Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The company reportedly mulled closing its busy Park Forest location. Instead, they renovated, and they’re staying open with a fresh new interior and added inventory. Tuesday, Family Dollar announced the Grand Re-Opening of the anchor store at Orchard Park Plaza. The store was refurbished, scrubbed from top[Read More…]
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Ligonier, Indiana Man Sentenced To 87 Months In Prison
South Bend, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Phillip Yoder, age 41, of Ligonier, Indiana, was sentenced before United States District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio on his guilty pleas to wire fraud, bank fraud, mail fraud, and bankruptcy fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch. Yoder was sentenced to serve 87 months each on the mail[Read More…]
Matteson District 162’s Summer School Stresses Exploration, Problem-Solving, and Fun
Richton Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The “halls” at Sauk School are alive with music… and dance, and band and science, technology, reading, engineering, arts, and mathematics. The students are in summer school. And they like it. It’s summertime and more than 400 students, from kindergarten to seventh grade, are enrolled in Matteson[Read More…]
Two Chicago Teenagers Arrested on Federal Robbery Charges in Connection with Near North Side Restaurant Heist
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago has charged two Chicago teenagers with robbing a Near North Side sandwich shop earlier this week. Law enforcement is also investigating whether the pair committed other robberies this month in the city’s downtown Loop neighborhood. BRANTEZ EVANS, 18, and LAMARR BROWN, 19,[Read More…]
Randolph County Man Gets 14 Years for Dealing Meth
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Lewis D. Higgins, 54, of Ruma, Illinois, has been sentenced to 168 months in federal prison on a methamphetamine violation, U.S. Attorney Steven D. Weinhoeft announced Friday. Higgins previously pleaded guilty to a single-count indictment charging conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine. His sentence included[Read More…]
Meth Distribution in Southern Illinois Lands Missouri Man Behind Bars for 16 Years
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Scott A. Carnell, 36, of Pacific, Missouri, has been sentenced to 192 months in federal prison on a methamphetamine violation, U.S. Attorney Steven D. Weinhoeft announced today. Carnell previously pleaded guilty to a single-count indictment charging conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine. Carnell’s 16-year federal[Read More…]
Federal Judge Sentences Sex Trafficker to Life in Prison
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A federal judge has sentenced a man to life in prison for forcing women and children to engage in commercial sex acts in Chicago and the suburbs. SAMUEL NICHOLS led a sex trafficking operation that violently forced at least 12 women and children into the commercial sex trade. [Read More…]
Federal Jury Convicts Chicago Man of Shooting ATF Agent
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A federal jury has convicted a Chicago man of shooting an agent from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. ERNESTO GODINEZ shot the agent on May 4, 2018, in the Back of the Yards neighborhood of Chicago. At the time of the early morning shooting,[Read More…]
Police Seek Public’s Help with Westwood Shooting
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest Police ask the public’s help with any information regarding a shooting that took place Saturday, June 29, 2019, in the area of Westwood Drive and Westwood Court. According to a statement released by police Sunday afternoon, the shooting took place shortly after noon. The shooting[Read More…]
Rains Create Bog Park: Flooding Moves Bark District 10th Anniv. Celebration
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Due to heavy rainfall and flooding, the Park Forest Bark District 10th Anniversary Event has moved to the corner of Main Street and Cunningham Drive (just behind Village Hall) in downtown Park Forest Saturday. The event will celebrate 10 years of the Park Forest Bark District and[Read More…]
