Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A fire consumed and destroyed a Star Disposal maintenance facility on South Street earlier today. The blaze left behind an empty building with a scorched interior, and two charred vehicles in front. Police closed Western Avenue from Route 30 south to 26th Street while firefighters battled the flames.[Read More…]
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Loves Park Man Sentenced to More Than 17 Years in Federal Prison for Producing Child Pornography
Rockford, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Loves Park man was sentenced in federal court May 15 before U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard for producing child pornography. ZACHARY RODRIGUEZ, 26, who pleaded guilty on Oct. 14, 2016, was sentenced to 210 months, to be followed by eight years of supervised release. According to a written plea[Read More…]
HRC to Honor ABC News’ Robin Roberts With Visibility Award at the 2017 HRC Louisiana Gala Dinner
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, announced that award-winning broadcast journalist Robin Roberts of ABC News’ “Good Morning America” will be honored with the HRC Visibility Award at the 2017 HRC Louisiana Gala Dinner on Saturday,[Read More…]
Attacks On Human Rights Activists Reach Crisis Point Globally
281 people killed in 2016 for defending human rights, up from 156 in 2015 Amnesty International-(ENEWSPF)- Community leaders, lawyers, journalists and other human rights defenders across the world are facing unprecedented levels of persecution, intimidation and violence, warned Amnesty International today as it launched a new global campaign demanding an[Read More…]
ACLU Demands Records on Comey Firing
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the Justice Department and FBI asking for all records related to President Trump’s dismissal of FBI Director James Comey. “White House interference with any FBI investigation is incompatible with democratic safeguards, and that’s especially[Read More…]
Supreme Court Declines to Hear North Carolina Voting Case
ACLU And SCSJ Challenged Discriminatory Voting Law, SCOTUS Order Is Victory For Voting Rights Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The Supreme Court has declined to review a federal appeals court decision holding that North Carolina’s 2013 election law — which imposed a voter ID requirement, cut a week of early voting, and eliminated[Read More…]
Severe Weather Outbreak to Eye Central US
Renee Duff, Meteorologist for AccuWeather.com AccuWeather-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports following isolated damaging storms Monday night, there will be a heightened risk of severe weather and dangerous storms across the central and southern Plains late Tuesday into Wednesday. Residents and travelers from Minnesota to Texas will need to monitor the forecast and keep flashlights and weather radios[Read More…]
2017 East Pacific Hurricane Forecast: Warm Waters to Fuel Frequent Development of Storms
AccuWeather-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports following a very active 2016 hurricane season, an above-normal number of tropical storms and hurricanes are once again forecast in the East Pacific in 2017. Warm ocean waters are expected to foster the development of 19 tropical storms, 10 hurricanes and seven major hurricanes. These numbers do not[Read More…]
Former Owner of Chicago Rush Football Team Sentenced
Sentenced to More Than Three Years in Federal Prison for Concealing Debts in Bankruptcy Petition Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The former owner of the Chicago Rush football franchise was sentenced to more than three years in federal prison for concealing debts in his personal bankruptcy case and overstating his net worth when acquiring[Read More…]
Chicago Dermatologist Convicted on Federal Fraud Charges
Billed Health Insurance Programs for Medically Unnecessary Treatments Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A federal jury has convicted a Chicago dermatologist on fraud charges for billing health-insurance programs for purported pre-cancerous treatments that were not medically necessary. From 2007 to 2013, Dr. OMEED MEMAR, 48, of Chicago, submitted claims to multiple health-insurance programs, falsely[Read More…]
