Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Before an overflowing gathering of current and former employees, the Village Board Monday designated a section of Park Street after retired employee Chuck Alexander. Loretta Alexander, Chuck’s wife, received the honor. Chuck retired after 28 years of public service, 25 of those years in Park Forest, on[Read More…]
Day: April 27, 2017
Total Eclipse Of The Sun To Be Commemorated On A Forever Stamp
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The Postal Service will soon release a first-of-its-kind stamp that changes when you touch it. The Total Solar Eclipse Forever stamp, which commemorates the August 21 eclipse, transforms into an image of the Moon from the heat of a finger. The public is asked to share the news on[Read More…]
Evansville Man Sentenced For Receiving Child Pornography
Received Pornography From A Woman in the Philippines Indianapolis, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Josh J. Minkler, United States Attorney, announced today that Bradley J. Hancock, 33 of Evansville, Indiana, was sentenced immediately following his plea of guilty to one count of Receipt of Sexually Explicit Material Involving Minors to 84 months in prison[Read More…]
Recently Discovered Solar System Could Seed Life Between Adjacent Exoplanets
Research simulates whether organisms could survive space travel Illustration shows what each of the TRAPPIST-1 planets may look like, based on available data about their sizes, masses and orbital distances. Illustration by: NASA/JPL-Caltech CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2017 By: Greg Borzo After NASA announced in February the discovery of a solar system[Read More…]
Belvidere Physician Sentenced to Nine Years and Ordered to Pay More Than $2.7 Million for Health Care Fraud
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2017. A suspended physician was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala on charges of federal health care fraud. CHARLES S. DEHAAN, 62, of Belvidere, was sentenced to nine years in federal prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release. He was also ordered to[Read More…]
Former Chicago Police Dispatcher Sentenced to More Than Three Years in Prison
Schemed to Smuggle Contraband into Cook County Jail CHICAGO — (ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2017. A former dispatch supervisor for the Chicago Police Department was sentenced today to more than three years in prison for providing government information to her boyfriend in an effort to help smuggle contraband into Cook County Jail.[Read More…]
Syria: ‘Glimmers of Humanity’ Overshadowed by Brutality of Increasing Attacks on Civilians, Says UN Aid Chief
Families evacuated from East Ghouta, Syria, congregate in the courtyard of the Dahit Qudsayya collective shelter for basic aid. Photo: OCHA/Josephine Guerrero SYRIA–(ENEWSPF)–27 April 2017 – With fighting intensifying on numerous fronts in Syria over the past months, the top United Nations humanitarian official today urged consolidation of the nationwide[Read More…]
On AG Sessions’ Campaign To Make Immigrant “Filth” America’s “Public Enemies Number 1”
“Jeff Sessions and Donald Trump want more immigrants criminalized, felonized, and deported.” Washington, DC – (ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2017. Today, Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) spoke on the House floor about the Attorney General’s campaign “to paint immigrants as criminals, rapists, gang members and ‘cartel henchmen.’” The Congressman from Illinois noted[Read More…]
Senators Durbin, Duckworth Introduce Legislation to Address Youth Unemployment in High Poverty Areas
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2017. U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today introduced two pieces of legislation to expand and increase access to employment opportunities for at-risk youth. The Helping to Encourage Real Opportunity (HERO) for At-Risk Youth Act and the Creating Pathways for Youth Employment Act will increase federal[Read More…]
Osprey Recalls Child Backpack Carriers Due to Fall Hazard
Recalled Osprey Backpack- Blue Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2017 Recall Summary: Name of product: Poco child carriers Hazard: A child seated in the carrier can slip through the leg openings, posing a fall hazard to children. Consumer Contact: Osprey toll-free at 866-951-5197 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. MT Monday through[Read More…]