Calling all high school journalists in Northern Illinois! Yorkiville, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Know any high school seniors who have done outstanding work in the past year on a student newspaper, as a freelancer for a professional publication or as a contributor to a high school yearbook or literary magazine? The Northern Illinois[Read More…]
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IL Community Colleges Sign Agreement Expanding Opportunities in Career and Tech Education
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) announces that all 39 community college districts across the state have signed on to participate in the Comprehensive Agreement Regarding the Expansion of Educational Resources (CAREER Agreement). This agreement allows community colleges to share the career and technical education (CTE) programs of[Read More…]
HRC Calls on Trump Administration to Reinstate Sexual Orientation Question in National Senior Survey
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, lambasted the Trump Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Administration for Community Living (ALC) for removing a question about sexual orientation from the National Survey of Older Americans[Read More…]
Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin Signs Anti-LGBTQ SB 17 Into Law
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, called out Governor Matt Bevin for signing SB 17 into law, a measure that allows student groups at colleges, universities, and high schools to discriminate against LGBTQ students. “Governor Bevin’s[Read More…]
WATCH: Park Forest Village Trustee Forum March 19, 2017
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Candidates for the office of Village Trustee in Park Forest gathered for their third and last public forum prior to the April 4 Consolidated Election. The Village Trustee forum was sponsored by the Park Forest Non-Partisan Committee and the Park Forest Cooperatives (Areas A, B, C, E, and[Read More…]
HRC: Neil Gorsuch’s Anti-Equality Record is Disqualifying
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Last month, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, took the unprecedented step of opposing President Trump’s nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court of the United States before his Senate Judiciary Committee hearing because[Read More…]
Knights of Columbus Nina Council 3602 Lenten Fish Fry Fridays are Back
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 21, 2017. The Knights of Columbus Nina Council 3602 will be again having their Lenten Fish Fry Fridays at St. Irenaeus Parish Gym, 78 Cherry Street in Part Forest. The event will take place each Friday through April 1 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Menu All[Read More…]
Park Forest Public Library to Host Community Gardening Festival on Saturday, March 25
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 21, 2017. Do you like to garden? Do you want to know more about gardening? Do you love free stuff? Come to the Park Forest Library, 400 Lakewood Boulevard, on Saturday, March 25 from 1 p.m. 3 p.m. and pick up free gardening resources, sign up to start[Read More…]
Lester Holt to Receive Distinguished Journalist Award from DePaul University
Anchor and reporter Lester Holt of NBC News will receive an award from DePaul University this spring for his journalistic ‘insight, dignity and authority.’ (Mary Ellen Matthews/NBC) Center for Journalism Integrity and Excellence also honors alumnus Ben Welsh CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2017. Lester Holt, anchor of “NBC Nightly News” and[Read More…]
Chicago Man Guilty of Brokering More Than 70 Illegal Gun Transactions
Source: nbcchicago.com CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2017. A convicted felon from Chicago pleaded guilty today to federal firearm offenses, admitting that he brokered more than 70 illegal gun transactions. JOHN THOMAS, 33, also known as “Batman,” pleaded guilty to two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm, and[Read More…]
