First paragraph updated with correct date afternoon of Feb. 7, 2020 Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- These police reports include activity through January 7, 2020. One item is not an arrest but a citation. Providing more details than readers will find in any other police beat reports, we invite readers to subscribe to get the whole story, every[Read More…]
Year: 2020
Snow and Ice Make for Treacherous Road Conditions, 6 Overnight Accidents
Updated 2-6-2020 at 1:47 p.m. Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Road conditions in and around Park Forest turned slick and slippery Thursday evening as snow began to fall. A driver, pictured above, ended up in a ditch along 26th Street just east of where Ash Street exits. Police Chief Christopher Mannino tells[Read More…]
2019 Novel Coronavirus—Important Information for Clinicians and Patients
By Carlos del Rio, MD1; Preeti N. Malani, MD, MSJ2,3 JAMA. Published online February 5, 2020-(ENEWSPF)- In early December 2019 a patient was diagnosed with an unusual pneumonia in the city of Wuhan, China. By December 31 the World Health Organization (WHO) regional office in Beijing had received notification of a cluster of patients with pneumonia[Read More…]
Data Error May Have Cancelled Almost 800 Former Inmates’ IL Voter Registrations
Board of Elections, Dept. Of Corrections Work to Correct Data Error Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Illinois State Board of Elections today notified 59 local election authorities that 774 former inmates of the Illinois Department of Corrections may have had their voter registrations erroneously canceled due to a data-matching error involving both[Read More…]
Man Slain in Park Forest Identified
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest Police identified the man shot and killed last Thursday in the 23400 block of South Western Avenue as Lethaniel Anderson, age 22, of Chicago, police said in a statement. Police responded to a report of a shooting on Thursday, January 30, 2020, at approximately 4:00[Read More…]
Two Shot, One Fatally, in Park Forest
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A 22-year-old man from Chicago was shot dead in the 23400 block of South Western Avenue on Thursday, January 30, Park Forest police said in a statement. Police responded to a report of a shooting in the 23400 block of South Western Avenue at 4:00 PM Thursday.[Read More…]
Billy Branch & the Sons of Blues with Dee Alexander LIVE at Freedom Hall, Feb. 14
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Billy Branch & the Sons of Blues with Dee Alexander will appear at Freedom Hall Nathan Manilow Theater on February 14, 2020, at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $30 each and are available here. Alligator Records Recording Artist, Billy Branch, was discovered by Willie Dixon, the “father of[Read More…]
PFPD Says Man Threw Trash from Third-Story Balcony: Police Reports Through January 1, 2020
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- These police reports include arrests through January 1, 2020. In one incident, police say a man threw trash from a third-story balcony at an apartment in the first block of North Arbor Trail. Providing more details than readers will find in any other police beat reports, we invite readers to[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports Through December 25, 2019
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- These police reports include arrests through December 25, 2019. Charges for those arrested include driving while license was suspended, domestic battery, and possession of a controlled substance. Another man was arrested in connection with a warrant. Police provided him food when he told them he had not[Read More…]
Woman Charged with DUI, Endangering the Life/Health of a Child
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Park Forest woman was arrested in December and charged with one misdemeanor count of endangering the life/health of a child along with driving under the influence of alcohol and other traffic-related charges. Tiffany P. Berry, 33, 326 Onarga St., Park Forest, was arrested on December 19[Read More…]