Commentary By Gary Kopycinski “Where have you been?” you may have asked. eNews Park Forest took an unexpected hiatus from regular weekly emails and police reports when we had a laptop experience the infamous “Blue Screen of Death” (BSOD) while I was on vacation in mid-July. Rosemary Piser, our Associate[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for July 28, 2015
The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for June 22, 2015
The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other[Read More…]
Mayor Declares June 2015 ‘Gay Pride Month’ in Park Forest
Mayor declares June “Gay Pride Month in Park Forest. Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Mayor John A. Ostenburg declared June 2015 “Gay Pride Month” in Park Forest. This is nothing new for the South Suburban community founded on the basis of diversity and inclusion. Ostenburg has made such declarations every year he’s[Read More…]
Forget The ‘Dead Tree,’ Relish eNews Park Forest
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Don’t look now, but eNews Park Forest turns 9 sometime this fall. Nine. 9. Launched in the fall of 2006, sometime after I lost another erstwhile election (go ahead, rub it in), sometime after I spent the summer researching deeply web design, content management systems, journalism[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for June 15, 2015
The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other[Read More…]
Young Mourners Seek Solace Beneath a Broken Tree
Vigil candles remember one of the deceased. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) More pictures from the vigil here. Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The crowd stood at about one hundred, gathering around a broken tree which claimed the lives of two teens early Wednesday morning, the tree glowing in the night from the many,[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for June 1, 2015
The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other[Read More…]
Mayor to Board: Represent Park Forest’s Budget, Staff, Truthfully
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Stephen Colbert called it truthiness, “the quality of seeming to be true according to one’s intuition, opinion, or perception without regard to logic, factual evidence, or the like.” Let’s talk about what that means in Park Forest. Last night, the mayor and trustees of the Park Forest Village Board concluded discussions on the proposed budget for fiscal year 2015-2016. The draft budget was prepared by staff and[Read More…]
Investigation of Shots Fired at Carnival Yields No Evidence, No Injuries
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Park Forest police posted information on their Facebook page on May 23 regarding a report of possible shots fired during a fight that broke out Friday at Main Street and Victory Drive, north of the Park Forest Carnival. According to Police Chief Pete Green, officers present at[Read More…]