The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Wendy Heise) 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 other[Read More…]
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Police: Homewood Man Gets DUI When Found Asleep Behind the Wheel
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Police were dispatched to the intersection of Lakewood Boulevard and Westwood Drive on August 1 at 4:32 a.m. to investigate a complaint of a subject asleep behind the wheel of his vehicle while it was stopped at a stop sign. When police arrived, they observed the vehicle[Read More…]
Man Faces Harassment by Electronic Communication, Other Charges, When Ex Gets Picture Text
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A Park Forest man found himself in trouble with the law after he allegedly sent what police say was a threatening picture text message to an ex. Joseph N. Gunderson, 20, 208 Mantua St., Park Forest, was arrested on August 5 and charged with harassment by electronic[Read More…]
Ongoing Administration-Wide Response to the Deepwater BP Oil Spill, August 7, 2010
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2010. PAST 24 HOURS Secretary Mabus Holds Town Hall Meetings in Mississippi Continuing his fourth trip to the Gulf Coast, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus hosted two town hall meetings—in Bay St. Louis and Ocean Springs, Mississippi—part of a weeklong series of meetings held throughout the Gulf Coast.[Read More…]
Weekly Address: President Obama Highlights Benefits to Seniors Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2010. Forty-five years ago, we made a solemn compact as a nation that senior citizens would not go without the health care they need. This is the promise we made when Medicare was born. And it’s the responsibility of each generation to keep that promise. That’s why[Read More…]
Of Mosques (At Ground Zero) And Mendacity
Analysis By Simon Maloy If you’ve followed the conservative media over the past few weeks, you can be forgiven for thinking that it’s a tough time for white Christians in America right now, what with the New Black Panthers denying white people their voting rights and undocumented workers clogging up[Read More…]
Right-Wingers Falsely Portray Judge In Prop 8 Trial As Out Of Mainstream
Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The right wing has falsely portrayed U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker — who is presiding over the Proposition 8 trial in California — as extreme or out of the mainstream. But Walker was nominated by Presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush and has been praised by Republican[Read More…]
Media Conservatives Qualify Support For ‘Religious Freedom’ To Attack Mosque Near Ground Zero
Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Several prominent media conservatives have claimed to "favor religious freedom" while qualifying that claim in order to attack the Islamic community center and mosque set to be built two blocks away from Ground Zero, demanding that it be moved elsewhere in New York City. Palin: "We’re all about[Read More…]
Ongoing Administration-Wide Response to the Deepwater BP Oil Spill, August 6, 2010
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2010. PAST 24 HOURS Admiral Allen Provides an Update on the BP Oil Spill Response National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen provided a briefing to inform the American public and answer questions on the administration-wide response to the BP oil spill. Admiral Allen reiterated the Administration’s commitment[Read More…]
Press Briefing by National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen, August 6, 2010
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2010 – 12 p.m. EDT Thad Allen: Thank you, Jeff, and good afternoon, folks. A couple of updates, and we’ll be glad to go to questions. As you know we completed cementing the well from the top. Over the last 24 hours, several things have occurred. They’ve[Read More…]
