Follows up Grand Champion award at Illinois State Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Marian Catholic High School Symphonic Band was named “Honor Band” in Class AA on Saturday at the University of Illinois Superstate Band contest. Marian was one of 25 bands selected to perform this year from a field of[Read More…]

SSCH Board President Barbara Moore of Park Forest with U.S. Senator Dick Durbin and SSHC Executive Director John Petruszak. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– On Friday, May 2, 2008, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin met in his Chicago office with South Suburban Housing Center ’s Board President Barbara Moore and Executive Director[Read More…]

Sr. Judine Hilbing, O.P. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Sr. Judine Hilbing to begin work July 1 Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Sr. Rose Marie Riley, O.P., Prioress General of the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, along with fellow members of the executive leadership team, recently announced that Sr. Judine Hilbing, O.P. will succeed longtime president[Read More…]

Blog Commentary Driving on Western Avenue these days calls for patience and caution.   That’s especially true when making a turn.   I learned this late last week. While driving north on Western, I made a right turn onto 26th Street.  There are piles of gravel up all along the construction[Read More…]

Fresh Starts owner to lecture, demonstrate healthy food preparation Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— On Saturday, May 10th, Joann Lindholm, owner of the popular Flossmoor restaurant Fresh Starts, will present “Healthy Cooking” at Dining on the Green in Downtown Park Forest. Those in attendance will learn what makes a healthy meal and[Read More…]

Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director Free expression is an essential guarantee of the First Amendment — the freedom to speak and write as we will, without censorship by the government. But the freedom to express oneself doesn’t necessarily provide a buffer[Read More…]

Nurse Vernedia Richardson immunizes a young visitor to the Health Department. (Photo: VOPF) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Park Forest Health Department’s Vernedia Richardson is a “Champion of Immunization” according to the Chicago Area Immunization Campaign. Richardson, a nurse with the Park Forest Health Department, received the award at a recent Chicago[Read More…]

Rabbi Raphael Ostrovsky of Munster, IN, at Congregation Am Echad in Park Forest. (Photo: Wendy Heise) "The first ones to be destroyed were the children…." – Yitzhak Katzenelson The First Ones   Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Members of six Jewish congregations from the South Suburbs and northwest Indiana gathered at Congregation[Read More…]

The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Wendy Heise) 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, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Police discovered a Pit Bull dog with massive trauma to its body inside a car during a routine traffic stop last week. On Sunday, April 27, at approximately 1:50 p.m., Commander Mannino observed a vehicle traveling westbound on Norwood Blvd. from Western Avenue. The driver was not[Read More…]