By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director You may never have thought of the center part of your car’s bumper as an opportunity for multi-tasking or creativity — or as a free-speech battleground — but it is. For millions of Americans, that’s exactly what those enigmatic messages on[Read More…]

Inter Press Service By Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail* FALLUJAH, Jan 11 (IPS) – U.S. and Iraqi officials claim that security is improving across al-Anbar province and much of Iraq. Security during the last half of 2007 was indeed better than in the period between February 2006 and mid-2007. But[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— A 74-year-old woman told police she was pushed to the ground and had her purse stolen in front of her home after returning from grocery shopping. Police say she may have been followed home from the store. Shortly after 10 p.m. on Tuesday, January 8, the victim[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— The South Suburban Earth Science Club (SSESC) will hold its annual Silent Auction on Sunday, February 10th, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at Freedom Hall. The auction provides a good opportunity to meet club members, ask questions and purchase items at a great price. Donated items for the[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Police are looking for two men suspected of trespassing a residence in the 100 block of Blackhawk Street on January 9. A resident reported that he was watching television when a Hispanic male knocked on his door. The man was described as being in his late 20s,[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)— Park Forest’s Building Department will begin their annual street-by-street drive-by exterior property inspections this week, with a special emphasis on readable house numerals.  These annual inspections promote compliance with the village’s building, housing and development codes, said Larrie Kerestes, the village’s Director of Community Development.  The stress[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– We appreciate your understanding during Apache server upgrades at eNews Park Forest. Our host began an upgrade this week across all of their servers. Ordinarily this would not be a problem, but, for those of you who might be technically inclined, this upgrade entailed moving from PHP[Read More…]

Dawn Robinson swears in Sheila McGann as Village Clerk. (Photo: VOPF) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Village of Park Forest has a new Village Clerk. Sheila McGann, an 11 year resident of the area, has been appointed to replace outgoing clerk Dawn Robinson, who steps down after two years of service.[Read More…]

Hello: For February, we plan to decorate the classroom of the 1950s Park Forest House Museum for a 1950s Valentine’s Day party.  If any of you have memories of parties from your childhood, add them to the blog on eNews, but also consider sending stories to us at [email protected] so[Read More…]