Commentary by Dahr Jamail Despite all the claims of improvements, 2007 has been the worst year yet in Iraq. One of the first big moves this year was the launch of a troop "surge" by the U.S. government in mid-February. The goal was to improve security in Baghdad and the[Read More…]
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Man Lured To Vacant House on Indianwood – Robbed
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— An Oak Forest man told police he was lured to a vacant house and robbed at gunpoint. According to police, the victim was led to a residence in the 0 – 100 block of Indianwood Blvd. on December 23 by a woman. He provided police with her[Read More…]
Holdup In Metra Parking Lot
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Two men reported to police that they were robbed at gunpoint in the Metra parking lot located in Park Forest. On Friday, December 21, at around 11:20 p.m., a man, his girlfriend, and another man exited the Metra train and were walking to their cars. After the[Read More…]
Police Report – December 31, 2007
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[Read More…]
1950s PF Museum open Dec. 29
Hello: The 1950s Park Forest House Museum will be open Saturday December 29 from 1-3 p.m. Due to bad weather on Saturdays, and a messed up Star/Southtown situation, not many visitors have seen the newly re-opened 1950s Park Forest House Museum at 141 Forest at the corner of Forest and[Read More…]
“War is Hell” Doesn’t Begin To Describe How Horrible It Has Been
(PRWEB) December 28, 2007 — The United States Entertainment Force nonprofit corporation has launched a new interactive website that will help to not only generate donations for the support of our troops (www.theusef.org), but also has a section in the communities which will help ease troop communication to family and[Read More…]
Scarface AL Capone’s Grandson Releases Memoir
Son of Scarface: A Memoir by the Grandson of Al Capone, a Tell-All Memoir About how the author has Uncovered his Family’s Lost Legacy Santa Ana, CA (PRWEB) December 28, 2007 — A provocative story, Son of Scarface is a young man’s search for his father’s mysterious past. The simple,[Read More…]
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eNews Park Forest welcomes your letters. Please include your address and phone number for verification. Pseudonyms or anonymous letters are not published. All letters are subject to editing. We ask that letters be exclusive to eNews Park Forest. We regret that we can neither print nor acknowledge all the correspondence[Read More…]
Letters to the Editor – Dec. 28, 2007
Thanks eNewsPF My introduction to eNews Park Forest came from Officer LaTara Chaney of the Park Forest Police Department. I was added to her Police Department mailing list through my and a neighbor’s attempts at getting a Neighborhood Watch program established on my street. After reading the initial issue, I[Read More…]
League of Women Voters Social at Tall Grass
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— The League of Women Voters of the Park Forest Area will hold its second annual social event and fund raiser at Tall Grass Art Gallery, 367 Artists Walk in DownTown Park Forest, at 7:00 p.m. Thursday January 3, 2008. For $30.00 guests will receive hors d’oeuvres and[Read More…]