CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—January 16, 2018 By: Danielle Perry The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released its fourth quarter report for 2017 to the City Council. The report summarizes the Office’s activity from October 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. In his cover letter Inspector General Joe Ferguson addresses[Read More…]
Month: January 2018
In and Around Park Forest for the Week of January 14, 2018
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—Monday, January 15 is the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday which celebrates the life and legacy of a man who brought hope and healing to America. We commemorate as well the timeless values he taught us through his example — the values of courage, truth, justice, compassion, dignity,[Read More…]
Should Park Forest Rename Streets Honoring Confederate Figures? Public Forum This Week.
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Should Park Forest rename streets that honor those who fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War? The question took on new meaning after the attack in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017 when James Alex Fields Jr., 20, rammed a car into a group of people protesting[Read More…]
Spartan Men (12-3) Mount Late Comeback, Fall Short In Test With ESCC Leader Marist
Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Marian Catholic turned on a fourth-quarter rush on Thursday, but couldn’t completely overcome a 14-point deficit in a 53-47 ESCC loss to visiting Marist. The Spartans (12-3) are 11-1 in non-league play, but fell to 1-2 in the ESCC. The closest Marian got down the stretch was[Read More…]
Spartan Women Topple JCA To Improve To 2-0 In ESCC
Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Shannan Mitchell and Tia Morgan turned in twin 15-point efforts on Friday, as host Marian Catholic rolled to a 59-32 ESCC decision over Joliet Catholic Academy for its third straight victory. Marian (17-3, 2-0) also got 10 points from Kaylen Evans, while Alyshea Smith added eight points off[Read More…]
UChicago Study of Ancient Fossil Complicates the Shark Family Tree
Prof. Michael Coates leads research on new evolutionary branches of sharks CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—January 12, 2018 By: Matt Wood About 385 million years ago in the Devonian age, a strange, two-and-a-half-foot-long shark died and drifted to the bottom of the sea, over what is now the Rhine River valley. Gladbachus adentatus, named[Read More…]
Illinois Legislators Urged to Act Quickly to Secure Voter Files
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—January 12, 2018 By: Indivisible Chicago Warning that vulnerabilities in the Interstate “Crosscheck” program are more extensive than election officials have admitted, voter rights activists at Indivisible Chicago are praising the Illinois State Board of Elections (SBE) for confirming that no voter data will be sent to the “Crosscheck” program[Read More…]
Chicago’s Largest Faith-based, Racial Justice and Labor Groups to Gather in Remembrance of MLK on Sunday, Jan. 14
Groups will present solutions and demands to racial and economic justice issues plaguing Chicago’s forgotten communities Chicago, IL –(ENEWSPF)—January 12, 2018 By: Shuntai Sykes Over 500 hundred people representing a cross section of Chicago’s social, racial and economic justice landscape will celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther[Read More…]
Millions Drink Alcohol At Dangerously High Levels
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Millions of Americans drink alcohol at dangerously high levels. Are you one of these? Nearly 32 million adults in the United States (13 percent of the U.S. population aged 18 and older) consumed more than twice the number of drinks considered binge drinking on at least one occasion,[Read More…]
Open Auditions Called for Comedy “Happy Birthday, Henry Snikrep!” at South Suburban College
Open Auditions Called for Comedy “Happy Birthday, Henry Snikrep!” at South Suburban College SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)—January 12, 2018. The SSC Playhouse announces open auditions for its 2018 world-premiere of the hilarious down-home comedy, “Happy Birthday, Henry Snikrep!” written by Markham native, Wesley Perkins, on Thursday, February 1st from 4[Read More…]
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