Irwin, PA–(ENEWSPF)– Above is Rick Sciullo of Irwin, PA (Photos courtesy his wife, Kristi). Below are his sons Alex (foreground) and Adam (in the back). Certainly a winter wonderland for children. But for the rest of us? This was February, 2010, after a record 40+ inches of snow fell on[Read More…]
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Chicago Police Officer Shot In Head, Killed In South Chicago Area
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– From the Chicago Sun-Times: A Chicago Police evidence technician was shot in the head and killed Friday afternoon while investigating a car break-in at a garage in the South Chicago neighborhood, and the car’s owner, a former Chicago Housing Authority officer, was slain too. Chicago Police officer Michael[Read More…]
Generous Donors Match $100,000 Challenge Grant For Howard Brown Health Center’s Lifeline Appeal
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– In the campaign to give Howard Brown Health Center’s a lifeline of critical support, generous donors to the Lifeline Appeal have helped match a $100,000 challenge grant made by an anonymous donor earlier this month. With the $100,000 grant, matching donations and other contributions from donors, Howard Brown’s Lifeline Appeal has generated[Read More…]
Robbery of Parkway Bank and Trust Branch in Schaumburg
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Parkway Bank and Trust, located at 1600 N. Roselle Road in Schaumburg, was robbed Monday evening of an undisclosed amount of cash. The robber was described as a white male, 20-30 years of age, 5’10" – 6’0" tall, thin build. He was wearing a dark baseball hat,[Read More…]
Six Charged in South Suburban Drug Sweep
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Six south suburban men were charged with operating a drug distribution network which purchased and re-sold wholesale and retail quantities of cocaine and crack cocaine in and around the Village of Robbins, announced Patrick J. Fitzgerald, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois; Robert D. Grant, Special[Read More…]
DOD Identifies Marine Casualty, Novmeber 25, 2010
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 25, 2010. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Lance Cpl. Ardenjoseph A. Buenagua, 19, of San Jose, Calif., died Nov. 24 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 1st Combat Engineer Battalion,[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending November 20, 2010
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 24, 2010. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Nov. 20, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 407,000, a decrease of 34,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 441,000. The 4-week moving average was 436,000, a decrease of 7,500 from the previous week’s revised[Read More…]
Weekly Address: President Obama Delivers Thanksgiving Greeting (Video and Text)
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 25, 2010. During this holiday season, President Obama used his weekly address to give thanks for the blessings of America, in particular that distinctly American impulse to give something of ourselves and do what is required to make tomorrow better than today. With that sense of determination and sacrifice,[Read More…]
Presidential Proclamation–Thanksgiving Day, 2010
Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—November 25, 2010. A beloved American tradition, Thanksgiving Day offers us the opportunity to focus our thoughts on the grace that has been extended to our people and our country. This spirit brought together the newly arrived Pilgrims and the Wampanoag tribe — who had been living and thriving[Read More…]
NYTimes: Daily Pill Greatly Lowers AIDS Risk, Study Finds
From the New York Times: Healthy gay men who took an anti-AIDS pill every day were well protected against contracting H.I.V. in a study suggesting that a new weapon against the epidemic has emerged. In the study, published Tuesday by theNew England Journal of Medicine, researchers found that the men taking Truvada,[Read More…]
