The 1950s Park Forest House Museum at 141 Forest, at the corner of Forest and Fir, now has Thanksgiving Gurley candles on display for the month of November.  Large and small Pilgrims, an Indian and several turkey candles wait to greet visitors.  The dining room table holds a cornucopia or[Read More…]

Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Charles C. Haynes First Amendment Center senior scholar Welcome to the new America. I’m not talking about a blue America or a red America. I’m talking about a 21st century America — a nation of many colors, cultures and faiths. Barack Obama’s election as[Read More…]

By Dahr Jamail November 5th, 2008 | Inter Press Service PORTLAND, Oregon – Artist Jim Lommasson hates war. His exhibit of 1,500 photographs, taken by soldiers who served in Iraq, brings the war home to the United States, in a way he hopes will help bring it to an end.[Read More…]

University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– University Park, IL, November 6, 2008 – The CenterPoint for Entrepreneurs at Governors State University is hosting an Artrepreneur Panel on Monday, November 17. The event runs from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. and is part of CenterPoint’s week-long celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week. The event is designed[Read More…]

Customers take advantage of the great deals on Good as New Thrift Store’s Customer Appreciation Day. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Matteson, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Hot apple cider, gingerbread cookies, Elvis and a half-off sale. What more could anyone ask on a beautiful Tuesday morning in Matteson? Those, of course, weren’t the only perks of[Read More…]

Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Registration for spring 2009 classes at Prairie State College (PSC) begins November 11. Hundreds of classes are available including art, biology, business, communications, computers, English, geography, graphic design, health and fitness, mathematics, music, photography, psychology, sociology, Spanish, and more. To accommodate busy schedules, classes are offered days,[Read More…]

Former Principal of Marian Catholic, Sr. M. Antonette Feldhake. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Springfield, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Sister M. Antonette Feldhake, O.P., 81, of Springfield, died Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008, at the Dominican Sisters Motherhouse in Springfield. Sister Mary Antonette Feldhake, O. P., assumed principalship of Marian Catholic High School in September 1966, a[Read More…]

Sheryl Yarbough. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Each year an outstanding senior from each of the four-year degree granting institutions of higher learning in Illinois is named a Student Laureate of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois. This year’s Lincoln Laureate from Governors State University is Sheryl Yarbough of Chicago Heights.[Read More…]

Spectators fill Quality Classic Gym Saturday. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Photo Gallery Available Here Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The action began following the cry from the head judge, "The bar’s loaded!" Powerlifters gathered Saturday to lift hundreds of pounds in an attempt to qualify for State and National Championships with the American Powerlifting[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…]