Twenty-one years behind bars: Missouri’s governor commuted Jeff Mizanskey’s sentence, thanks to help from 400,000 petition signers, a plea from the prosecutor and an international campaign spearheaded by Show-Me Cannabis. Billboard Urging Governor to Free Jeff Mizanskey. Source: Show-Me Cannabis JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — (ENEWSPF)—September 1, 2015. Jeff Mizanskey walked[Read More…]
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Renowned Sculptor Richard Howard Hunt Honored Guest at Carts & Cocktails Benefit Fundraiser on September 26
University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)—September 2, 2015. Set within over 100 acres of natural prairie landscape, The Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park is Illinois’ largest outdoor sculpture museum, showcasing 31 contemporary works on the campus of Governors State University. As a free community resource for 37 years, open 365 days a year, the[Read More…]
Husband and Wife Charged with Sex Trafficking of Minor
Springfied, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Marcus Dewayne Thompson, 28, and his wife Robin Thompson, 24, from Park Hills, Missouri, were charged by a criminal complaint, unsealed on August 24, 2015, in federal court in East St. Louis, Illinois, for one count of sex trafficking of a minor by force, fraud, or coercion, and[Read More…]
Chicago Man Admits Heroin Distributions In Marion County
Springfied, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Marquise E. Ross, 24, of Chicago, Illinois, pled guilty September 1 to charges returned against him in an indictment by a Federal Grand Jury in November 2014. Specifically, Ross pled guilty to Conspiracy[Read More…]
Jared Fogle Co-Defendant Formally Charged with Child Exploitation and Distribution of Child Pornography
Russell Taylor files plea agreement in U.S. District Court in Indiana Indianapolis, IN-(ENEWSPF)- United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced that Russell C. Taylor, 43, Indianapolis, was charged by criminal information today with 12 counts of child exploitation involving 12 minor children in Indiana. He was also charged with one[Read More…]
In and Around Park Forest Week of August 31, 2015
“Illusion of the Outside,” artwork from Chicago Artist Ruben Aguirre is now being displayed as part of his larger exhibition ‘Linements’ at South Suburban College this month. Source: www.ssc.edu Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—August 31, 2015. As part of its Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations, the Art & Design Department of South Suburban[Read More…]
Closing Schools Is Just Another Form of Killing – BYP100 Stands with Dyett Hunger Strikers
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—August 30, 2015. Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100) stands in support of the Coalition to Revitalize Dyett, a group of outraged community members, teachers and parents who have been on hunger strike for education justice since August 17th. The hunger strike is in response to Chicago Public Schools’ failure to[Read More…]
Friends of the Park Forest Library Organizational Meeting Tuesday, September 8
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—August 29, 2015. The Friends of the Park Forest Public Library, 400 Lakewood Boulevard, which also serves Olympia Fields, will hold an organizational meeting on Tuesday, September 8 at 6 p.m. in the Library’s Ringering Room. Annual dues are $10 for an individual, $15 for a family and[Read More…]
White House Weekly Address: Meeting the Global Threat of Climate Change
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2015. Hi, everybody. This Monday, I’m heading to Alaska for a three-day tour of the state. I’ve been looking forward to this for a long time. Not only because Alaska is one of the most beautiful places in a country that’s full of beautiful places – but[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: Illinois Dept. of Corrections Worker Arrested on Charges of Fraud, Official Misconduct
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—August 28, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that an Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) parole agent was arrested on charges of fraud and official misconduct for allegedly falsifying parolee case management reports. Stanley Orndorff, 47, of Danville, was charged today in Champaign County Circuit Court on one[Read More…]
