Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Charles C. Haynes First Amendment Center senior scholar Three hundred and fifty years ago, on Dec. 27, 1657, 30 inhabitants of Flushing, New Netherland (now New York), defied Gov. Peter Stuyvesant’s order barring townspeople from harboring Quakers. “For our part,” they protested to Stuyvesant,[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[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Two juveniles were tasered by police during an attempted burglary on the morning of Dec. 17. At 10:14 a.m. Dec. 17, Park Forest Police were called to the 10-20 block of McGarity for a burglary in progress. Police made a perimeter around the house while other officers[Read More…]

Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Prairie State College Board of Trustees approved the resignation of College President Paul McCarthy Tuesday evening. After several board members expressed regret for McCarthy leaving, the board unanimously approved the resignation. “With deep regret, I move we accept your resignation from our school,” said board member[Read More…]

Learning to identify the various bat species in Illinois was made easier when the students played the "That’s My Bat" memory game. (Photo: ME4E) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– This winter, all 5th graders from Mohawk Intermediate Center, Blackhawk Intermediate Center and the special education students from Forest Trail Middle School are[Read More…]

Chicago Heights , IL—(ENEWSPF)— Why would a school consider mandatory drug testing when its drugs use, according to the University of Michigan ‘s "Monitoring the Future" research, is far less than the national and local averages? Marian Catholic High School is giving strong consideration to drug testing for the entire[Read More…]

Boone, NC (PRWEB) December 19, 2007 — The editors of Scambusters.org have published their annual list of the Top 10 Internet Scams for 2007, and identity theft tops the list for the fourth year running. "It’s important to know who’s been hooked by which crooks so you can better protect[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Americans will have a great new gift in their Christmas stockings — a federal Freedom of Information Act that works. National Newspaper Association President Steve Haynes, publisher of the Oberlin (KS) Herald, announced today that passage of S. 2488, the Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act[Read More…]

Nine in Ten GLBT Owners Consider Pets Part of the Family, Majority Have Bought Their Pets Holiday Gifts ROCHESTER, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Seven out of ten (71%) GLBT adults today say that they own pets, compared with 63 percent of heterosexual adults, according to the results of a new national survey. The[Read More…]

eNews Park Forest published the following Errata, beginning with the most recent: The July 12, 2009 article, Driver in Serious Condition After Train Strikes Car at Western Ave. was originally titled, Driver Escapes Without Major Injuries After Train Strikes Car at Western Ave. The title was originally based on police at[Read More…]