Commentary by Eric Boehlert Imagine if Fox News had been on the air back on February 28, 1993, just months into the new Democratic president’s first term, when agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms attempted to serve warrants on David Koresh’s Branch Davidian compound, located on the[Read More…]

The Marian Catholic colorguard recently performed for the student body. The Marian Winterguard captured first place out of 36 groups competing in the Scholastic Open Class at the University of Dayton Winterguard Internationals. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Marian Catholic High School recently honored its Students of the Month for[Read More…]

Analysis by Dahr Jamail Foreign Policy In Focus “[W]hat lengths men will go in order to carry out, to their extreme limit, the rites of a collective self-worship which fills them with a sense of righteousness and complacent satisfaction in the midst of the most shocking injustices and crimes.” –Love[Read More…]

Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– As the war in Iraq winds down, veterans will return home in increasing numbers. More than 3,000 service men and women are expected to return to Illinois during the next 18 months. To help Illinois veterans discover the benefits available to them, Prairie State College (PSC) will[Read More…]

Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– This season has been about accomplishments for the Prairie State College (PSC) Forensics team. In additionto receivingindividual and team awardsat tournaments throughout the season, several members of the team also received special recognition. Etta Oben is the latest PSC forensics student to be recognized. Oben, of Matteson,[Read More…]

Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Prairie State College (PSC) Annual Graduate Exhibit features works by PSC students who will graduate in May. Those who visit this year’s exhibit will find a diversity of styles, techniques, and subjects—ranging from portraiture and landscape to fantasy and abstraction. The exhibit will run Monday, April[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Business Roundtable, an association of chief executive officers of leading U.S. corporations, today joined other organizations from the education, business, civil rights, and philanthropic communities to launch the Coalition for Student Achievement. This broad-based, bipartisan coalition will help ensure that American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds are strategically[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2009. The op-ed below by President Barack Obama appeared this morning in the following newspapers: Trinidad Express (Trinidad & Tobago)St. Petersburg Times (USA)Miami Herald (USA)El Nuevo Herald (USA) The op-ed also ran in the following GRUPO DE DIARIOS AMÉRICA (GDA) affiliates across the hemisphere: La Nación (Argentina)O[Read More…]

Jammer from the Joliet Jackhammers will march  with Park Forest Baseball players Saturday. (Photo: Wendy Heise) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Opening Day for Park Forest Baseball will take place this Saturday, April 18. The festivities will kick off with a parade from the downtown area to Central Park. The special guest[Read More…]

Applications are available  for the Robert Furnace Memorial Scholarship. (Photo courtesy Furnace family) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Park Forest FOCUS announced the immediate availability of applications for the Robert Furnace Memorial Scholarship.  Two scholarships will be awarded in the spring to high school seniors who live in Park Forest.  Furnace was[Read More…]