“What Was Once a Home (South Carpenter Street).” Drawing by Chicago artist Jennifer Cronin. Carbon pencil on toned paper, 19”x 30”, 2015. Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 5, 2016. Tall Grass Arts Association Gallery, 367 Artists Walk in DownTown Park Forest, will host the exhibition ‘Neutral Ground: Somewhere Between Black and White’[Read More…]
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White House Weekly Address: Building on America’s Economic Recovery, June 4, 2016 (Video)
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2016 Elkhart, Indiana was the first town I visited as President. I’d been on the job for three weeks, and we were just a few months into the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes. Elkhart was hit harder than most. Unemployment there peaked at nearly twenty percent[Read More…]
Remarks by the First Lady at City College of New York Commencement, June 3, 2016 (Video)
New York, New York–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2016 – 12:19 P.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA: Wow! (Applause.) Let me just take it in. First of all, it is beyond a pleasure and an honor to be here to celebrate the City College of New York Class of 2016! You all, I mean, this[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports June 4, 2016
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other local media. An arrest does not mean that[Read More…]
Rich East High School Announces 2016 Graduates
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Officials at Rich East High School announced the graduation class of 2016. Commencement exercises were held on Sunday, May 15, 2016. This year’s class was the 63rd from Rich East High School. Sixty-third. Mr. Mark Kramer is Principal. Christian Alexander Williams was class Valedictorian. Maitlin Ann Baltazar[Read More…]
In Case You Missed It: Third Veteran Dumped By Trump Because Of Military Service
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2016 By: Christina Wilkie http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-fires-veterans-military-service_us_57509590e4b0c3752dcd08cf The myth of Donald Trump reached its zenith in 1988, the year that his book, The Art of the Deal, was published. That year, Trump bought the Plaza Hotel, a crown jewel of New York real estate; he also bought a 282-foot[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: Kendall County Man Charged with Child Pornography Possession
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that a Kendall County man was charged with possessing child pornography as part of “Operation Glass House,” a statewide initiative to apprehend the most active offenders who download and trade child pornography online. Marco Hernandez, 47, of Yorkville, was[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Announces Consent Order with 300 West LLC and the Arnold Engineering Co.
Order Ensures Safe Drinking Water for Marengo Area Residents Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced a consent order with 300 West LLC and The Arnold Engineering Co. that will provide residents near Marengo, Ill., with a permanent source of safe drinking water. The order will also[Read More…]
Federal Jury Convicts Three Minnesota Men for Conspiring to Join ISIL and Commit Murder in Syria
Nine Members of the Conspiracy Convicted of Terrorism Charges in Largest Multi-Defendant ISIL-Related Case in United States MINNESOTA–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2016. Guled Ali Omar, Abdurahman Yasin Daud and Mohamed Abdihamid Farah were convicted by a federal jury today of conspiring to commit murder in Syria on behalf of the Islamic State[Read More…]
President Obama Grants 42 Commutations
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)– June 3, 2016. Today, President Barack Obama granted commutation of sentences to 42 individuals. The President commuted the sentences of the following 42 individuals: Eric E. Alvarez – New York, NY Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base (crack);[Read More…]
