Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—May 29, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today filed a lawsuit and a motion for preliminary injunction in Champaign County Circuit Court against Delaware-based Union Pacific Railroad Company after a southbound train spilled diesel fuel near the village of Sidney earlier this month. The lawsuit and motion seek to[Read More…]
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First West Nile Virus Positive Mosquito in Illinois for 2015 Reported
SPRINGFIELD –(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2015. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has confirmed the first West Nile virus positive mosquito batch reported in Illinois for 2015. St. Clair County Health Department employees collected a positive mosquito batch on May 26, 2015, in O’Fallon. “West Nile virus activity is largely dependent[Read More…]
U.S. State Dept. Updates Lebanon Travel Warning, May 29, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2015. The Department of State urges U.S. citizens to avoid all travel to Lebanon because of ongoing safety and security concerns. U.S. citizens living and working in Lebanon should understand that they accept the risks of remaining in the country and should carefully consider those risks. In[Read More…]
President Obama Proclaims June as LGBT Pride Month
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2015 – The federal government, including the Department of Defense, is leading by example to ensure that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender citizens “are judged by the quality of their work, not by who they love,” President Barack Obama said in his statement issued today proclaiming June as[Read More…]
Cook County Leaders Vow to Reform Juvenile System at Roosevelt University Forum
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2015. On the heels of release of a Roosevelt University study proposing major reform of the Cook County Juvenile Justice system, top county leaders vowed in May during a Town Hall Forum at the University to work collaboratively for real change. Cook County Board President Ton Preckwinkle (in[Read More…]
Senator Kirk Statement on Indictment of Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2015. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk issued the following statement on the indictment of former House Speaker Dennis Hastert: “Anyone who knows Denny is shocked and confused by the recent news. The former speaker should be afforded, like any other American, his day in court to address these[Read More…]
Senator Kirk Urges President Obama to Halt Canadian Proposal to Store Nuclear Waste Near Great Lakes
Proposal Would Store 7 Million Cubic Feet of Nuclear Waste Less Than a Mile From Great Lakes CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2015. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) sent a letter to President Obama expressing serious concern with a proposed nuclear waste repository in Canada, which would be located less than a mile away from the Great Lakes[Read More…]
Senator Kirk Joins American Legion to Raise Hepatitis C Awareness for Veterans
Kirk’s Veterans Bill Passed by Appropriations Committee Funds $900 Million Worth of Groundbreaking New Hepatitis C Treatments; Veterans Suffer From Hepatitis C at a Rate Three Times That of the Civilian Population Summit, Ill. –(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2015. In an effort to raise hepatitis C virus (HCV) awareness for veterans, U.S.[Read More…]
Rockford Man Charged In Federal Court With Drug Offense
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2015. A Rockford, Ill. man was charged yesterday in federal court with possessing with the intent to distribute narcotic drugs. ANTHONY ROSS, 34, of Rockford, Ill., was charged with possessing with the intent to distribute cocaine, cocaine base (crack cocaine), and heroin on May 28, 2015. According[Read More…]
Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 20 Years In Federal Prison For Supervising Sales Of Over 30 Kilos Of Heroin On City’s West Side
CHICAGO ―(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2015. The leader of a drug trafficking organization who created and managed a heroin distribution operation run via a hotline telephone between 2008 and 2012 on the city’s west side was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison yesterday, federal law enforcement officials announced. The defendant, PIERRE[Read More…]
