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 local[Read More…]

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Artist Jesus Rodriguez discusses his works at last summer’s mural dedication. (Photo: Wendy Heise) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Local artist Jesus Rodriguez comes to town this Saturday, January 17. Rodriguez is the artists responsible for the recently unveiled DownTown mural. He has done numerous other murals in the area, in addition[Read More…]

University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– On January 18, Governors State University will compete in RecycleMania – a challenge for colleges and universities to increase awareness of waste reduction and recycling initiatives. GSU’s efforts will focus on overall waste reduction instead of only recycling. This category is considered a “tangible action” under the[Read More…]

Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Prairie State College (PSC) has announced the Dean’s List of students for the Fall 2008 term. To be named to the Dean’s List, students must have a semester grade point average (GPA) of 3.75 or better, have completed a minimum of 12 credit hours at PSC during[Read More…]

Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Prairie State College has announced the Honors List for Part-Time students for the Fall 2008 term. To be named to the list, a part-time student must be “in good standing” and have earned a semester grade point average (GPA) of 3.75 or better, maintained a cumulative GPA[Read More…]

A plane crash that occurred after 3:30 this evening on the Hudson River off of Manhattan New York, has a positive outcome. The incident occurred shortly after take off, when the pilot claimed  the plane had hit a flock of large birds that had been in the area.  Confirming reports from the media indicate the[Read More…]

From the National Weather Service: Cook (Illinois) URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL850 PM CST WED JAN 14 2009ILZ006-012>014-019>023-032-INZ001-151100-/O.CAN.KLOT.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090115T0600Z//O.CON.KLOT.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090116T1800Z/LAKE IL-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-LAKE IN-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WAUKEGAN…AURORA…CHICAGO…OTTAWA…OSWEGO…MORRIS…JOLIET…KANKAKEE…PONTIAC…GARY850 PM CST WED JAN 14 2009…WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY……WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED…THE NATIONAL WEATHER[Read More…]

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Recent government and industry studies have found that college textbook prices have increased more than 200% over the past twenty years and that these increases frequently followed rises in tuition and fees. With the average college student spending $900 on textbooks every year, students can save a substantial[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The second running of the “Park Forest Scenic 5 Mile Run is scheduled for Labor Day, Monday, September 7th at 8:00 am. The Scenic 5 was initiated in 2008 as a re-tooling of the well known Scenic 10 Mile race which had a 30 year run in[Read More…]