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Wisconsin Firm Recalls Fully Cooked Chicken Breast Products That May Be Undercooked

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–Sept 21, 2011 – Roundy’s Supermarkets Inc., a Milwaukee based company with an establishment in Kenosha, Wisc., is recalling approximately 360 pounds of breaded chicken breast products, that should have been fully cooked, because they may have been undercooked, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)[Read More…]

DOD Identifies Two Army Casualties, September 21, 2011

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 21, 2011.  The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation New Dawn. Staff Sgt. Estevan Altamirano, 30, of Edcouch, Texas, died Sep. 18 in Tikrit, Iraq, of injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident.  He was assigned to the 1st Battalion,[Read More…]

Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, September 21, 2011

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 21, 2011.   Japan’s PM Expects Shutdown Reactors to Restart by Next Summer Industry/Regulatory/Political Issues Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, who will speak at this week’s United Nations general assembly, said he expects Japan’s shutdown nuclear energy facilities to be running by next summer. Since the accident at Fukushima[Read More…]

Marian Catholic Eucharistic Ministers Commissioned for 2011-2012

Marian Catholic Dominican Preachers are l-r Kelsey Tierney (Tinley Park), Deana Williams (Park Forest), Trevor Thompkins (Olympia Fields) and Gianna Patrizi (Orland Park). (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Dominican Preachers give first address to student body, faculty and guests Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Marian Catholic High School celebrated an all-school Mass on Friday, September[Read More…]

FBI: Former City Inspector Convicted of Taking Bribes to Help Obtain State Food Sanitation Certificates for More Than 500 Individuals

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A southwest suburban woman who was authorized by the Illinois Department of Public Health to teach food service sanitation classes and administer state certification exams was convicted of conspiracy to commit bribery for accepting at least $79,650 in return for fraudulently arranging to provide bogus certificates for at[Read More…]

FBI: Pittsburg Man Sentenced to Probation

Conviction was for Wire Fraud Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Robert E. Gulledge, Jr., 59, of Pittsburg, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to five years of probation with a special condition[Read More…]

Report Highlights Community Role in Successful Immigrant Integration

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2011.  Today the Center for American Progress released, “All Immigration is Local: Receiving Communities and Their Role in Successful Immigrant Integration,” a groundbreaking report that outlines how receiving communities—the places, along with their residents, in which newcomers settle—can overcome the challenges of immigrant settlement and proactively bridge[Read More…]

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