Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The United States Attorney for the District of Arizona, Dennis K. Burke, announced today that his office filed a federal complaint against Jared Lee Loughner. The complaint was signed by Magistrate Judge Michelle Burns in Phoenix. Loughner is suspected of shooting U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, Chief Judge John[Read More…]
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Park Forest’s Non-Partisan Committee Sets Three Dates for Candidate Forums
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Park Forest’s Committee for Non-Partisan Local Government has set three forum dates so far. The first will be on February 6 in Park Forest Village Hall. This forum will be sponsored by the League of Women Voters of the Park Forest Area and will begin at 2:00[Read More…]
Op-ed: Progress in Haiti is Slow, but Real
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWPSF)–January 9, 2011. The Op-ed that follows was written by Kenneth H. Merten, U.S. Ambassador to Haiti and appeared in today’s Washington Post. When I arrived in Haiti as ambassador, unemployment was rampant, the government could not provide basic services such as education and health care, and only 12 percent of[Read More…]
Joint Statement on the Start of Polling for the Southern Sudan Referendum
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2011. Following is the text of a joint statement by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Støre, and United Kingdom Foreign Secretary William Hague on the start of polling for the Southern Sudan referendum. Begin Text: We welcome the start of polling today[Read More…]
DOD Identifies Two Army Casualties, January 9, 2011
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2011. The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Jan. 7 of wounds suffered at Logar Province, Afghanistan when insurgents attacked their unit using an improvised explosive device and small arms fire. They were assigned to[Read More…]
Lake County Man Arrested on Child Pornography Charges
Chicago –(ENEWPSF)–January 9, 2011. On Saturday, Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced the arrest of a Lake County man on child pornography charges as part of a continuing statewide crackdown. North Chicago police arrested Ian O’Donohoe, 39, of Lake Bluff. He is charged with two counts of aggravated possession of child[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Reports for January 10, 2011
The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by[Read More…]
Every Elected Official In The United States Must Think Twice Today
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski We can’t help but wonder: Why? Why the madness in Arizona? Why the deaths? A nine-year-old girl. A federal judge. Shot dead. The news cycle spins on and on about the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, as it should. Giffords was the intended target today, shot[Read More…]
Statement by Attorney General Eric Holder on Shooting in Arizona
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2011. FBI Director Mueller is traveling to Arizona to coordinate the investigation into a shooting today in Arizona that killed several individuals, including a federal judge and a 9-year-old girl, and wounded several others, including a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Attorney General Eric H. Holder,[Read More…]
151-Month Prison Sentence and Lifetime Supervised Release for East Alton Man for Child Pornography
FBI Credits Undercover Investigation of Computer File-Sharing Program Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on January 6, 2011, THOMAS E. LOWERY, age 63, of East Alton, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis for[Read More…]
