(Photo: Wendy Heise) Safe Halloween 2008 Photo Gallery Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Many children and parents turned out to the Annual Safe Trick or Treat and Costume Contest in Downtown Park Forest on Friday, October 31st. Parents and kids alike enjoyed plenty of candy, great company and great costumes. Bags began[Read More…]

By: Dahr Jamail t r u t h o u t Long before I discovered the mysterious mix of pain and relief that writing from the heart brings, I was pursuing a Masters in English Literature at Central Washington University in the small town of Ellensburg, Washington. I was broke,[Read More…]

Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director A T-shirt can really get some people teed-off — particularly when it’s worn into a polling place, it would seem. And in parts of the nation — now including Michigan, since an Oct. 29 court ruling[Read More…]

(Photo: Wendy Heise) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Board of Education will meet as a Finance Committee, Monday, November 3, 2008 at the District Office, 242 South Orchard Drive, Park Forest, IL  60466.  The meeting will be held in the Board Room and will be called to order at 7:00 p.m.[Read More…]

University Park , IL–(ENEWSPF)– Beginning this academic year, students and faculty at Governors State University will have access to one of the business world’s most advanced and popular enterprise resource planning software packages. Participation in the SAP University Alliance will enable GSU to offer advanced training in this real world[Read More…]

(Photo: Wendy Heise) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Village Board will be very busy Monday evening, beginning with an executive session at 6:30, followed by a Rules Meeting at 8:00 p.m. The agenda for the Rules Meeting includes a draft ordinance has been developed that would amend the Village’s Real Estate[Read More…]

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Tom Brokaw obviously favors the right wing, but the show is still one of the finest Sunday news programs on television. I’m happy to spread the word.

Donald Anderson. (Photo: IDOC) Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– His arrest in March 2007 on charges of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child drew shock and outrage from those who knew him. Donald Anderson is now known as Illinois Department of Corrections inmate #R74671, and[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A Park Forest man was charged with two felonies last week when he allegedly attempted to elude an officer trying to initiate a traffic stop. According to police, Officer Naughton was on patrol at the corner of Indiana Street and Route 30 on October 27 when he[Read More…]