Tax Tips By: Shelia Whorton Tax Credit for Day Camp Did you know that parents may qualify for a tax credit for sending their children to day camp? During the summer, many working parents arranged for the care of their children under the age of 13 by enrolling them in[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–As millions of students start a new school year, results of a new survey indicate that nearly half of the parents of kindergartners to eighth graders are concerned about school security. Details of the “ADT National Back-to-School Security Survey” were announced today during a news conference at an elementary[Read More…]

AURORA, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fifty-six million children across the country begin heading back to school this month, and AAA is urging motorists to slow down and stay alert in neighborhoods and school zones with its 75th annual School’s Open—Drive Carefully campaign. Unsafe driving in school zones AAA’s School’s Open—Drive Carefully campaign hopes[Read More…]

Reston, VA (Vocus) August 18, 2008 — The National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) is pleased to announce the release of six podcasts from some of the nation’s top principals. The six finalists in the 2009 Metlife/National Association of Secondary School Principals National Middle Level and High School Principal[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A Shift Manager at the Taco Bell on Sauk Trail in Park Forest was arrested last week and charged with stealing over $11,000 from the business. Taco Bell District Manager Elizabeth Brewer reported the alleged theft to Commander Green of the Park Forest Police Department on August[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 By Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail* BAGHDAD, Aug 8 (IPS) – Living from one crisis to another, without electricity or freedom to move under a collapse of security, massive numbers of Iraqi students are failing their exams. "It is a natural result of what is going on[Read More…]

Commentary Park Forest’s Crime Free Housing Ordinance helped make quite an impact on one area of the village last week. While some were evicted from their residences in the Lofts of Thorn Creek because of failure to pay rent, there’s no question that a fair number of the 34 evictions[Read More…]

Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Charles C. Haynes First Amendment Center senior scholar The International Olympic Committee and the megabucks corporate sponsors of the games breathed a sigh of relief when the China Olympics got under way last week with no major boycotts or disruptions. Last spring, faced with[Read More…]

Matteson, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Matteson School District 162 will meet Tuesday, August 18 to consider a number of personnel matters and some housekeeping items as students and teachers prepare for a new school year. The meeting will be held at 7:00 p.m. in the board room at the district office. The board[Read More…]