Members of the District 163 School Board take the oath of office. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— School Board 163 held a special session on Monday, May 14 to swear in new board members. Virginia Ford, Cheryl Franklin and Walter Mosby each won 4 year terms. Melvin Pumphrey and Paul[Read More…]

Photo: Morguefile.com 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 local media. An arrest does[Read More…]

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By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director Streetside news racks — those ubiquitous metal or plastic boxes that dispense newspapers and informational publications of all types — may seem an anachronism in the high-tech Internet era. But in fact they remain a significant method of distributing news and[Read More…]

Network begins "I'm an Air American!" campaign with Paul Newman ad. AAR Hosts interview 30+ Headliners for Official ReLaunch on May 21-22, including: Clinton, Edwards, Obama, Richardson — as well as Steinem, Sorensen, Newman, Nader, Stephanopoulos, Spitzer, Bloomberg, Waxman. Nancy Scola hired as chief blogger. NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)– May 17, 2007– Air America Radio[Read More…]

Pasadena, CA (PRWEB) May 17, 2007 — eBooks About Science announces the opening of a new store offering the best books about science available anywhere. The store has practical information about the environment and other applied science. This store is, however, an "egghead's" delight with information about nuclear physics, molecular[Read More…]

Pasadena, CA (PRWEB) May 16, 2007 — This week, Israelis commemorate the 40th anniversary of their 1967 capture of East Jerusalem , during the Six-Day War. Why has Jerusalem been such a stumbling block in peace negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis? Two surprising events immediately following the war serve[Read More…]

Trustee Brandon, Mayor Ostenburg, Trustees O'Neill and Kopycinski after Swearing-In Ceremonies Monday night. (Photo: Ross Brazzale) Goal is Reduction in Property Taxes  Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Park Forest Mayor John A. Ostenburg laid out plans Monday for the Village of Park Forest to engage in a comprehensive, Village-wide campaign to lobby[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Illinois’ American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) Chapter President John W. Bell announced today that the Chicago Public Schools agreed to add to their middle school offerings ABOTA Foundation’s Justice by the People, an interactive curriculum CD-ROM. It follows on the heels of the April announcement by the Chicago[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Park Forest Police Chief Tom Fleming delivered a report to the Village Board at the May 7 meeting outlining the year end 2006 crime statistics. Fleming referred to a PowerPoint presentation during his report. "We are compliant with the Federal Government under the Unified Crime Reporting Act,[Read More…]