Superintendent of Parks Rob Gunther (center) accepts the Flaherty Park Excellent Award for the Central Park Wetlands Restoration Project. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— On Monday, February 18th Rob Gunther, Park Forest Superintendent of Parks received the Great Lakes Park Training Institute’s Daniel Flaherty Park Excellent Award at their annual[Read More…]

The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Wendy Heise) 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[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Police were dispatched to the 400 block of Rutledge shortly after 8 p.m. on February 14 to investigate a report of gunshots fired. Seven officers responded to the call. Upon arrival, Corporal Scott Sheets heard three gunshots come from the backyard of the house officers responded to.[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— School District 163 will view a student presentation, hear a report about the Science Depot, discuss Summer School, and receive a mid-year report from Superintendent Joyce Carmine when it meets Monday. The board will also go into closed session to discuss discipline matters relating to five students.[Read More…]

Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Marian Catholic has traditionally fared very well at the State of the Art Catholic Band Competition and this year was no exception on Feb. 16 at Brother Rice High School . The Symphonic Band has won each year in eligibility since the contests inception in 1981. Each[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Park Forest Baseball has completed two of the clinics run by the Chicago White Sox Training Facility and have the final clinic slated for Sunday, March 3rd at 12 PM. It will be held at Forest Trail on Lakewood Blvd with a cost of $10 to registered[Read More…]

The Stella Awards were inspired by Stella Liebeck. In 1992, Stella, then 79, spilled a cup of McDonald’s coffee onto her lap, burning herself. A New Mexico jury awarded her $2.9 million in damages, but that’s not the whole story. Ever since, the name "Stella Award" has been applied to[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Beginning on March 7 and running through May 31, 2008, Tall Grass Arts Association in Park Forest, IL will host Worlds Imagined: The Art of Children’s Books.  The exhibit will open on Friday, March 7 with a reception in the gallery located at 367 Artists Walk, DownTown[Read More…]

Inter Press Service By Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail* BAQUBA, Feb 21 (IPS) – For a few, salaries have soared. For the rest, unemployment has. Many Iraqi workers enjoyed huge salary increases following the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003. But unemployment rose more sharply under policies introduced by[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Illinois Theatre Center of Park Forest kicks off its “Script-in-Hand” series of staged play readings on Saturday, March 1, with the controversial docu-drama “The Laramie Project” and the Tectonic Theatre Project. There will be one performance only, at 2:30 PM. “The Laramie Project” focuses on the[Read More…]