Proposed Reforms to Address Threat of Terrorist Shootings Will Help Address Daily Gun Violence in Chicago CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2016. In response to the worst mass shooting in U.S. history and the ongoing gun violence that plagues Chicago, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today called for Congressional action on[Read More…]
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Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth Announces 2016 Military Service Academy Appointments
Schaumburg, IL–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2016. Today, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) announced three Eighth District students will attend Military Service Academies this fall after she recommended them for consideration. Students applying to the service academies are required to have a Congressional nomination for a complete application. “I’m so proud of these Eighth[Read More…]
Park Forest-Chicago Heights School District 163 Plans Annual Golf Outing
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2016. Park Forest-Chicago Heights School District 163 will hold its 6th Annual Teeing off FORE Education golf outing on Monday, July 11, at Lincolnshire Country Club, 390 East Ridge Road, Crete. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. Lunch will be[Read More…]
Park Forest Announces 2016 4th of July Celebration Activities
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2016. Independence Day in Park Forest has been one of the most popular community celebrations for years. This year’s fun begins on July 4 at 6 p.m. with the annual parade. The parade begins at the corner of Main Street and Orchard Drive and proceeds north[Read More…]
Park Forest to Host National Wildlife Federation Great American Campout Event at Central Park on July 1
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2016. Be one of a handful of families to take part in the Great American Campout at Central Park, 410 Lakewood Boulevard in Park Forest on Friday, July 1. The cost is $5 per person and includes food and activities. Families must provide their own tent[Read More…]
Mussel Shells Much Thinner Than 50 Years Ago
Tatoosh Island, where Prof. Cathy Pfister and her colleagues collected and analyzed some of the mussel shells. CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2016 By Matt Wood California mussel shells collected off the coast of Washington state in the 1970s are, on average, 32 percent thicker than modern specimens, according to a new study[Read More…]
Book Chronicles Rise of Urban Planning in Ancient Egypt
University of Chicago Assoc. Prof. Nadine Moeller (left) sorts pottery sherds with graduate students at the excavation site of Tell Edfu in Egypt. Courtesy of Nadine Moeller CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2016 By William Harms The pyramids and temples of Egypt, which still stand as magnificent monuments to ancient Egyptian civilization, were[Read More…]
Hillary Clinton: An open letter to Charleston a Year After Mass Shooting
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2016 By: Hillary Clinton Friends — One year ago today, our nation lost nine precious lives. They were mothers and fathers, students and coaches, pastors and choir members. They were men and women of faith, each filled with passion and love, and with so much left to[Read More…]
Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking and Interstate Prostitution
FLOIDA–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2016. The Justice Department announced today that Abdullah Hamidullah, 42, of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court of the Middle District of Florida to one count of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion; two counts of enticing a person to travel in interstate[Read More…]
Interior Department Supported $106 Billion in Recreation, Conservation, Water and Renewable Energy Investments, Supporting More than 860,000 Jobs in FY 2015
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2016. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today released the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Economic Report for Fiscal Year 2015. The report highlights that Interior investments in recreation, conservation, water and renewable energy led to $106 billion in economic output, and supported 862,000 jobs. Interior’s[Read More…]
