Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—September 24, 2016. The Park Forest Rotary Club will host a Paint & Sip event on Saturday, October 15 from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Tall Grass Art Association, 367 Artist Walk in DownTown Park Forest. The event is a fundraiser that will benefit local music[Read More…]
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In and Around Park Forest for the Week of September 25, 2016
African Print from African Fabric House. Source: Prairie State College’s Christopher Art Gallery exhibit ‘Odwindifuor Expressions: Works from Ghana, West Africa’ Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF) — Updated September 26, 2016. The Park Forest Police Department will host a program ‘Unity Day: Strengthening the Ties Between the Community and the Police’ from[Read More…]
Missing Dave Mattio
By Gary Kopycinski Commentary Walked past Dave Mattio’s office today. Choked up a bit. Think I need to go into work after hours sometime, sit down in front of his office, and let it sink in. Let myself cry. I was so afraid of him when I started working at[Read More…]
Cook County Continues to Realize Savings Through Smaller Real Estate Footprint
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Continuing her efforts to save taxpayer dollars by reducing Cook County’s real estate footprint, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle has announced plans to consolidate two County warehouses during 2017 that will create an estimated annual operating savings of $1.46 million. The plan will reduce the County’s footprint by[Read More…]
Public-land Seizure Extremists Advance Bills in House, Senate
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Bills pending in the U.S. Senate and House would block the creation of new monuments and national parks, put state and private interests ahead of protecting America’s public lands, and effectively turn millions of acres of federal land in Utah over to industry profiteers. Anti-public-lands extremists are trying to[Read More…]
Election Judges Needed In Suburban Cook County
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Cook County Clerk David Orr encourages suburban Cook County voters to serve their communities and earn some money by working as election judges and equipment managers in the November 8, 2016 Presidential Election. The need is especially great among Cook County’s north and northwest suburbs. “This being a very highly[Read More…]
Bus Company Owner Charged with Federal Tax Violations for Failing to Report Earnings from Chicago Schools
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The owner of a transportation company that bused Chicago public school students spent corporate money to purchase and renovate a $500,000 home in the city’s Oakland neighborhood and illegally deducted the funds in U.S. tax filings, according to a federal indictment unsealed today. JEWEL LOCKHART, the owner and[Read More…]
Madigan Sues Home Repair Business For Allegedly Defrauding Consumers
Attorney General Flags Home Repair Scam that Results in Little to No Work Completed Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit today to shut down a home repair business for defrauding Will and DuPage county homeowners out of nearly $150,000 for home repair and remodeling projects that were[Read More…]
Madigan: Roscoe Man Charged With Medicaid Fraud
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the Illinois State Police (ISP) today announced that a Roscoe man was charged with Medicaid fraud after billing the state for more than $60,000 in personal assistance services he did not provide. Steven A. Schwartz, 26, originally from Roscoe, Ill., was charged in[Read More…]
Madigan, Department Of Revenue: Gas Station Operator In Custody For Tax Fraud
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) announced Thursday that the operator of a Chicago area gas station surrendered to law enforcement after he and his brother-in-law pleaded guilty last week to charges of defrauding the state of Illinois of more than $450,000 in[Read More…]
