Linda Rex, Sue Williams, Mary Bening, and Barb Gallagher. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Marian Catholic High School Endowment Golf Classic, held Monday, Sept. 8, 2014 at famed Olympia Fields Country Club in Olympia Fields, Ill, netted more than $121,000 exceeding its $100,000 goal. The fund has grown to[Read More…]
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UPDATE—Even After Dallas, Hospitals Still Lagging in Preparation for U.S. Ebola Patients, Oct. 6, 2014
85% say their hospital has not provided proper training, education in response to possible Ebola infection Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2014. News of the first confirmed patient in the U.S. infected with the Ebola virus still has not led to effective communication with registered nurses who would be among the[Read More…]
Divvy Launches Student Membership Program To Make Bike Share Even More Affordable
Six Colleges Sign on to Offer $55 Memberships for Students CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 6, 2014. Mayor Emanuel and Divvy, Chicago’s bike share system, today announced a new Student Membership program, making a Divvy annual membership available to students at participating colleges for just $55 – a discount from the standard $75 annual[Read More…]
Rockford Man Pleads Guilty To Bank Robbery
ROCKFORD–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2014. A Rockford man pleaded guilty today in Federal Court to bank robbery. PEDRO J. CORDERO, 52, of Rockford, Ill., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to the robbery of BMO Harris Bank, N.A., 2510 S. Alpine Rd., Rockford, Ill., on July 12, 2014. Cordero[Read More…]
Representative Jan Schakowsky Statement on Supreme Court’s Decision not to Consider Appeals on Marriage Equality Cases
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 6, 2014. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, a founding member of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, issued the following statement upon the Supreme Court’s decision not to hear a series of marriage equality cases: “Today’s decision by the Supreme Court is another in a series of victories for LGBT equality. I[Read More…]
Supreme Court Denies Review of 10th Circuit Decision Striking UT Marriage Ban, Permits Victory to Stand
Joint Statement of National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2014 —The United States Supreme Court today declined to review the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals decision striking down Utah’s marriage ban for same-sex couples, thereby permitting that decision to[Read More…]
Illinois Calls Attention to the Residents of Long Term Care in Observance of Residents Rights Month
Dept on Aging Ombudsman program protects & defends residents rights SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2014. October is Residents’ Rights month, as started in 1981 by the National Consumer Voice for Quality Long Term Care to highlight the importance of resident focused care. In keeping with this year’s theme “Better Staffing: They Key[Read More…]
Illinois Department of Public Health Director Issues Statement on Ebola, Oct. 6, 2014
SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2014. Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck would like to reassure Illinoisans during this Ebola outbreak. “We understand there is anxiety surrounding Ebola, but we want to assure the public the Illinois Department of Public Health continues to work with hospitals, local health departments and[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Jen Psaki, Oct. 6, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2014 -1:14 p.m. EDT MS. PSAKI: Okay. I have a couple of items at the top. Secretary Kerry will travel to his hometown of Boston, Massachusetts with the British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond on October 9th – so this Thursday – for a joint public event on[Read More…]
Costa Rican Woman Pleads Guilty to Human Smuggling Conspiracy
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 6, 2014. A citizen and resident of Costa Rica pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to smuggle more than 25 undocumented immigrants to the United States. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida,[Read More…]
