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Western Avenue Construction to Cause Delays

Construction on Western Avenue is expected to cause delays through the end of the year. (Photo: VOPF) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— The long-awaited improvements to Western Avenue will likely cause delays. Traffic will be slowed by the work of construction crews scheduled to widen and resurface the roadway. Workers from Nicor[Read More…]

Nurses Plus Launches 10 Ton Challenge

A capacity crowd in the Board Room listens to Dr. Wilkins speak. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Over One Hundred Take The Pledge Saturday Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Park Forest is getting lighter. More than 100 people took the first step to better health Saturday by signing up for the 10 Ton Challenge. The[Read More…]

Police Report – January 28, 2008

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[Read More…]

Candidates Forum

Candidates Forum  Invited Candidates  For the 38th Legislative District For the position of Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County Sub-Circuit 15 Sponsored by the Homewood-Flossmoor Area League of Women Voters, the Park Forest Area League of Women Voters, the Anita M. Stone Jewish Community Center and the National[Read More…]

PSC Moving Forward With Interim Presidential Candidate

 Updated January 31, 2008 with link to Dr. Paul McCarthy’s farewell reception photo gallery Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– It is anticipated the Prairie State College (PSC) board of trustees will unanimously approve David A. Brownell as interim president at the January 29 board meeting. The board selected Brownell from several candidates[Read More…]

Letters to the Editor – January 24, 2008

Critical of Riley The former Star Newspaper published an editorial on January 18, 2007 about the appointment of Al Riley as State Representative of the 38th District. How unfortunate it is to now really see the byproduct of this bad process and the deceit of political insiders. The previously elected[Read More…]

Midwinter Cruise Braves Subzero Chill

Midwinter Cruise participants Kimberly Houlihan and her daughter Veronica celebrate completing Sunday’s race. (PHOTO: Christina Chapan) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Park Forest Running and Pancake Club staged the 26th running of its Midwinter Cruise Sunday. Departing from Forest Trail Middle School at 10:30 A.M., close to 200 runners braved single[Read More…]

Iraqi Police and Army Getting Sidelined

Inter Press Service By Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail* BAQUBA, Jan 21 (IPS) – New military operations in Diyala province north of Baghdad have exacerbated a growing conflict between U.S.-backed Sunni fighters on the one hand and Iraqi army and police forces on the other. The U.S. military commenced a[Read More…]

Barack Obama: The Great Need of the Hour

Commentary Barack Obama‘s speech at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s church in Atlanta, Georgia on Sunday morning. This article includes video of the speech at the end. The Scripture tells us that when Joshua and the Israelites arrived at the gates of Jericho, they could not enter. The walls of[Read More…]

Can Civility Restore America?

Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Charles C. Haynes First Amendment Center senior scholar Is it just me, or is America experiencing culture-war fatigue? Consider the presidential campaign, once forecast to be the most divisive in modern times: It’s shaping up to be (let’s pause here to knock on wood)[Read More…]

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