Chicago Heights , IL—(ENEWSPF)— Prairie State College Board members met in a special session last week to approve an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Chicago Heights Police Department, which is the beginning phase in the implementation of a trained police force at PSC. The Intergovernmental Agreement plan has been in process[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Police arrested a woman who allegedly gave a false prescription to a pharmacist. Officers responded to a call from employees at Walgreens, 15 S. Orchard, on Friday, April 4 advising them at a customer had allegedly dropped off a false prescription for Hydrocodone, a narcotic drug related[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…]

Inter Press Service Analysis by Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail* BAGHDAD, Apr 12 (IPS) – Many Iraqis have come to believe that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is just as much a dictator as Saddam Hussein was. "Al-Maliki is a dictator who must be removed by all means," 35-year-old Abdul-Riza[Read More…]

Inter Press Service By Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail* BAQUBA, Apr 8 (IPS) – As violence continues in Baghdad and southern Iraq, it seems quiet on the surface in Baquba, the volatile city 40km north of Baghdad. But few believe truce between the U.S.-backed Awakening Groups and the government security[Read More…]

Inter Press Service By Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail* BAQUBA, Apr 7 (IPS) – Battles between rival Shia groups have spread from Basra in the south to Baquba in the north. Clashes between the Mehdi Army of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and the Badr Organisation militia of the Supreme Islamic[Read More…]

Twelve Marian Catholic High School student-athletes signed letters of intent on Wednesday, including (seated, L-R) football players Mike Berens, Julian Williams and Brandon Sherman, Molly Rockrohr. STANDING: Meg Gilley, Ben Nichele, Kara Walsh, Kevin Edwards and Mark Scott, Katie Stillman, Jackie Mitrovich and Melanie Hall. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)–[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The League of Women Voters of the Park Forest Area will hold its annual film screening Thursday May 1, 2008, at 6:30 pm at the Park Forest Public Library, 400 Lakewood Boulevard. The public is encouraged to attend. The film is "Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers"[Read More…]

Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– With the spring season finally here, the Better Business Bureau of Chicago is warning homeowners to be on the lookout for home-improvement scams. This is the time of year when less-than-reputable or unqualified contractors offer promising services at extremely low prices. They usually show up at your door[Read More…]

Discontent With "Peotone Puppy Mill" Investigation It is looking more and more like the Will county state’s attorney is going to blow off the puppy mill horror uncovered in a police bust March 1st in Peotone. March 1 the Cook county and Will county sheriff police raided the residence of[Read More…]