Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Park Forest Police have issued a community alert for residents regarding a string of burglaries in the multi-family areas of town: co-ops, apartments, and condominiums. The alert follows: In the past 5 weeks, there have been 9 Residential Burglaries reported in the multi-family areas of Park[Read More…]
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Discovery: Nearby Star Hosts Closest Alien Planet in the “Habitable Zone” (Video)
Australia-(ENEWSPF)- UNSW Australia astronomers have discovered the closest potentially habitable planet found outside our solar system so far, orbiting a star just 14 light years away. The planet, more than four times the mass of the Earth, is one of three that the team detected around a red dwarf star called[Read More…]
Hubble Captures First-ever Predicted Exploding Star
HST-(ENEWSPF)- Many stars end their lives with a with a bang, but only a few of these stellar explosions have been caught in the act. When they are, spotting them successfully has been down to pure luck — until now. On 11 December 2015 astronomers not only imaged a supernova[Read More…]
Drug Use Trends Remain Stable or Decline Among Teens
NIH’s 2015 Monitoring the Future survey shows long term decline in illicit drug use, prescription opioid abuse, cigarette and alcohol use among the nation’s youth. Bethesda, MD-(ENEWSPF)- The 2015 Monitoring the Future survey (MTF) shows decreasing use of a number of substances, including cigarettes, alcohol, prescription opioid pain relievers, and synthetic[Read More…]
Poverty May Slightly Increase Childhood Risk of Neurological Impairment, NIH Study Suggests
Bethesda, MD-(ENEWSPF)- Children from low income environments appear to have a higher risk of neurological impairment than those from more economically secure circumstances, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions. This neurological impairment appears to be distinct from the risk of cognitive and emotional delays known[Read More…]
Home Based Business Owner Chosen As Sam Montella Business Person of the Year
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Economic Development Advisory Group, commonly known as EDAG, has existed since 1997. In that year, Sam Montella was appointed to EDAG, and in 1999 he became chair. Montella served as chair of the group until September 2014, when he also retired from his financial consulting business.[Read More…]
Park Forest Passes 2.8% Tax Levy Increase for 2015
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Village Board passed a 2.8% property tax levy increase Monday night. The increase means a levy in excess of $16.6 million, and the ordinance spells it all out: That the sum sixteen million six hundred seventy-four thousand four hundred twenty-three dollars and no cents ($16,674,423), being[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for December 15, 2015
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…]
Take Charge of Your Health Program for Older Adults and their Caregivers Coming to Park Forest
Evidence-based health programs for older adults and their caregivers Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- AgeOptions and Park Forest Health Department present a program on how to take care of your health again, a special series for senior citizens and their caregivers. Meeting in six (6) sessions, the program will take place at[Read More…]
Press Availability by Secretary of State Kerry With Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Dec. 15, 2015
Moscow, Russia–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2015 FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROV: (Via interpreter) Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Today, we had a big negotiating day with John Kerry and his delegation finalizing their working visit to Moscow. We started with negotiations at Russian foreign ministry and we continued here in the Kremlin during the[Read More…]
