Tim Stanis delivers his Valedictory Address. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Updated May 19, 10:10 p.m., with Valedictory Address Chicago Heights , IL—(ENEWSPF)— Marian Catholic High School held its 47th Commencement Exercises Sunday at the First Midwest Amphitheater in Tinley Park. The class Valedictorian was Tim Stanis of Hammond, IN. Alexander Tolish of[Read More…]

Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director Why does the First Amendment protect those who are showing and saying things many of us would rather not see or hear? That question was raised recently in three very different situations: News reports a few[Read More…]

Staff Reporter Jonathan Pitman. (ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— eNews Park Forest staff reporter Jonathan Pitman graduated Magna Cum Laude from Prairie State College on Saturday, May 17. Earning an Associate of Arts degree in Mass Communication, Pitman is a 4-star member in the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society. He[Read More…]

SD 162 conducted an awards ceremony last summer. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Matteson, IL—(ENEWSPF)— The Board of Education for School District 162 will meet Tuesday, May 20, at Huth Middle School to plan for the last days of school, approve leaves of absence for some teachers, and accept one teacher’s resignation. Students[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 other[Read More…]

Rabbo Shalom Podwol of Congregation Am Echad, Park Forest. (Photo: Wendy Heise) Editor’s Note: eNews Park Forest photographer Wendy Heise and Chuck Anderson continue their spotlight stories and photo journalism coverage on places of worship in the Park Forest and surrounding areas. More photos are available here. Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–[Read More…]

  UUCC New Drop Site for Organically Grown Procduce  The new drop-off site for organically grown produce from Genesis Growers Community Supported Agriculture is the Unitarian Universalist Community Church in Park Forest at 70 Sycamore Drive (1/4th mile south of Steger Road at Western Ave.) www.uuccpf.org Purchase a share at[Read More…]

The Pittsburgh Channel and many other media outlets sent a news alerts indicating that Senator Edward Kennedy was rushed to Cape Cod Hospital after falling ill at the Kennedy compound in Hyannisport. Kennedy, 76, spent two hours in the emergency room before being transported via MedFlight helicopter to Massachusetts General[Read More…]

Potential Ballot Measure Now Moves on to the Senate Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)– Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender civil rights organization, released a statement today on the Arizona House of Representatives’ vote to put a proposed state constitutional amendment to prohibit[Read More…]

SACRAMENTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ned Dolejsi, executive director of the California Catholic Conference, released the following statement on behalf of California’s Bishops and the California Catholic Conference, following the California Supreme Court’s decision declaring the state’s Defense of Marriage Act (Proposition 22) unconstitutional, thus allowing same-sex marriages to take place in California:[Read More…]