Indianapolis, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Joseph H. Hogsett, the United States Attorney, announced today that Nicholas Ceja, age 40, and Constantino Cejas, age 47, both of Indianapolis, have been sentenced for their roles in a drug trafficking operation that was responsible for distributing large amounts of methamphetamine in the Terre Haute area. Before[Read More…]
Day: December 20, 2012
NASA Celebrates 50 Years of Planetary Exploration
On Dec. 14, 1962, NASA’s Mariner 2 spacecraft sailed close to Venus, marking the first time any spacecraft had ever successfully made a close-up study of another planet. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Pasadena, CA-(ENEWSPF)- Fifty years ago on a mid-December day, NASA’s Mariner 2 spacecraft sailed close to the shrouded planet[Read More…]
Venus Transit And Lunar Mirror Could Help Astronomers Find Worlds Around Other Stars
The Transit of Venus of 6 June 2012, as seen from Wiltshire in the UK. Image: Grant Privett Astronomical Observatory of Trieste-(ENEWSPF)- On 6 June 2012 Venus passed directly between the Earth and the Sun, in a so-called transit where the planet appears as a silhouette against the solar disk,[Read More…]
Light Pollution Report Reveals Environmental Impacts
Toronto, Canada-(ENEWSPF)- While awareness of man-made pollutants and their environmental impact may be rising exponentially, one source of contamination remains largely unaddressed. Light pollution is the wasteful and obtrusive emission of artificial light, and it can have disastrous consequences for the affected local environments. And it not only disrupts animal populations, wastes[Read More…]
Evocative Art Exhibit Opens at PSC Christopher Art Gallery Jan. 7
(PHOTO SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Prairie State College Foundation is presenting the art exhibit “Evocative,” Jan. 7 through 30, in the Christopher Art Gallery on the Chicago Heights campus, located at 202 S. Halsted St. There will be an artists’ reception from 4:30 to 8 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 10.[Read More…]
FBI: Kevin M. Walker Named Equal Employment Opportunity Officer
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Director Robert S. Mueller, III has named Kevin M. Walker Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Officer. In this role, he will oversee the discrimination complaint process, the DOJ Mediator Corps, the reasonable accommodation process, and the sign language interpreter program. Mr. Walker most recently served as the acting deputy[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel and Regional Mayors Call for Stronger Gun Control Regulation
In last 24 hours, Mayor Recruited an Additional 23 Illinois Mayors to Join National Coalition for Commonsense Measures to Take Illegal Guns Off America’s Streets CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 20, 2012. Mayor Rahm Emanuel gathered with mayors, village presidents and law enforcement officials from communities throughout the Chicago region to call for stronger[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Proclaims ‘Day of Mourning’ in Honor of Sandy Hook Elementary School Victims
Moment of Silence at 8:30 a.m. (CST) on Friday, December 21 CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 20, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn today proclaimed a “Day of Mourning” in Illinois in honor of the 26 students and faculty that lost their lives in the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. WHEREAS,[Read More…]
Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs Honors Wood River Man as ‘Veteran of the Month’ for December
SPRINGFIELD—(ENEWSPF)—December 20, 2012. The Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs (IDVA) has honored Bradley Allen Lavite, a Wood River resident and US Army veteran, as its December 2012 “Veteran of the Month.” Lavite was honored during a ceremony today at Madison County Administration Building in Edwardsville, Ill. The Illinois Veteran of[Read More…]
Remarks by Vice President Biden at a Meeting With Law Enforcement Leaders
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 20, 2012 – 1:17 P.M. EST THE VICE PRESIDENT: Let me start by thanking — I look around this table, and I’ve worked with — excluding the Cabinet and administration officials, I’ve worked some of you for a long, long time. All the police organizations represented here have[Read More…]
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