Day: June 20, 2011

Park Forest US Bank Robbery Suspect Still At-Large

The FBI and Park Forest police are seeking information regarding the Saturday robbery of US Bank in Park Forest. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The suspect in the June 11 robbery at US Bank in Park Forest is still unidentified and at-large, FBI Special Agent Rice told eNews Park Forest.[Read More…]

Governors State Receives Coleman Foundation Grant

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Governors State University recently received a $17,000 grant from The Coleman Foundation of Chicago. The grant will be used to support three Veterans Entrepreneurial Boot Camps hosted by CenterPoint. Over the past three years, CenterPoint at Governors State has provided more than 400 veterans and active military[Read More…]

Park Forest Police Reports for June 20, 2011

The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) 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…]

In and Around Park Forest Week of June 20, 2011

Residents gather last week to plan the future of Park Forest with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 20, 2011. In 1945, the National Council of Garden Clubs started the Blue Star Marker project as a way to honor members of the Armed Forces.[Read More…]

NATO Acknowledges Civilian Casualties in Tripoli Strike

Naples—(ENEWSPF)—19 June 2011. NATO says that a military missile site was the intended target of air strikes in Tripoli last night.   However, it appears that one weapon did not strike the intended target and that there may have been a weapons system failure which may have caused a number of[Read More…]

Gates Says Libya Strategy ‘Absolutely Right’

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 19, 2011 – The U.S. strategy toward Libya is “absolutely right,” Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said on “Fox News Sunday” this morning. The secretary, who will retire June 30, also discussed Afghanistan, the fiscal future of the department and what he will miss about the job during one[Read More…]

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