Fort Wayne, IN-(ENEWSPF)- The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Thomas L. Kirsch II, announced that Danurell M. Blair, age 39, of Fort Wayne, Indiana was charged by way of complaint with bank robbery. According to documents in this case, the complaint alleges that on December 16,[Read More…]
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Senator Durbin Blasts Trump Administration for Reported List of Seven Forbidden Words
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—December 18, 2017. Following a Washington Post report that the Trump Administration is prohibiting officials and staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from using a list of seven commonly accepted words and phrases, U.S. Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today pressed CDC Director Brenda Fitzgerald to[Read More…]
Breaking News: Amtrak Train Derailment Over Washington Highway
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—December 18, 2017 By: Rosemary Piser Developing story…may be updated An Amtrak passenger train in Peirce County, Washington derailed Monday morning spilling multiple cars off an Interstate 5 overpass. One official reports that there are several fatalities among people on the train and injuries to motorists on the highway whose[Read More…]
FDA Proposes New, Risk-based Enforcement Priorities to Protect Consumers from Potentially Harmful, Unproven Homeopathic Drugs
Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—December 18, 2017 By: Lyndsay Meyer Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed a new, risk-based enforcement approach to drug products labeled as homeopathic. To protect consumers who choose to use homeopathic products, this proposed new approach would update the FDA’s existing policy to better address situations[Read More…]
Park Forest Police: The Burglary Report Through December 11, 2017
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— The burglary report, filed as a separate story. Under our new arrangement with the Park Forest Police Department, these reports are sent separately. Persons wishing to leave anonymous information on any criminal matters including narcotics or gang activity are encouraged to call the Park Forest Police Department Investigations Division at[Read More…]
Threat to “Shoot Up” Rich East: Police Blotter Reports for December 17, 2017
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Among other calls, police handled a threat sent to a student at Rich East High School by someone threatening to “shoot up” the school. We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed,[Read More…]
In and Around Park Forest for the Week of December 17, 2017
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF) — Nominees for Park Forest Community Oscar Awards are being accepted through Monday, December 18th at Park Forest Village Hall. Nominations can be made for the best talent in the area, police officer, staff person, volunteer, fireman, most active church, you name it. No suggestion will go[Read More…]
Southland College Prep Hits High Notes To Celebrate the Holiday Season with “Jazzing in the Snow,”
RICHTON PARK, ILL.—(ENEWSPF)—December 16, 2017 By: Richard Barry A century of jazz was celebrated tonight when more than 265 Southland College Prep singers, dancers, band members and a new string ensemble staged the charter high school’s annual Winter Festival at Governors State University’s Center for the Performing Arts. The two-hour[Read More…]
Kankakee Man to Serve 19 Years in Prison for Robbery
Urbana, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Kankakee man, Thomas James, 33, of the 500 block of S. Indiana Ave., Kankakee, IL, has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for robberies of businesses in Champaign and Kankakee in July and August 2016. James’s sentencing hearing was held on Dec. 8, in Urbana. James[Read More…]
Students Lead Effort to Honor First African-American Woman to Earn PhD at UChicago
Ceremony unveils bronze bust of pioneering alumna Georgiana Simpson CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—December 15, 2017 By: Tracey Robinson-English The late Georgiana Rose Simpson, who in 1921 became the first African-American woman to earn a PhD from the University of Chicago and one of the first black women to receive a PhD in the[Read More…]
