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Sampco, Inc. Recalls Various Cooked Beef Products

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–Sept. 13, 2010.  Sampco, Inc., a Chicago, Ill., establishment is recalling approximately 258,000 pounds of cooked beef products that were imported from an ineligible Brazilian establishment, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. Brazilian establishment SIF 337 was delisted on May 6, 2010 after[Read More…]

Fun Stuff Recalls Children’s Toys Due to Choking Hazard

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2010.  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.[Read More…]

GSU Offers a Variety of Free Counseling Services

University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Free individual, couples, family, and career counseling is available at Governors State University (GSU). The Division of Psychology and Counseling at GSU offers free, confidential counseling as a service to the community and as part of its training program for advanced graduate counseling students. Counseling services assist[Read More…]

Learning Achievement Center at PSC

Prairie State College Opens New Learning Achievement Center for African American Males

(PHOTO SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Prairie State College (PSC) president Dr. Eric Radtke (left) and PSC students Delvin Jones (center) and Jawan Savage (right) cut the ribbon on the college’s new Learning Achievement Center (LAC). The 1,874 square-foot space is designed to support the academic achievement and persistence of African[Read More…]

Michelle Cox photography

Photographer of the Year Student Show Opens at PSC

An untitled photograph by Michelle Cox. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– As a photographer, Michelle Cox’s primary goal is to shed light on forgotten places and things and use them as components of stories. Her passion for bringing abandoned places back to life earned her the Prairie State College (PSC)[Read More…]

Vincent Zaranti Chosen as Chicago Heights Interim Mayor

Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– From the Southtown Star: Ald. Vincent Zaranti (6th) is the interim mayor of Chicago Heights. Zaranti was appointed to the position, created by the death of Mayor Alex Lopez, during Monday night’s special city council meeting. He received votes from Aldermen Willie White (1st), Sonia Perez (2nd),[Read More…]

President Obama Back to School Speech, 2010

Philadelphia, PA–(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2010.   As Prepared for Delivery— Hello Philadelphia! It’s wonderful to be here. Today is about welcoming all of you and all of America’s students back to school – and I can’t think of a better place to do it than Masterman. You’re one of the best schools[Read More…]

In and Around Park Forest Week of September 13, 2010

‘Good Egg’ recepient Jesse Martinez (left) talks with Village Manager Tom Mick (far right) and Mayor John Ostenburg (center). (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—September 13, 2010. Work has begun on the new mural in DownTown Park Forest. Twin brothers, Aaron and Alan Hicks, also known as the “Twin Hicks”[Read More…]

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