All That Jazz continues at Tall Grass Arts Association this week. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 15, 2010. Anna Soloff, Village of Park Forest Program Supervisor, is trying to raise funds to build a dog shelter for the Park Forest Bark District in order to allow animals and their owners[Read More…]
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Nevada Firm Recalls Assorted Asian-Style Products Produced Without Inspection
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2010 – CaiE Foods Limited, a Sparks, Nev., establishment, is recalling approximately 12,382 pounds of assorted Asian-style meat and poultry products, including steamed buns and oriental-style dumplings, because they were produced without the benefit of federal inspection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)[Read More…]
Daylight Saving Time Begins Sunday, March 14 at 2 AM
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2010. On Sunday, March 14 at 2 AM it will be time to ‘spring forward’ and move your clocks ahead one hour. It is also a good time to replace the batteries in all your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in your home. Contrary to what[Read More…]
Weekly Address: President Obama to Send Updated Elementary and Secondary Education Act Blueprint To Congress on Monday
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2010. Lost in the news of the week was a headline that ought to be a source of concern for every American. It said, “Many Nations Passing U.S. in Education.” Now, debates in Washington tend to be consumed with the politics of the moment: who’s up in[Read More…]
Secretary-General Ban to Visit Haiti on Sunday as Post-Quake Relief Efforts Reach Two-Month Mark
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–12 March 2010 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will make a one-day visit to Haiti on Sunday, his second to the Caribbean country since the 12 January earthquake, his spokesperson announced today. While in the capital, Port-au-Prince, Mr. Ban will meet with President René Préval and Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive,[Read More…]
Berwyn Businessman Arrested on Federal Illegal Gambling and Tax Fraud Charges; Added as Eighth Defendant in New Indictment
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A Chicago man who allegedly helped a criminal organization run its illegal gambling activities was arrested on federal gambling and tax fraud charges, federal law enforcement officials announced. The defendant, Casey Szaflarski, acting through his Berwyn business, Amusements, Inc., was charged with conducting an illegal gambling business since[Read More…]
Retired Head of Operating Engineers Local 150 Charged with Illegally Obtaining Feeders for His Maryland Buffalo Farm
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)–The retired leader of a regional labor union local was charged with violating federal labor law by allegedly demanding and accepting livestock feeders from a company that employed the union local’s workers for his buffalo farm in Maryland. The defendant, William E. Dugan, was charged in a single-count criminal[Read More…]
Arrest Made of Alleged ‘C-Note’ Bank Robber
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced the arrest of a Woodridge man in connection with the March 5, 2010, robbery of the U.S. Bank branch, located at 755 East Boughton Road, Bolingbrook. DEREK ORTIZ, age 33, whose[Read More…]
Chiropractor and Physician Among Three Defendants Indicted in Alleged $1 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)–A chiropractor, a medical doctor and a billing employee at a clinic owned by the chiropractor in Maywood were indicted on federal health care fraud charges, federal law enforcement officials announced. The defendants allegedly illegally submitted false claims totaling more than $1 million to obtain payments from workers’ compensation[Read More…]
Rudolph Fratto, Alleged Self-Described Member of Chicago Mob, and Second Man Indicted in Mccormick Place Bid-Rigging Scheme
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A west suburban man who allegedly represented himself as a member of the “Chicago Outfit,” was arrested today on federal charges accusing him and a co-defendant of engaging in a contract bid-rigging scheme to provide forklift trucks for trade shows at McCormick Place Convention Center. A two-count indictment[Read More…]
