Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Are you in the blast zone if an oil train explodes? I am. From takeapart.com: "The derailment and explosion Monday in West Virginia of a 100-car tanker train carrying crude oil is just the latest in a string of such accidents in recent years in the wake of[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for February 18, 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…]
Can’t Take The Heat? Get Out Of The Election!
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski After attending a mayoral debate in Park Forest, IL, Sunday afternoon, I have to wonder if the challenger to the incumbent has ever read the New York Times v. Sullivan Supreme Court Case, decided in 1964: Has this mayoral challenger or his legal team (the challenger[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for February 8, 2015
A winter past at 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[Read More…]
Village Board Meeting Canceled for Monday, Feb. 2, 2015
(Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— In what is certainly a first in recent memory, the Monday, February 2, 2015 meeting of the Board of Trustees has been canceled due to the weather and treacherous road conditions. The Village Board is scheduled for an Audit Review this Saturday, February 7, set[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for January 27, 2015
A winter past at 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[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for January 16, 2015
Members of the Park Forest Police Department. (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[Read More…]
Police: 21-year-old Man Charged With Improper Walking in Roadway
Park Foreset, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Park Forest Police Department released the following statement Monday morning: "A 21 year old Park Forest man was charged with improper walking in roadway and obstructing identification after a Corporal in patrol stopped him for walking down the middle of Hay Street and forcing at least[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for January 9, 2015
A winter past at 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[Read More…]
Remembering the Nuanced Mario Cuomo
Mario Cuomo Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Former Governor of New York Mario Cuomo died on January 1, 2015, just six hours after his son, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, was sworn into his second term. New York Times reporter Adam Nagourney wrote a comprehensive piece remembering Cuomo, including this: [Cuomo] was similarly[Read More…]