Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Members of the Park Forest Fire Department battled a structure fire in the 500 block of Homan Avenue beginning just before midnight on Tuesday, August 30. According to a statement on the PFFD’s Facebook page, on that date, “just before midnight, the Park Forest Fire Department was[Read More…]
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Park Forest Observes National Hispanic Heritage Month
Park Forest-(ENEWSPF)- During a particularly caustic, xenophobic political season, it was particularly gratifying to watch as Park Forest, by resolution, observed National Hispanic Heritage Month. According to the agenda memo on this proclamation from Village Manager Tom Mick, “the 2010 US Census results showed the Hispanic heritage population to be[Read More…]
Park Forest Honors Stephen Lloyd for 35 Years Service on Police and Fire Commission
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Retiring after 35 years service on the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners, the Village Board passed a resolution Monday honoring Stephen Lloyd. Mayor John Ostenburg remarked that Mr. Lloyd had been on the commission so long, that each and every officer and fire official currently employed in[Read More…]
HRC and ENC Release Statements on HB2
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Keeping up pressure on North Carolina since passage of the infamous HB2, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, and Equality NC (ENC), the statewide organization working to secure equal rights and justice for LGBTQ North Carolinians, rejected calls for[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports September 19, 2016
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 media. An arrest does not mean that[Read More…]
ACC Follows NCAA Lead in Moving Championship Games Out of North Carolina Over Anti-LGBTQ HB2 Law
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, and Equality NC, the statewide organization working to secure equal rights and justice for LGBTQ North Carolinians, hailed the Atlantic Coast Conference’s (ACC) decision to stand up for the safety[Read More…]
Equality NC and HRC to Pat McCrory: Repeal HB2 and Apologize for Vile Attacks on NCAA
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSP)- The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, and Equality NC, the statewide organization working to secure equal rights and justice for LGBTQ North Carolinians, hailed the NCAA’s decision to stand up for LGBTQ equality and slammed Gov. Pat McCrory[Read More…]
Alleged Shooter Arrested and Charged in Robbery, Shooting of 71 year old Chicago Lawn Man
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Antoine Davis, 30, of the 6800 block of S. Washtenaw Ave. in Chicago, was arrested in connection to the robbery and shooting of a 71 year old man, which occurred on the 7000 block of South California Ave. at approximately 12:10 p.m. on September 6th, 2016, according to Chicago[Read More…]
Bank of America Commits to Carbon Neutrality and 100 Percent Renewable Electricity by 2020
CHARLOTTE, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)-(ENEWSPF)-Bank of America announces new environmental operations goals to be met by 2020, including plans to go carbon neutral. This announcement supports the bank’s continued efforts to reduce the environmental impacts of its operations. Bank of America will work to reduce location-based greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 50[Read More…]
SES and CCNL Conduct Satellite Installer Training in Nigeria
State-of-the-art installer training programme to support CCNL’s growth in Nigeria LUXEMBOURG & ABUJA, Nigeria–(BUSINESS WIRE)-(ENEWSPF)-SES S.A. (Euronext Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) announced today an Elevate satellite installer training programme together with Cable Channels Nigeria Ltd. (CCNL). The training will run for four days and will see over 50 installers being trained with[Read More…]
