PARK FOREST, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Park Forest Commission on Human Relations will present the 2008 Good Egg Award to Danielle Gladstone of Park Forest and Sharon Minster of Flossmoor. The Good Egg Award recognizes leadership and community service that has had a significant impact on fostering inter-group relations and equal opportunity[Read More…]

The Draft Strategic Planning Policies and Preferred Concepts include possible redevelopment of certain areas of Sauk Trail. (Graphic: VOPF) Tuesday, July 15 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the Village Hall Board Room Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Village of Park Forest is conducting a Strategic Planning Study to examine[Read More…]

Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director At some point in history, America’s Wild West became the Less-Wild West — with the rule of law taking over from the justice of the six-shooter, with codified norms of society replacing the often-unbridled ethics of[Read More…]

Lesliefaye Gogins of Park Forest was one of two recipients of Illinois General Assembly Scholarships. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights, IL—(ENEWSPF)—Two Prairie State College graduates are recipients of Illinois General Assembly Scholarships. Lesliefaye Gogins, of Park Forest, received a scholarship from Representative Al Riley (D-38th District) and Eric Marshall, of Chicago[Read More…]

Chicago Heights, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Prairie State College is offering free General Education Development (GED) preparation classes for the high school equivalency exam. The classes are open to those at least 16 years of age who are out of school but have not completed high school. Prairie State College offers classes both[Read More…]

Park Forest Baseball hosts Sectionals for the Pony National Tournament this week. (Photo: Wendy Heise) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Park Forest Baseball has been selected to host the Sectional Round of the Pony National Tournament at Rich East High School from July 15 thru July 20. Five teams from the region[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Members of the South Suburban Emergency Response Team, SSERT, executed a search warrant on July 11, shortly after 5:45 a.m. at 57 Hemlock St. When the team made entry into the unit, they detained four subjects in the family room. Detectives asked one of the men, TyJuan[Read More…]

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…]

Not so long ago, a typical Saturday at the Taylor household consisted of video games, fast food dinner and banana splits for dessert. Evenings were spent cuddled up in front of a family DVD, munching on popcorn and guzzling soda. "I guess I figured we were really spending lots of[Read More…]