State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) National real estate firm selected to sell property Springfield, IL—(ENEWSPF)— The state will hold an auction in May to sell the Collinsville Holiday Inn to a new owner, finally ending the state’s ill-fated saga of granting multi-million dollar loans to politically connected insiders, Illinois[Read More…]

The moon celebrated it’s own "lights out" during the February 20 Lunar Eclipse. Park Foresters can join Earth Hour celebrations Saturday at 8 p.m. (Photos: Rich Whitehead. Montage: eNewsPF) Including 10 Things to do During Earth Hour Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Climate change is perhaps the most significant issue facing our[Read More…]

The Ant and the Grasshopper shows Friday at 7:00 p.m. (GRAPHIC SUPPLIED) Fun for the Whole Family! Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Take a trip through the four seasons in this great Aesop’s Fable for the very young and young at heart! Freedom Hall’s intimate 330 seat Nathan Manilow Theatre welcomes the[Read More…]

Inter Press Service By Maki al-Nazzal and Dahr Jamail* DAMASCUS, Mar 24 (IPS) – More than a million Iraqis in Syria cannot find work. For their idleness, they have come to be called the "pillow drivers". The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says there are at least 1.5[Read More…]

Inter Press Service By Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail* FALLUJAH, Mar 26 (IPS) – Iraqi doctors in al-Anbar province warn of a new disease they call "Blackwater" that threatens the lives of thousands. The disease is named after Blackwater Worldwide, the U.S. mercenary company operating in Iraq. "This disease is[Read More…]

Thanks to the March 2008 AARP Bulletin article, people around the country have discovered the 1950s Park Forest House Museum.  Last Friday I opened the museum for a couple from San Jose, California, who drove from Michigan to see it in the snowstorm!  Neither had ever lived in Park Forest,[Read More…]

Approximately 60 rental property owners attended the first Crime Free Housing Seminar. (Photo: VOPF) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Last year’s adoption of a Crime Free Housing Ordinance in Park Forest prompted the attendance of close to 60 rental property owners at Dining on the Green last Tuesday for the first Crime[Read More…]

CommentaryInside the First Amendment By Charles C. Haynes First Amendment Center senior scholar Unconstitutional Bible classes have been popping up in public schools all over America in recent years — and most of them go unchallenged. But that may be about to change. On March 5, a West Texas School[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 local[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— A bullet was fired through the bedroom window of a house in the 200 block of Hickory on March 16. Luckily, the resident was not home at the time. The resident reported returning home late Sunday evening on March 16 and discovering a hole in his bedroom[Read More…]