Jennifer Hudson’s publicist Lisa Kasteler has issued the following statement: "Jennifer Hudson and her family are offering a reward of $100,000 for the safe return of her nephew  who has been missing since Friday, October 24th. We ask that all inquiries be directed to the Chicago Police Department,[Read More…]

Saturday Night Live is riding quite a wave this election season.

UPDATE FROM THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE:  Hudson’s nephew, Julian King, was found shot to death in the back of an SUV on Chicago’s West Side on Monday. Julian and his mother, Julia Hudson, shared a home with Hudson’s mother, 57-year-old Darnell Donerson, and brother, 29-year-old Jason Hudson, who also died of[Read More…]

Updated October 28, 2008 at 3:55 p.m. with corrected information regarding number of Library Trustee seats open. Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– According to a press release issued by the Village of Park Forest Friday, Park Forest Clerk Sheila McGann announced that petition packets are available for residents interested in running for[Read More…]

COME TO OUR PARTY AND  AUCTION ON NOV. 1, 2008 AT 7PM.  UUCC, Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Unitarian Universalist Community Church, 70 Sycamore Drive, is holding a fun party and auction at the church on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008 at 7:00 pm.  Come with your friends and bid on interesting[Read More…]

(Photo: ENEWSPF) As if it was possible for anyone to be less popular than President Bush, a new Chicago Tribune poll puts Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s popularity at 13%. The ratings are the lowest ever recorded for an elected politician in almost three decades of Tribune polls. Blagojevich has a different[Read More…]

Even Knappenberger, Iraq war veteran: "We are murderers of over one million Iraqis." (Photo: Mike Hastie) Inter Press Service By Dahr Jamail PORTLAND, Oregon – (IPS) – Veterans from the U.S. occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, along with Iraqis, Afghanis, Vietnam veterans, and family members of U.S. military personnel converged[Read More…]

Chief Tom Fleming was installed as president of SSACOP Thursday. (Photo: VOPF) Oak Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The South Suburban Association of Chiefs of Police (SSACOP) installed its new board of officers last Thursday evening at the association’s annual installation dinner and awards ceremony at Gaelic Park in Oak Forest . Outgoing[Read More…]

Cook County , IL–(ENEWSPF)– Monday, Chicago and suburban Cook County voters set new single-day Early Voting turnout records and the total number of voters jumped to more than 140,000, according to Clerk David Orr and the Chicago Board of Elections. Suburban Cook County had 10,665 people cast their ballots as[Read More…]

TEANECK, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A recent study by Kumon Math and Reading Learning Centers, conducted online by Harris Interactive, indicates that today’s mothers play a bigger role in developing their child’s reading skills than in previous generations. Children ages eight to 18 were asked to select all of the people who helped[Read More…]