Month: July 2019

CodeRED

How to Sign Up for CodeRED

This article is un-metered, no subscription required, offered as a community service. Please share freely. Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Village of Park Forest has an emergency notification system called CodeRED. Most recently, it was utilized during the boil order. It’s easy to sign up. Residents can receive a notification via[Read More…]

Rich East Principal Dr. Albert Brass Jr.

Getting to Know the Spirit of Rich East with Dr. Albert Brass and Mr. Quincy Owens

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Getting to know the heart and soul of Rich East High School is a process. We begin with a joint interview with Principal Albert Brass Jr. and Climate and Culture Coordinator Quincy Owens. As school board members of District 227 contemplate–once again–restructuring finances and float the idea[Read More…]

Valerie Nicholson

PSC’s Valerie Nicholson Honored with Award from Chicago Jazz Philharmonic

Professor Valerie Nicholson is a resident of Park Forest Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Prairie State College (PSC) Professor and Coordinator of Music Valerie Nicholson recently was named the Inaugural Jazz Alive! Educator’s Award Recipient by the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic. The award was presented to Nicholson at the 2019 “Think Big” Gala,[Read More…]

Congresswoman Robin Kelly

Congresswoman Kelly Introduces Women and Minority Equity Investment Act

Legislation seeks to provide “Shark Tank” exemption to allow women and minority-owned businesses to grow Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Congresswoman Robin Kelly introduced the Women and Minority Equity Investment Act (H.R. 3633); the legislation will make a commonsense tweak to existing Small Business Administration (SBA) programs that will expand venture capital access for participating business owners[Read More…]

Jeremiah Farmer

Latin King Gang Member Convicted of Conspiracy in Racketeering, Including Two Murders

Hammond, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Jeremiah Farmer, 38, of Hammond, Indiana, and a member of the Chicago-based Latin Kings street gang, was convicted by a federal jury of conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute illegal drugs (cocaine, marijuana, and alprazolam) , announced[Read More…]

Village Manager Tom Mick at his desk

The Mick Report: CodeRED, on the Water Boil Order, More

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- In his report to the Village Board Monday night, Manager Tom Mick touched on the lifting of the mandatory boil order, the next “up-and-coming” for Main Street Nights, the Glow Walk, Saturday Rules Meetings, the postponement of the Great American Campout, and the Recycle Fest slated for[Read More…]

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