Crete, IL – April 6, 2017. For the first time, the Crete Public Library District will host its own version of the TLC show “Say Yes to the Prom.” On Saturday, April 15, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., teens can select a prom dress in exchange for a canned[Read More…]
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Park Forest Fire Department Activity Report: March 26 – April 1, 2017
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Park Forest Fire Department issued the following report on activity from March 26 through April 1, 2017. During that week, the department responded to 82 calls for service: 15 were for fire/service, 67 were EMS calls. Response Activity On Sunday, March 26, crews[Read More…]
Police Investigating Non-fatal Tuesday Shooting At Shabbona and Sauk Trail
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Park Forest Police Department is investigating a shooting which occurred on April 4, 2017, at approximately 7:10 pm at Shabbona Drive and Sauk Trail, according to a statement released by the department. A teenager suffered a non-life-threatening injury during the incident, according to police. An on-duty[Read More…]
Vanderbilt, Settles, McCray Elected Village Trustees In Park Forest
Overall totals revised April 5, 10:00 a.m. Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- With all precincts in Cook and Will Counties reporting, Jonathan Vanderbilt, Theresa Settles, and Robert McCray were elected Park Forest Village Trustees. Settles and McCray are incumbents. Vanderbilt will join them serving his first term as Village Trustee. Results will[Read More…]
Wyden, Paul, Polis and Farenthold Bill Requires Warrants to Search Americans’ Digital Devices at the Border
Bill Ends Policy That Allows Unlimited Searches of the Phones, Laptops and Other Devices When Americans Cross the Border Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–April 4, 2017. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., and Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, today introduced the Protecting Data at the Border[Read More…]
Senator Duckworth, Reps. Cohen, Clay Introduce Bill to Help Prevent Police-Involved Deaths, Provide Justice to Impacted Families
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 4, 2017. U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today introduced the Police Training and Independent Review Act to help prevent police-involved deaths and encourage independent and impartial investigations into law enforcement officials’ use of deadly force. The legislation, introduced as a companion to identical House legislation drafted by Congressman[Read More…]
United States Funding Cuts to UN Population Agency Based on ‘Inaccurate Perception’ – UN Chief
A UNFPA-supported health centre 400 kilometers southwest of Uganda’s capital Kampala, includes a ward where women in their final stages of pregnancy can remain comfortably and avoid arduous travel once labour begins. Photo: UNFPA/Omar Gharzeddine NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–4 April 2017 – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today voiced deep regret at[Read More…]
Weather, Existing Socio-economic Factors Compounded Colombian Landslide Tragedy – UN Agency
Using auxiliary power plants, emergency crews have restored power service to nearly 20 per cent of Mocoa, a city in Putamayo province, Colombia, after a deadly landslide on 31 March 2017. Photo: National Disaster Risk Management Unit (UNGRD) Colombia COLUMBIA–(ENEWSPF)–4 April 2017 – Very heavy rainfall triggered the landslides that[Read More…]
About 1 in 10 U.S. Pregnant Women with Confirmed Zika Infection Had a Fetus or Baby with Birth Defects in 2016
Continued focus on Zika prevention needed Atlanta, GA—(ENEWSPF)—April 4, 2017. Of the 250 pregnant women who had confirmed Zika infection in 2016, 24 – or about 1 in 10 of them – had a fetus or baby with Zika-related birth defects, according to a new Vital Signs report from the[Read More…]
NASA’s Cassini Mission Prepares for ‘Grand Finale’ at Saturn
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, in orbit around Saturn since 2004, is about to begin the final chapter of its remarkable story. On Wednesday, April 26, the spacecraft will make the first in a series of dives through the 1,500-mile-wide (2,400-kilometer) gap between Saturn and its rings as part of[Read More…]
