Month: January 2019

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Two DUIs: Park Forest Police Blotter Reports Through January 7, 2019

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Editor’s Note: Welcome to the first official reports of 2019 with more to follow soon. These police reports bring us through January 7, 2019. Charges for those cited during this period include possession cannabis, felony aggravated battery to a peace officer, two DUIs, and an accident where[Read More…]

arctic blast, polar vortex

Park Forest Freeze: Polar Vortex to Blast Midwestern, Northeastern US With Extreme Cold to End January

By Kristina Pydynowski, AccuWeather senior meteorologist AccuWeather-(ENEWSPF)- The colder air plunging back into midwestern and northeastern United States late this week will pale in comparison to the brutal cold expected to end January as the polar vortex plunges south. “Through late next week, it will be a very cold stretch and high energy[Read More…]

Jim Durkiin, GOP, Republican, Illinois, press conference

Leader Durkin, House Republicans Introduce Fair Maps Amendment

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- House Republican Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) announced January 22 that he, along with the entire House Republican caucus, has filed HJRCA 10, a constitutional amendment for the independent drawing of legislative maps. “Governor Pritzker has urged the legislature to create an independent commission to draw legislative maps,[Read More…]

Prairie State college, free tuition, scholarship

Full Tuition Scholarship Opportunity Offered to High School Seniors in PSC District 515

Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Prairie State College (PSC) Board of Trustees Scholarship application is open to qualified high school seniors in community college district 515. The scholarship covers tuition and fees for six-consecutive semesters at PSC and will be awarded to up to three qualified students from each district high[Read More…]

Officer Tim Jones, #TIMSTRONG, officers

BAC .12: Park Forest Police Blotter Reports Through December 31, 2018

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Editor’s Note: “This is the end,” The Doors once sung. The end of the previous calendar year. These police reports bring us through December 31, 2018. Charges for those cited during this period include possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of cannabis, domestic battery, disorderly conduct, and a DUI with a BAC of .12.[Read More…]

Igor Stravinsky, Rite of Spring, Park Forest Library

Explore Stravinsky’s ‘The Rite of Spring,’ Schoenberg & More at the Park Forest Library This Week

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- There’s a week of creative activities ahead at the Park Forest Library, plenty for kids, teens, and adults. Explore Strivinsky & Schoenberg in Great Music of the 20th Century. Ready for spring? Immerse yourself in Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. These events are above and beyond the usual services the[Read More…]

State Representative Anthony Deluca

DeLuca: “Partisanship Nearly Destroyed Our State,” Urges Bipartisanship

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Calling for restraint on spending and bipartisanship, State Rep. Anthony DeLuca, D-Chicago Heights, issued this statement as the 101st Illinois General Assembly began: “As we begin to debate legislation in the upcoming session, we must remember that while many faces have changed, the fiscal challenges facing Illinois still[Read More…]

Gary Kopycinski, human coronavirus

Coronavirus Knocked Me Down. It’s Good To Be Back.

New Lenox, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Tapping this out down I-80 prior to my release from Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox. It ended up being human coronavirus OC43 (That’s zero-C-four-three – a beta coronavirus), a nasty, vicious type of the common cold. Other types, which this is not, include MERS and SARS.[Read More…]

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