Prairie State College graduates receiving an award at commencement were: Justin Doup, Ivy Green, Lisa Jackson, and Blanca Martinez. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias encouraged the graduates of Prairie State College (PSC) to focus on the values of hope, opportunity, compassion, and courage to guide[Read More…]

Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Students who are unsure about their next step after high school graduation have several options at Prairie State College (PSC.) To learn more about the advantages of a PSC education, students and their parents are invited to attend Info Night. Info Night is a one stop shop[Read More…]

Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– College is often described as the “best years of one’s life.” Prairie State College (PSC) student Favian Apata would agree. Since she began at PSC in 2005, Apata served as student trustee, participated in student government, performed as a member of the Forensics team, and was inducted[Read More…]

Park Forest Rotary President J.N. Settles, Sr. and Secretary Tiffani Graham, present 150 dictionaries to the University Park Library Board. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Representatives from the Rotary Club of Park Forest donated one hundred fifty dictionaries and two bicycles to the University Park Public Library District for their[Read More…]

Graduating seniors Alyssa Hernandez, Jasmine Murphy, Adra Grant, and Valedictorian Mercedes Collopy. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Rich Township High School, East Campus, held its 56th Commencement Exercises Sunday, May 17, 2009, at the Tinley Park Convention Center in Tinley Park. The class Valedictorian was Mercedes Collopy. There were 335[Read More…]

Friday morning, WLS radio show host Erich “Mancow” Muller agreed to be waterboarded on his show.  He wanted to find out for himself if it was torture.  He didn’t think it was. He lasted all of six or seven seconds before finally “throwing in the cow” and giving up. From[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2009. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is joining the Ad Council and Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, to launch a national public service advertising campaign designed to encourage American families[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2009. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that the department will take important steps necessary to prepare for potential commercial-scale production of a candidate vaccine for the novel Influenza A ( H1N1). The Secretary is directing approximately $1 billion in existing funds that will be used for[Read More…]

Commentary Karl Rove has a regular Wall Street Journal column. He’s a Fox News contributor. Newsweek hired him as a contributor. As Gloria Borger said in 2007: “[W]hen Rove speaks, the political class pays attention — usually with good reason.” But it is increasingly clear that there isn’t really any[Read More…]

Commentary by Eric Boehlert Justin Elliott at TMP Muckraker highlighted this Times flip-flop, and it deserves the attention. The Times’ lead, upper-right A1 story on Thursday was this [emphasis added]: 1 In 7 Detainees Rejoined Jihad, Pentagon Finds In it, the Times’ Elizabeth Bumiller claimed the following: An unreleased Pentagon[Read More…]