FOUND! Jeremiah’s family and the Park Forest Police report that he is home and resting. Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Jeremiah Smith, 13, is missing, and the Park Forest Police Department hopes you can help find him. Police issued a statement late Saturday afternoon indicating that the department “is seeking the public’s[Read More…]
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Environmental “Impact” Exhibit on Display in the Christopher Art Gallery at PSC
Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Christopher Art Gallery at Prairie State College (PSC) presents “Impact,” an exhibition of art that addresses the issue of the environmental impact of human’s use and abuse of the earth. The exhibit will be on display in the gallery Feb. 4 through 28, 2019. An artists’[Read More…]
Illinois Lawmakers Again Look to Add LGBT Curriculum
By Benjamin Yount | Illinois News Network Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Illinois lawmakers are once again want to require the state’s public schools to teach students about the contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in the history of the nation and the state of Illinois. The thinking on the LGBT[Read More…]
Old Man Winter to Throw Multiple Storms at Park Forest, Midwest, Northeast Into Next Week
By Alex Sosnowski, AccuWeather senior meteorologist AccuWeather-(ENEWSPF)- Soon after cold air becomes established in the Midwest and Northeast to end this week, multiple storms with some snow and ice will bring difficult travel and are likely to prompt school delays and closings in the span of a few days. The storms from later[Read More…]
Merrillville Man Charged with Aggravated Battery to a Child Following Park Forest Police Investigation
Alleged Victim Is His Four-Month-Old Daughter Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Merrillville man has been charged with a Class X felony, aggravated battery to a child, by the Office of the Will County States Attorney following investigation by members of the Park Forest Police Department Investigations Division, police said in a[Read More…]
Report Shows Illinois Schools Struggle to Find Special Education Teachers
By Cole Lauterbach | Illinois News Network Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A new report on teacher shortages shows that Illinois and other states may need to focus recruiting efforts on specific types of teachers, rather than trying to entice all types. Bellwether Education Partners analyzed 20 years of federal education reporting by[Read More…]
Illinois Accountant Charged with Fraud for Allegedly Misappropriating More Than $65 Million from Individuals and Financial Institutions
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- An Illinois accountant was charged February 5 with criminal fraud for allegedly misappropriating more than $65 million from individuals and financial institutions. SULTAN ISSA was a certified public accountant and the Chief Financial Officer of a group of partnerships, corporations and trusts owned by a Chicago-area family. From[Read More…]
Criminal Charges Filed in Alaska in Conjunction with the Seizure of Websites Offering DDoS-For-Hire Services
Authorities Target So-Called “Booter” or “Stresser” Services that Facilitate Internet Attacks Anchorage, Alaska-(ENEWSPF)- U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced December 20, 2018, the seizure of an internet domain associated with DDoS-for-hire services, as well as criminal charges against a Pennsylvania man who facilitated the computer attack platform. This case was brought[Read More…]
Lafayette, IN Man Gets 30 Years in Prison for Distribution of Child Pornography
South Bend, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Shawn Michael DeWitt, age 34, of Lafayette, Indiana, was sentenced before United States District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio after a jury found him guilty in October 2018 of Distributing Child Pornography, Coercing a Minor to Engage in Sexually Explicit Conduct, and Possessing Child Pornography, announced U.[Read More…]
Former Echo Housing Corporation Executive Director Indicted on Three Counts of Theft
Alleged to have stolen funds entrusted to her as Executive Director over three year period Evansville, IN-(ENEWSPF)- United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced that an Evansville, Indiana woman who worked as the Executive Director at Echo Housing Corporation, was indicted on three counts of theft concerning programs receiving federal[Read More…]
