Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Mayor John A. Ostenburg of Park Forest has been appointed co-chair of the National League of Cities (NLC) Race, Equity and Leadership (REAL) Council for 2018. The council has the lead responsibility for developing NLC’s strategic focus on eliminating racial disparities, healing racial divisions, and building more[Read More…]
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Adults Don’t Get To Tell David Hogg How He Says What He Says
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- David Hogg is mad as hell, and none of us have the right to tell him how to speak or what he says. No adult has the right to tell David Hogg he should be more polite, label him profane, tell him to[Read More…]
Spartans (24-5) Hold Off Kankakee for IHSA 3A Elite Eight Berth
Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Marian Catholic is taking its men’s basketball team to the Elite Eighth against Metamora at Northern Illinois University Tuesday. The supersectional game will begin at 6:00 p.m. Ahron Ulis paced three Spartans in double figures Tuesday with 19 points, as Marian Catholic advanced to its third IHSA[Read More…]
Congresswoman To Speak At St. Irenaeus On Gun Violence
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Congresswoman Robin Kelly will address issues of gun violence, both mass shootings and street incidents, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 25, at St. Irenaeus Church in Park Forest. The program is sponsored by the interfaith Park Forest People of Faith. The church is located[Read More…]
Staff on Illinois Attorney General Race Unionize with Campaign Workers Guild
Campaign Workers for Marie Newman, Democratic Candidate for IL-03, in Negotiations to Unionize with Campaign Workers Guild CHICAGO, Il. —(ENEWSPF)—March 9, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser The Campaign Workers Guild announced that its first collective bargaining agreement in Illinois was ratified by campaign staff for Citizens for Renato Mariotti. Candidate Mariotti[Read More…]
Professional Wrestling Stars Coming To Marian Catholic High School for Fun-raising Event
Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Marian Catholic will welcome professional wrestling stars from around the world for Warrior Wrestling on Friday, May 11th. The wrestling event will serve as a fundraiser for scholarships for students as well as a “fun-raiser” for the school community and surrounding area of the South Suburbs and[Read More…]
Senators Durbin, Duckworth Press Canadian National Railway for Update on Implementation of Train Control Safety Technology
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—March 9, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) pressed for an update yesterday on Canadian National (CN) Railway’s current progress on implementing positive train control (PTC) safety technology in Illinois as well as an update on what efforts CN is making to improve Amtrak’s[Read More…]
Study: Cannabis Effective At Treating Symptoms Of Fibromyalgia
Netanya, Israel—(ENEWSPF)—March 9, 2018 By: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Cannabis therapy mitigates symptoms of the chronic pain condition fibromyalgia and is associated with a reduction in the use of other prescription drugs, according to clinical data published online ahead of print in the Journal of Clinical Rheumatology. An estimated[Read More…]
UN: Seven Years of War in Syria has Left ‘Colossal Human Tragedy’ in its Wake
SYRIA—(ENEWSPF)—09 March 2018. After seven years of brutal conflict in Syria, there are no clear winners, “but the losers are plain to see,” the United Nations refugee agency chief said Friday, describing the “colossal human tragedy” that has cost hundreds of thousands of lives, driven 6.1 million people from their[Read More…]
NASA Juno Findings – Jupiter’s Jet-Streams Are Unearthly (Video)
Washington—(ENEWSPF)—March 9, 2018 By: DC Agle, Dwayne Brown, and Laurie Cantillo Data collected by NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter indicate that the atmospheric winds of the gas-giant planet run deep into its atmosphere and last longer than similar atmospheric processes found here on Earth. The findings will improve understanding of[Read More…]
