Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—January 29, 2016. From February 3 to March 5, the 1950s Park Forest House Museum, at 227 Monee Road (inside St. Mary’s Catholic Church) in Park Forest, Illinois is decorated with vintage valentines and decorations, in the exhibit, “Step Back Into a 1950s Valentines Day.” The classroom, representing[Read More…]
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Senator Kirk Applauds 26.3 Million Fewer Opioid Prescriptions
Opiod Rx is the Gateway to Heroin Addiction WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2016. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today applauded the news that 1.1 billion fewer opioid tablets, 26.3 million opioid prescriptions, were dispensed in the one year period since hydrocodone products were rescheduled. The study was reported this week in[Read More…]
Rep. DeFazio, Lawmakers Urge Briefing from Departments of Justice, Interior on Federal Response to Future Threats to Public Lands
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2016. Today, in response to the ongoing illegal occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon, Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) led eight Members of Congress in sending a letter to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and Attorney General Loretta Lynch. The letter urges the Directors to brief Congress[Read More…]
Northwest Side Pharmacist Sentenced to a Year and a Day in Federal Prison for Selling Counterfeit Viagra and Cialis
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2016. A suspended Chicago pharmacist was sentenced today to a year and a day in federal prison for dispensing counterfeit erectile-dysfunction pills he had imported from China. MICHAEL MARKIEWICZ sold approximately 1,600 counterfeit Viagra and Cialis tablets without a prescription to customers at his Northwest Side pharmacy. [Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces Comprehensive Reforms to Improve Crisis Intervention Situations
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced today comprehensive reforms to address how the City’s first responders can best serve individuals with mental illness. The reform efforts are based on advice and assistance provided by the Mayor’s brand new steering committee called the Citywide Mental Health Response Steering Committee, which[Read More…]
UN Experts Urge United States to Address Legacies of the Past, Police Impunity and ‘Crisis of Racial Injustice’
Protestors in New York City demonstrate in the wake of the verdict in the case of the police shooting of Missouri teenager Michael Brown (24 November 2014). Photo: Jacques Baudrier NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–29 January 2016 – The legacy of slavery, post-Reconstruction ‘Jim Crow’ laws and racial subordination in the United States[Read More…]
Syria: UN-mediated Talks Get Under Way; Relief Agencies Amplify Calls for Access to Besieged Civilians
Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura (left) meets with Syria’s Ambassador to the UN in New York Bashar Ja’afari at the Intra-Syrian Geneva Talks 2016. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–29 January 2016 – With United Nations-mediated talks on ending the five-year crisis in Syria getting under way today as scheduled, UN[Read More…]
February 2016 Activities at Thorn Creek Nature Center
StacyPisaniPileatedWoodpecker Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—January 29, 2016. As old man winter howls down from the north and blankets Thorn Creek Woods with a layer of snow, the hardy birds and mammals tuck themselves into the nooks of trees and bed down amongst fallen leaves. Hikers wear extra layers of clothes and[Read More…]
If Our Presidential Candidates Think Drug Use Is a Health Issue, Here are 8 Ways to Prove It
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2016 By: Tony Newman Substance use and abuse touches virtually every family in the United States. The New York Times ran a front page story last week documenting the explosion of overdose deaths throughout the country. 47,000 Americans died from an overdose in 2014 — more than[Read More…]
Hillary for America Statement Calling for Release of Secretary Clinton’s Emails
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2016. Hillary for America National Press Secretary Brian Fallon released the following statement Friday after the intelligence community demanded that more than 20 emails from Hillary Clinton’s tenure at the State Department be fully withheld from public release: “We firmly oppose the complete blocking of the release of these[Read More…]
