Urging Governor to Sign HB824 To the Editor: The League of Women Voters of the Park Forest Area strongly urges Governor Blagojevich to sign House Bill 824 into law.  This bill prohibits campaign contributions from business entities with aggregate state contracts or pending state bids of more than $50,000 to[Read More…]

La Canada, CA (PRWEB) July 17, 2008 — College students can save up to 76% on their textbooks by shopping online now for their fall books according to Steve Loyola, president and founder of Best Book Buys, a leading online comparison shopping service for books (http://www.bestbookbuys.com/) and a service of[Read More…]

Editorials and columns from the New York Times

Inter Press Service By Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail* FALLUJAH, Jul 16 (IPS) – Security has collapsed again in Fallujah, despite U.S. military claims. Local militias supported by U.S. forces claim to have "cleansed" the city, 70 km to the west of Baghdad, of all insurgency. But the sudden resignation[Read More…]

Freedom Hall presents Cold Blooded Creatures on the Village Green tonight at 7:00 p.m. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Freedom Hall’s popular Wednesday evening entertainment continues this evening with Cold Blooded Creatures and the Alan Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra. Performancs will take place in the Park Forest Downtown Village Green.[Read More…]

PARK FOREST, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Park Forest Commission on Human Relations will present the 2008 Good Egg Award to Danielle Gladstone of Park Forest and Sharon Minster of Flossmoor. The Good Egg Award recognizes leadership and community service that has had a significant impact on fostering inter-group relations and equal opportunity[Read More…]

The Draft Strategic Planning Policies and Preferred Concepts include possible redevelopment of certain areas of Sauk Trail. (Graphic: VOPF) Tuesday, July 15 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the Village Hall Board Room Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Village of Park Forest is conducting a Strategic Planning Study to examine[Read More…]

Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director At some point in history, America’s Wild West became the Less-Wild West — with the rule of law taking over from the justice of the six-shooter, with codified norms of society replacing the often-unbridled ethics of[Read More…]

Lesliefaye Gogins of Park Forest was one of two recipients of Illinois General Assembly Scholarships. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights, IL—(ENEWSPF)—Two Prairie State College graduates are recipients of Illinois General Assembly Scholarships. Lesliefaye Gogins, of Park Forest, received a scholarship from Representative Al Riley (D-38th District) and Eric Marshall, of Chicago[Read More…]

Chicago Heights, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Prairie State College is offering free General Education Development (GED) preparation classes for the high school equivalency exam. The classes are open to those at least 16 years of age who are out of school but have not completed high school. Prairie State College offers classes both[Read More…]