Rain and Fireworks  The Park Forest fireworks display on the rainy night of the 4th of July was worth getting wet for. The displays of late seem to keep getting better. There were many people watching this event and all got wet, but no complaints, just oohs and ahs!! And[Read More…]

Balloons recently filled the skies over Lisle, IL, for The Lisle Eyes to the Skies Balloon Festival. Enjoy our photo slide show, with music. (Photo: Wendy Heise) Lisle, IL—(ENEWSPF)— eNews Park Forest photographer Wendy Heise used her eNewsPF.com Press Pass to hitch a ride on a hot air balloon last[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— A resident in the 400 block of Winnebago was awakened shortly after 1 a.m. on July 2 by a faint noise just outside her bedroom door. She observed a young man crouched low to the floor.  Police reports say she screamed, and the subject quickly exited the[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…]

School District 163 headquarters on S. Orchard. (Photo: Wendy Heise) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— According to Superintendent Joyce Carmine, attendance for School District 163 in the last year was extremely high. At the School District 163 School Board meeting on Monday, July 2, Carmine reported attendance for Mohawk was 95.31%, Beacon[Read More…]

Four tax delinquent parcels in the Village of Park Forest are under consideration for the Cook County Tax Reactivation Project. (Graphic: VOPF Agenda. Larger image below.) On The Agenda Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— The Village Board has four items on its agenda for discussion at the July 9, 2007 Rules Meeting,[Read More…]

The classroom of Forest Blvd School, where members of the Historical Society show how the first school in Park Forest was in the rental units. (Photo: Elaine U. Brownlee) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Park Forest Historical Society urges people to support the society by joining its membership. Membership is open[Read More…]

The sign outside the Park Forest Fire Station warns, "Skin burns at 150 degrees, a sparkler burns at 1800 degrees. Is it worth the risk?" Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— In 2005, the U.S. hospital emergency rooms treated an estimated 10,800 people for fireworks related injuries, according to data from the National[Read More…]

The "South Tower Flag" is one of only two American flags recovered from the wreckage of the World Trade Center. (PRNewsFoto) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— This Wednesday is the 4th of July. The Village of Park Forest parade will begin at 6:00 p.m. forming on N. Orchard just north of the[Read More…]