Michael Nelson, 18. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Cook County, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Bond has been set at $250,000 for a Ford Heights man arrested after robbing a liquor store at gunpoint, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced Monday. Michael Nelson, 18, of the 1500 block of Senator Lane, has been charged with armed[Read More…]
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Event Set For Officer In Need Of Heart Transplant
Cook County, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A fundraiser is set for Monday night for a 10-year officer with the Cook County Sheriff’s Office who recently underwent an extensive heart procedure, only to learn that he is in need of a heart transplant. The event for Officer Nick Paolino, of Chicago, is set to[Read More…]
Rich Central Alumni Launch ‘Keeping It Real’ For Current Students
From L to R: Arielle Smith, University of Illinois-Champaign; Jackie Guider, University of Illinois-Chicago; Aaron Sandifer, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Ariel Julian, University of Illinois-Champaign, and Victoria Hannett, University of Tennessee. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Olympia Fields, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Spearheaded by former Rich Central student body president, Arielle Smith, a group of Rich Central[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Thanks Illinois Schoolchildren for Overwhelming Success of Holiday Card Drive
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 20, 2010. Governor Pat Quinn today thanked schoolchildren across Illinois for their overwhelming response to the Illinois Heroes holiday card drive. The annual drive helps ensure a brighter holiday season for wounded soldiers at Landstuhl Medical Center in Germany. “I salute every child in Illinois who made a holiday[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Phillip J. Crowley, December 20, 2010
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 20, 2010. INDEX: DEPARTMENT UNSC Renews UN Operations in Cote d’Ivoire / Sanctions against President Gbagbo Withdrawing the Agreement of Larry Palmer to be Ambassador to Venezuela Secretary Clinton Travel to Brazil Death of Kristine Luken in Israel Special Tribunal for Lebanon / Iran Policy Election Day Violence[Read More…]
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Six In Park Forest File Petitions for Village Board
The Park Forest Village Board room. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Six people filed for office in Park Forest, the last, Georgia O’Neill, who waited in Village Hall until moments before the 5 p.m. filing deadline. Filing to run for mayor are incumbent John Ostenburg, 11 Bigelow Street, and newcomer[Read More…]
EPA Analysis Shows Decrease in Toxic Releases Across Midwestern States
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–Dec. 20, 2010. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has updated its annual analysis of the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), which provides vital information about pollution to the people of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. The analysis for these six states, which comprise EPA Region 5, is part of the[Read More…]
Darfur Mediation Team Calls on Sudan, Rebels to Attain Ceasefire by Year’s End
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–20 December 2010 – The mediation team involving the United Nations that is working to advance the Darfur peace process has called on the Sudanese Government and the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) to conclude a ceasefire before the end of this year. In a statement issued on[Read More…]
Rejecting Call for Withdrawal, Security Council Extends UN Mission in Côte d’Ivoire
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–20 December 2010 – Rebuffing a demand by Côte d’Ivoire’s president that the United Nations mission leave after it certified his electoral defeat, the Security Council today renewed the nearly 9,000-strong force for another six months, foreshadowed a possible increase and threatened sanctions against those imperilling peace. At the[Read More…]
