Skokie, IL. –-(ENEWSPF)–August 14, 2015. Rep. Jan Schakowsky delivered Meals on Wheels to Evanston and Skokie residents on Thursday and released the following statement on the experience: “For millions of seniors and people with disabilities, Meals on Wheels is an essential program. Today I delivered meals with Barbara Rabyne, from[Read More…]
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The Theatre School at DePaul University Announces the 2015-16 Season
Offerings include contemporary plays, classics and theatre for young audiences The Theatre School at DePaul University announces the 2015-16 season, featuring two world premieres, reimagined classics, contemporary pieces and engaging entertainment for the whole family. This marks the third year of presenting productions at the school’s new artistic home at[Read More…]
Naperville Businessman Sentenced To Seven Years In Federal Prison For Defrauding Investors Of More Than $3 Million
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2015. A Naperville businessman who fraudulently coaxed his clients into investing millions of dollars in bogus Turkish bonds was sentenced Thursday to seven years in federal prison. JOHN T. BURNS III persuaded a dozen clients of USA Retirement Management Services to invest more than $3.3 million in[Read More…]
Taxicab Operator Pleads Guilty To Falsifying Titles Of Salvaged Cars And Re-Using Them As Taxis On Chicago Streets
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2015. A Northbrook man pleaded guilty Thursday to charges he illegally obtained clean titles for salvaged and rebuilt vehicles and put them to use as taxicabs on the streets of Chicago. As the owner of Seven Amigos Used Cars Inc., ALEXANDER IGOLNIKOV fraudulently obtained paperwork to conceal[Read More…]
Rockford Man Arrested For Illegaly Possessing A Firearm
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2015. A Rockford man was arrested today for illegally possessing a firearm. CLIFFORD HORTON, 27, of Rockford, Ill., was charged yesterday by a federal grand jury in Rockford for possessing a .380 caliber pistol as a convicted felon. Horton is scheduled to be arraigned today at 1:00[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Park District Announce Expansion Of Free Wi-Fi At Chicago Beaches
Beaches at 31st Street, 57th Street now offer free Wi-Fi; Seven beaches along Lake Michigan now offer free wireless service to beachgoers CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2015. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the Chicago Park District and Everywhere Wireless today announced that two more Chicago beaches will now offer free Wi-Fi to visitors. Free[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Park District Announce New Art Installation Coming To Garfield Park Conservatory
An immersive installation of light and art, ‘solarise’ to be on display from September 23, 2015 through September 22, 2016 CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2015. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Park District General Superintendent and CEO Michael P. Kelly yesterday announced a new temporary art installation will be coming to the Garfield[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces Investments In New Engineering Partnerships At 7 Chicago Public High Schools
Top Corporations Partner with High Schools as Part of City-Wide Goal of Increasing Opportunities to Prepare Students for 21st Century College and Career CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2015. Mayor Emanuel joins corporate engineering partners and CPS leadership in touring a new engineering lab at Westinghouse College Prep, made possible with support of[Read More…]
Rosetta’s Big Day in the Sun
Approaching perihelion EU–(ENEWSPF)–13 August 2015. ESA’s Rosetta today witnessed Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko making its closest approach to the Sun. The exact moment of perihelion occurred at 02:03 GMT this morning when the comet came within 186 million km of the Sun. In the year that has passed since Rosetta arrived, the[Read More…]
‘Melanoma Detection’ App Sellers Barred from Making Deceptive Health Claims
FTC Charged Mole Detective Sellers with False Advertising Earlier this Year Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2015. The final defendant remaining in a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit challenging false or unsubstantiated claims for a set of purported “melanoma detection” apps is barred from making any further deceptive health claims about his products[Read More…]
