Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2015 – 1:00 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. Happy Thursday. I do not have any announcements at the top, so we can go straight to your questions. Josh, do you want to get started? Q Sure. Thanks, Josh. Can you give us the latest[Read More…]
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Union Street Gallery to Hold 2015 ‘Twelfth Month’ Handmade and Artisanal Market — Opens Nov. 11
CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—November 5, 2015. Union Street Gallery (USG), 1527 Otto Boulevard, Chicago Heights, will host its 2015 ‘Twelfth Month’ Handmade and Artisanal Market beginning Wednesday, November 11 at the Gallery. The Market will run through December 23. Formally known as ‘Twelfth Month,’ USG’s Handmade and Artisanal Market will showcase beautiful art[Read More…]
EPA Study Finds Elevated Particulate Levels in Air on Train Platforms at Chicago Union Station
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2015 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today released an air quality study that documents elevated concentrations of particulate matter (PM2.5) in ambient air on train platforms at Union Station in Chicago. The concentration of PM2.5 in air on the train platforms was 23 – 96 percent higher[Read More…]
Governors State University Information to Host Session on Nov. 16 on New Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice Degree Program at Harper College
University Park, IL – (ENEWSPF)—November 5, 2015. The Governors State University undergraduate degree program in Criminal Justice plans to offer this program at Harper College starting spring 2016. An information session at Harper College, 1200 W. Algonquin Road, Palatine, IL will take place on Monday, November 16, in the H building[Read More…]
New Survey of 100 Illinois Child Care Providers Shows Devastating Effects from Rauner Rules Changes
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2015. An anonymous survey of 100 child care providers in 33 municipalities conducted in recent weeks shows that parents are being denied child care at a rate that could be well beyond current estimates as a result of rules changes instituted unilaterally by the Rauner administration July[Read More…]
Remodeling of Park Forest Police Station Nears Completion
First seated in the newly remodeled PFPD lobby! (Photo: PFPD) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Told today that no one had sat yet in the new chairs in the remodeled Park Forest Police Department lobby, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to relax a bit while waiting for this week’s reports. The[Read More…]
Rockford Woman Arrested On Federal Tax Fraud Charges
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2015. A Rockford, Ill. woman was arrested yesterday on federal charges of making false claims for federal tax refunds and using other persons’ identification in connection with the fraudulent claims for tax refunds. CRYSTAL S. JACKSON, 27, of Rockford, was charged by a federal indictment on Oct.[Read More…]
High-Frequency Trader Convicted of Disrupting Commodity Futures Market in First Federal Prosecution of ‘Spoofing’
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2015. In the first federal prosecution of its kind, a high-frequency trader was convicted yesterday of disrupting commodity futures prices in a $1.4 million fraud scheme. MICHAEL COSCIA, 53, used an automated trading technique to commit a crime known as “spoofing” to earn illegal profits from orders[Read More…]
Prairie State College Faculty and Administrators Present at Illinois Community College Board Forum For Excellence
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2015. Patty Zuccarello, dean, health and industrial technology at Prairie State College (PSC); Chad Vlietstra, PSC’s assistant professor/coordinator, HVAC; and Dave Naze, associate dean, academic affairs at PSC, were all selected as presenters for the Forum for Excellence presented by the Illinois Community College Board. The annual[Read More…]
Prairie State College Speech Team Brings Home Several Awards from Tournament
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2015. The Prairie State College (PSC) Speech Team placed third in the community college division and earned several individual honors during the recent tournament hosted by Moraine Valley Community College. Patrick Sheard of Dolton was named tournament champion in persuasive speaking and received third place in prose.[Read More…]
