Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Rich East Girls Varsity Softball team fell to Illinois Hope Lutheran High School 10-9 in a Friday afternoon slugfest. Unfortunately, Illinois Lutheran had most of the hits. The Rockets record stands at 4-7-0. Box Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Illinois[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Rich East High School’s Girls Varsity Softball team pummeled Rich Central 13-0 Thursday. The Rockets had 9 hits. Rich Central managed only one hit. The Rockets improved their record to 4-6-0. Rich Central dropped to 2-4-0.

Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Marian Catholic High School is gearing up for the second session of its Job Search Workshop. The workshop, led by Marian Mothers Club parents Sharon Stillman and Karen Marvinac, will be held on Tuesday, April 28, at 3:30 in Marian’s Computer Lab. The first session was held[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Rich East boys won their opening baseball conference game against Rich South 5-3 Thursday. Steve Dees threw a complete game giving up two earned run to get the win. Sean Cameron topped East’s scoring with two runs and one RBI. Marcus Cruz, Larry Mikrut and Erik[Read More…]

The Village of Park Forest has begun making video of past board meetings available online. (Photo: VOPF) Video Archive of Meetings Also Available Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Monday meetings of the Village Board in Park Forest are now streaming live online. Every first, second, and fourth Monday of the month, you[Read More…]

Guest Commentary By Algernon H. Penn, Chairman Friends of ALNAC Judy Ogalla, Vice President of STAND had a very terse response in her op ed response to me last week. Too bad it was absent of little facts. Ms. Ogalla stated, “Mayor Craig Johnson and Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr.have stated[Read More…]

Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Representative Al Riley (left) meets Prairie State College students Alicia Bell (Calumet City) and Atinuke Isola (Country Club Hills) and staff member Alanda Gray (Matteson). College students and staff gathered to greet Representative Riley along with Senator Edward Maloney, Representatives David Miller and Anthony DeLuca, and Reba[Read More…]

Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Marian Catholic High School will present the fabled Broadway musical Grease May 1-3 in the school’s Croarkin Theatre. This musical, which began life as a play with incidental music at the old Kingston Mines Theater in Chicago ’s Lincoln Park , has certainly left its impact on[Read More…]

Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director Thomas Jefferson’s 266th birthday came and went on April 13 without much notice by Americans. At Monticello, Mr. Jefferson’s historic home near Charlottesville, Va., the U.S. Army’s Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps provided music, and[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— The Park Forest Fire Department reminds all residents that all homes should be equipped with at least one all-purpose dry chemical fire extinguisher. This kind of fire extinguisher is often labeled as an ABC Extinguisher which can be used to extinguish class A (ordinary combustibles like wood,[Read More…]