
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To The Editor: Trump Had His Chance. Vote!
To the Editor-(ENEWSPF)- President Trump, you have had almost four years to lead the United States and have failed us by your own choosing. Whether it be in foreign policy and domestic policy you have not protected the United States as Commander-in-Chief. Now comes the latest news about your complete[Read More…]
Close to 500 Suicides in Armed Services in 2019
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The Department of Defense (DOD) released its second Annual Suicide Report (ASR) which showed that 498 service members died by suicide in the calendar year 2019. The Department said in a statement that it is committed to the health, safety, and well-being of Service members, veterans, and families[Read More…]
Distribution of Mail Ballots for Suburban Cook Voters Begins Today
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Office of Cook County Clerk Karen A. Yarbrough will begin distributing a record number of mail ballots today to more than 400,000 suburban Cook County voters who have made a request to cast their vote by mail in the November 3 General Election. The Clerk’s Elections Unit[Read More…]
Drama Group Kicks Off 2020-2021 Season with Live-streamed Play The Voice of the Prairie
Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- While theatres across America remain dark due to CoVid-19, The Drama Group has been working hard to find a way to bring live streaming theatre back to its audience in the Southland. We are proud to kick off our 90th Anniversary season this month. Our new chapter[Read More…]
ICC Urges Utilities to Extend Moratorium on Disconnections through Winter 2021
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Concerned with steady coronavirus infection rates and the approaching cold weather, the Illinois Commerce Commission sent a letter to large state-regulated utilities requesting an extension of the moratorium on residential customer disconnections for non-payment until March 31, 2021. The letter, signed by all five Commissioners, notes that the[Read More…]
COVID-19 Numbers Continue to Rise in Region
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The number of COVID-19 cases is still on the rise in the 30 towns eNews Park Forest regularly tracks, though the percent change in cases has dropped in most of these towns over the past two weeks. Orland Park crossed the 1,100 mark at 1,156 cases and[Read More…]
Officer Seeks Treatment for Possible COVID-19 Exposure Following Arrest: Reports Through Aug. 4, 2020
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- An officer was instructed to immediately end his tour of duty in early August to seek medical treatment for probably COVID-19 exposure following a traffic stop and arrest. The teen involved in the incident allegedly breathed on, spit, and coughed in the back of the officer’s sqad[Read More…]
Op-Ed: Adolescent Drug Use Online Seminar – 10 Things Parents Can Do
By Danny RomeoSpecial Assistant to State Representative Robert Rita ENEWSPF- The following is an op-ed from State Representative Robert Rita’s Office on Adolescent Drug Use. There’s no way of sugarcoating this, 2020 has been nothing less than catastrophic. The beginning of the year started out positive, we were having extremely[Read More…]
Free Internet Service to School-age Housing Authority Residents across Suburban Cook County
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Housing Authority of Cook County (HACC) and Comcast announced a partnership to provide free in-home, high-speed Internet service to Housing Authority residents with school-age children through the Internet Essentials Partnership Program (IEPP). The service, which will be free of charge to qualifying HACC residents for the 2020-21 school year,[Read More…]
