The Farmers’ Market opens for its 35th season Saturday. (Photo: Wendy Heise) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— The 35th Annual Park Forest Farmers’ Market season begins Saturday, May 3rd at 7:00 a.m. A special ribbon cutting ceremony will take place at 9:30 a.m. on opening day to kick-off the new season. The Market is open[Read More…]

Registration is open for the Park Forest Scenic 5 and more… (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Registration is now open for the Park Forest Scenic 5 and more… The annual race has been reconstituted onto a new 5 mile course and augmented with a 5 mile family bike ride on[Read More…]

Applications are available  for the Robert Furnace Memorial Scholarship. Applications are available here. (Photo courtesy Furnace family) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Park Forest FOCUS announced the immediate availability of applications for the Robert Furnace Memorial Scholarship.  Two scholarships will be awarded in the spring to high school seniors who live in[Read More…]

Lori Kehoe of the Na’ana Rose Dance Studio speaks to participants in the Ten Ton Challenge Saturday. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—Two Downtown businesses offered extra incentives and perks Saturday for participants in the Park Forest Ten Ton Challenge. Quality Classic Health & Fitness Center is offering a 50% discount[Read More…]

A young UUCC member participates in a ritual Washing of the Hands at the church’s recent Earth Day Seder. (Photo: Wendy Heise) Editor’s Note: eNews Park Forest photographer Wendy Heise continues her photo spotlight on places of worship in the Park Forest and surrounding areas. More photos are available here.[Read More…]

Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Charles C. Haynes First Amendment Center senior scholar Texas officials are trying hard to keep the focus on child abuse — and away from religion — in the custody battle involving 437 children seized from a polygamist religious sect this month. If only it[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Secret Service and U.S. Postal Inspection Service agents say they discovered weapons when they executed a search warrant at a residence on Niagara last Monday. Park Forest were called upon to assist. Police were dispatched to 424 Niagara on April 21 at approximately 12:13 p.m. to assist[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Park Forest police arrested a teenage suspect in a residential burglary and attempted residential burglaries in the Thorn Creek subdivision last Thursday. The arrest was considered serious enough for police to issue a Safety Alert reminding residents to lock their doors. Police responded to the first block[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…]

Inter Press Service By Maki al-Nazzal and Dahr Jamail* DAMASCUS, Apr 26 (IPS) – More than a million Iraqis were lucky enough to flee into Syria. But in this relatively safe haven, there is no getting away from poverty. Mohammad Saleem ran a successful supermarket in Baghdad. "I was leading[Read More…]