Month: November 2007

Panel on Immigration Sponsored by LWVPFA

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Sunday December 9 the League of Women Voters of the Park Forest Area will sponsor a program on immigration at 2:15 pm at the Park Forest Library, 400 Lakewood Boulevard. Several individuals who have immigrated to the US from the United Kingdom, Poland, Mexico, and African nations[Read More…]

Police Charge 3 Juveniles With String of Burglaries

Story added November 28, 2007 – 4:05 p.m.  Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Park Forest Police issued a press release Wednesday afternoon regarding the arrest of three juveniles who are suspects in a number of residential burglaries on the south end of town. According to the release, police charged three juveniles on[Read More…]

Podcasting the Classroom

(PRWEB) November 27, 2007 — Premier Assistive Technology announces the release of the Premier Presentation Capture software. This software package allows instructors to easily record their presentations and transfer them into Video Podcasts. In many university lecture halls and classrooms, you’ll find students recording a lecture or presentation. However, only[Read More…]

Hubble Space Telescope Mission Gets the Green Light

Press Release  Fountain Valley, Calif. (PRWEB) November 26, 2007 – Bill Dillon, an avid amateur astronomer and past president of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) with many years of extensive hands-on experience, created a new first for amateur astronomy. The American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO),[Read More…]

‘Tis the Season for Crime – Some Tips for Safety

Commentary Gary Kopycinski Editor & Publisher I know it hasn’t been a good week when I have to go to the Thesaurus to find three different ways to write "robbed" for the headlines.  There were three stories that merited attention on the front page this week, all of them involving[Read More…]

Fighting Over A Moment Of Silence: Much Ado About Nothing

Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Charles C. Haynes First Amendment Center senior scholar The latest round in America’s long-running fight over “school prayer” has nothing to do with vocal prayer. As odd as it sounds, it’s argument over silence. Two recent lawsuits filed by parents in Texas and Illinois[Read More…]

Two Hold Up Man Leaving Birthday Party

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— A man told police he was robbed at gunpoint after leaving a birthday party a week ago Saturday. Two armed men approached him and allegedly forced him to the ground while going through his pockets and taking his belongings. Police are investigating an armed robbery that was[Read More…]

Couple Walking on Cedar Robbed at Gunpoint

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Park Forest police are seeking two men who allegedly robbed a young couple at gunpoint walking home from a movie last Thursday night. According to police, the couple had just left the movie theater in DownTown Park Forest was robbed at gunpoint on November 22 sometime after[Read More…]

Police Report – November 26, 2007

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…]

Armed Thief on Westwood Gets Cell Phone

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— A man reported on November 19 that he was walking home after 10:00 p.m. from a business in Richton Park when he was robbed at gunpoint.  As he was walking eastbound from Temple Am Echad on the north sidewalk of Westwood and talking on his cell phone,[Read More…]

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